Tomah Area Montessori School

Tomah Area Montessori School is one of the micro-enrollment K-5 schools in Tomah, Wisconsin, run under Tomah Area School District, with 72 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 78% below the state mean of about 323.

Tomah Area School District runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 2,970 students. Tomah Area Montessori School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Tomah Area Montessori School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%); the rest is composed of 4% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting Tomah Area Montessori School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 32% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Monroe County's rate of about 46%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Tomah Area Montessori School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 58.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 65.5%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Monroe County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $69,467 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Monroe County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,845 students), of which Tomah Area Montessori School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Robert Kupper Learning Center, around 1.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Tomah Area Montessori School comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 41.1%.

The school occupies a small-town site. As a public charter, Tomah Area Montessori School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Tomah Area Montessori School has grew 26%, going from 57 students in 2018 to 72 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked down from 11% to 4% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 21.0:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.