Tomah High

Set in Tomah, Wisconsin, Tomah High is a sprawling secondary school, part of Tomah Area School District. It enrolls 882 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 475 students each, so Tomah High sits 86% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 12 schools in Tomah Area School District (2,970 students total), Tomah High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Tomah High logs that 84% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder consists of 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 3% Native American.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 35% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Monroe County runs at roughly 46%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Tomah High is in the bottom 10% of Wisconsin public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 56.4%; Tomah High posts 38.8%, -17.6 points below that line.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Monroe County indicate the typical household earns roughly $69,467 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Monroe County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,845 students), Tomah High is one campus in the mix.

Miller Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Tomah High at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 46.4%.

Tomah High operates from a town-center location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 863 students in 2018 compared to 882 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.