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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TOMORROW RIVER SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550033002968

Tomorrow River Community Charter

10186 County Road MM, Amherst Junction, WI 54407 · (715) 824-5521 · Portage County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL184 STUDENTS
Enrollment
184
Elementary
DISTRICT 197 · STATE 323
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
60 students
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 42%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Pre-K
20
Kindergarten
20
Grade 1
21
Grade 2
15
Grade 3
23
Grade 4
21
Grade 5
16
Grade 6
18
Grade 7
21
Grade 8
9
Student demographics
White
16288%
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 65%
Hispanic
74%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 15%
Two+
158%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 6%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
10457%
Female
8043%

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Test scores

Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or Advanced
English Language Arts
44.9%
WI avg 53.1% . +6.1pp since 2023
Math
37.4%
WI avg 54.8% . +3.3pp since 2023
Source: Forward Exam. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of WI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
41.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.6%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.8pp
below demographic expectation
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

7-year change

SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
184
+42 (+30%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 16.1:1
% White
88%
was 89%
% Hispanic
4%
was 4%
% Black
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

About Tomorrow River Community Charter

Located at 10186 County Road MM, in Amherst Junction, Wisconsin, Tomorrow River Community Charter is a tight-knit elementary school that instructs 184 students (grades pre-K through 8), one of the schools within Tomorrow River School District. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 323 students each, so Tomorrow River Community Charter sits 43% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Tomorrow River School District, which oversees 5 schools and 1,198 students, Tomorrow River Community Charter is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Tomorrow River Community Charter shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%); the rest comes out to 8% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Tomorrow River Community Charter has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 33% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Tomorrow River Community Charter sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 57.6%; actual is 41.8%, a gap of -15.8 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Portage County indicate the typical household earns roughly $76,070 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Portage County runs 31 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,217 students), of which Tomorrow River Community Charter is one.

Nearest neighbor: Tomorrow River Virtual Charter School (TRVCS), around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Tomorrow River Community Charter comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 58.2%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting. Tomorrow River Community Charter is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Tomorrow River Community Charter has grew 30%, going from 142 students in 2018 to 184 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 today.

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Portage County at a glance

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Population
70,832
Census ACS
Median income
$76,070
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
9,217 students

Quick facts

School name
Tomorrow River Community Charter
District
Tomorrow River School District
Address
10186 County Road MM, Amherst Junction, WI 54407
Phone
(715) 824-5521
County
Portage County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–08
Total enrollment
184
Teachers (FTE)
13
Student–teacher ratio
14.7:1
Free/Reduced lunch
60 (33%)
Locale
42-Rural: Distant
NCES ID
550033002968
Charter school
Yes
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Tomorrow River School District
Other schools in Amherst Junction
Nearby schools

Frequently asked questions

About Tomorrow River Community Charter
What is the total enrollment at Tomorrow River Community Charter?
Tomorrow River Community Charter enrolls approximately 184 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Tomorrow River Community Charter serve?
Tomorrow River Community Charter serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does Tomorrow River Community Charter have?
Tomorrow River Community Charter employs 13 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
How diverse is Tomorrow River Community Charter?
Tomorrow River Community Charter reports a student body of 88% White, 4% Hispanic, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Tomorrow River Community Charter?
Tomorrow River Community Charter is overseen by Tomorrow River School District in Portage County.
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