Enrollment
147
Elementary
DISTRICT 212 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VIROQUA AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551536002972
Viroqua Area Montessori School
115 N Education Ave, Viroqua, WI 54665 · (608) 637-7071 · Vernon County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY32-TOWNCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL147 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 92% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wisconsin public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
41 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 16 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 16 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 13 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 16 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 14 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 17 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 16 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 14 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 12 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 13 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (16) is 23% larger than its 8th grade class (13).
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
85.5%
WI avg 53.1% . +6.9pp since 2023
Math
62.7%
WI avg 54.8% . +10.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 85.5% | 62.7% |
| 2023-24 | 78.6% | 52.4% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
75.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.5%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 61% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Wisconsin's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Viroqua Area Montessori School
Viroqua Area Montessori School's state test result (75.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Viroqua Area Montessori School this school | 147 | 27.9% | 75.1% |
| Merrimac Community Merrimac | 134 | 26.9% | 77.8% |
| Green Lake Elementary Green Lake | 137 | 28.5% | 71.0% |
| Albany Elementary Albany | 159 | 28.9% | 58.2% |
| Ettrick Elementary Ettrick | 124 | 27.4% | 63.4% |
| Sullivan Elementary Sullivan | 144 | 23.6% | 60.2% |
Matched among Wisconsin elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Viroqua Area Montessori School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Vernon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.1% | #100 of 982 | #1 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.7% | #342 of 992 ▲ 247 | #1 of 7 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.5% | #7 of 992 ▲ 39 | #1 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 147 | #1,003 of 1,157 | #5 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.9% | #771 of 1,064 | #5 of 7 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
147
+34 (+30%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 22.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 147 | 8.3 | 17.6:1 | 28% (41) |
| 2023-24 | 144 | 9.7 | 14.9:1 | 30% (43) |
| 2022-23 | 145 | 9.4 | 15.5:1 | 32% (47) |
| 2020-21 | 113 | 5 | 22.6:1 | 35% (40) |
| 2017-18 | 105 | 6 | 17.5:1 | 27% (28) |
| 2015-16 | 66 | 3 | 22.0:1 | 26% (17) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Viroqua Area Montessori School.
Since 2017-18: students up 40% (105 to 147); teachers up 39% (6 to 8.3).
About Viroqua Area Montessori School
Viroqua Area Montessori School is an elementary school located in Viroqua, Wisconsin, in Vernon County. Federal data show 147 students enrolled in pre-K through 8 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Wisconsin average about 323 students, which makes this school 54% below average.
Besides Viroqua Area Montessori School, Viroqua Area School District runs 5 other schools. The district enrolls 1,038 students.
White students account for 94% of the school's enrollment. After that, the student body is 3% Hispanic. Among Vernon County residents, the White share is about 95%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 12%.
Teacher count: 8.3 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 17.6:1. The gap from the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin is 2.9 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 28%. That is 10 points below the 38% average for public schools in Vernon County.
Viroqua Area Montessori School earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 92% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
Schools in Wisconsin with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate across its state test results near 60.5%. Viroqua Area Montessori School posts 75.1%, 14.6 points above that, which places it in the top 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
The school's county is Vernon County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $71,893, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. There are 23 public schools in the county, enrolling about 3,669, Viroqua Area Montessori School among them.
Viroqua Elementary sits less than a tenth of a mile from Viroqua Area Montessori School. Viroqua Area Montessori School has 5 other public schools within five miles. The school's 75.1% average proficiency ranks 1st among 8 nearby schools.
Federal records code the school's setting as Town: Distant. Viroqua Area Montessori School is a charter school, a type of public school that operates under a charter.
Over 4 years, enrollment rose by 34 students, from 113 to 147. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 17.6:1, from 22.6:1.
Viroqua Area Montessori School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Vernon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
31,049
Census ACS
Median income
$71,893
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
3,669 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Viroqua Area School District
- Viroqua HighHigh · 301 students
- Viroqua ElementaryElementary · 276 students
- Viroqua MiddleMiddle · 253 students
- Laurel HighHigh · 43 students
- Vernon County Area Better Futures HighHigh · 18 students
Other schools in Viroqua
- Viroqua HighHigh · 301 students
- Viroqua ElementaryElementary · 276 students
- Viroqua MiddleMiddle · 253 students
- Laurel HighHigh · 43 students
- Vernon County Area Better Futures HighHigh · 18 students
Nearby schools
- Viroqua Elementary0.0 mi · 276
- Viroqua Middle0.2 mi · 253
- Viroqua High0.2 mi · 301
- Vernon County Area Better Futures High0.2 mi · 18
- Laurel High0.2 mi · 43
- Westby Elementary6.6 mi · 277
Frequently asked questions
About Viroqua Area Montessori SchoolHow large is Viroqua Area Montessori School?
Viroqua Area Montessori School enrolls approximately 147 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Viroqua Area Montessori School serve?
Viroqua Area Montessori School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many teachers does Viroqua Area Montessori School have?
Viroqua Area Montessori School employs 8 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Viroqua Area Montessori School?
At Viroqua Area Montessori School, the student body is approximately 94% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Viroqua Area Montessori School public or private?
Viroqua Area Montessori School is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Viroqua Area School District.
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