The top reported proficiency rate is 66% in Social studies. The lowest is 42% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Coleman Elementary
Coleman Elementary serves students from prekindergarten through fifth grade in the Coleman School District, a small rural district in Marinette County. The school is a regular public school and sits along the highway corridor on the north side of the village of Coleman, sharing an address with the district's middle school. The village itself is compact and low-density, with a traditional Main Street civic core and a sparse suburban feel where most residents rent their homes. Walkability is limited; daily life requires a car, and the nearest large city is Green Bay, roughly an hour south.
The student body is overwhelmingly white, with a small share of Hispanic students and even smaller numbers of students who are American Indian or Alaska Native, Black, or of two or more races. Nearly half of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a reflection of the area's economic context. The local economy is led by manufacturing, followed by health care, retail, and agriculture, and median household income in the village has grown in recent years but remains below the state median. Housing values have risen substantially over the past several years, though they remain below the state benchmark, and the village is actively promoting development of residential lots and industrial sites.
State testing results from the Wisconsin Forward exam show a mixed picture across grades and subjects. In third-grade English language arts, a slim majority of students met or exceeded the proficient standard. By fourth grade, just under half did so, and in fifth grade, the share dropped to below two-fifths. Math results followed a similar pattern, with third grade below half proficient, fourth grade reaching just above half, and fifth grade falling to about a third of students proficient. Fourth-grade science and social studies results were stronger, with roughly three-fifths and two-thirds of students respectively reaching proficiency. Overall, the school's combined proficiency rate across all tested subjects and grades places Coleman Elementary below the midpoint among the eight districts in Marinette County. Families should note that this is a single year of data and that proficiency rates varied noticeably by grade, which may be worth discussing with the school for a fuller picture.
The school operates within a small district with a single elementary building. No information about special education identification rates or English learner populations was available in the data. Discipline data, staffing ratios, and course access were also not provided. The school does not appear to have magnet or charter status, and Title I status was not reported. A parent may want to ask the school directly about class sizes, support services, and any enrichment programming, as these details were absent from the data.
Coleman Elementary is best understood as a neighborhood school serving a rural village with a manufacturing and agricultural economic base. Its academic results are uneven, with stronger performance in science and social studies in fourth grade and softer results in upper-elementary math and reading. For families already living in the district, this is the assigned public elementary school. For those considering a move to the area, the village's intentional push for residential development suggests potential for growth, but the school's academic profile in this single year warrants a direct conversation with staff about how the school supports students across grade levels. State testing data was not available for prekindergarten through second grade, which is typical for those untested grade bands, so no inference can be made about the earliest years from this data.
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