Colfax Elementary, Colfax WI - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Colfax Elementary

Colfax Elementary serves students from prekindergarten through sixth grade as part of the Colfax School District in the small rural village of Colfax, Wisconsin. The school sits in the Red Cedar River valley in Dunn County, roughly north of the Interstate 94 corridor that links the area to Eau Claire and Menomonie. Colfax itself is a compact community with a municipal building, a railroad museum, a weekly newspaper, and active civic organizations including a Kiwanis club and an American Legion post. Housing values have grown steadily in recent years, and the village has seen modest but consistent population increases.

The school enrolls a student body that is overwhelmingly white, with a substantial share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. State testing results from the 2024-2025 school year are available for grades three through six in English language arts and math, and for grade four in science and social studies. In English language arts, performance ranges from above half of students scoring proficient or above up to a stronger showing in sixth grade. Math results vary by grade level, with proficiency rates falling in a similar range, from about half of students to above that mark in fifth grade. Fourth-grade science results are comparable to the school’s other middle-range outcomes, while social studies in that grade shows a somewhat higher proficiency rate. Across tested subjects and grades, the school’s overall proficiency index sits below the midpoint when compared with other districts in Dunn County. Parents may want to discuss with the school how the curriculum addresses the subjects where proficiency rates are lower, particularly in math at certain grade levels.

Because Colfax Elementary serves only through sixth grade, there is no graduation rate to examine, and the school is not included in typical high school outcome measures like college or career readiness data. Attendance and chronic absenteeism figures were not available in the provided data, so interested families should ask the district how it tracks and addresses attendance patterns among elementary students. Information on special education and English learner populations was also absent from the data; those counts are often important indicators of the range of student supports a school provides, and a parent might want to follow up directly with the school on this question.

The district operates a two-school model, with Colfax Elementary for prekindergarten through sixth grade and Colfax High for seventh through twelfth grade. The district has held a facilities referendum in recent years to address building improvements, a decision that affects property taxes and school infrastructure for families living within the district boundaries. The village of Colfax and the surrounding town area provide a setting of rolling farmland and small-town life, with local businesses and the school itself serving as central institutions. For families seeking an elementary school in a small rural community where the student body is fairly homogeneous economically and racially, and where state test results are in a middle range relative to county peers, Colfax Elementary fits that context. Those looking for more robust program offerings, data on student support populations, or a comparison with a wider peer set may want to gather additional information from the school or district directly.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 354%

School 54% · District 54%

▼ 2 pts below state median

Grade 458%

School 58% · District 58%

▲ 4 pts above state median

Grade 563%

School 63% · District 63%

▲ 11 pts above state median

Grade 652%

School 52% · District 52%

▼ 1 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 363%

School 63% · District 63%

▲ 10 pts above state median

Grade 461%

School 61% · District 61%

▲ 8 pts above state median

Grade 558%

School 58% · District 58%

▲ 8 pts above state median

Grade 669%

School 69% · District 69%

▲ 16 pts above state median

Science

Grade 467%

School 67% · District 67%

▲ 16 pts above state median

Social studies

Grade 472%

School 72% · District 72%

▲ 7 pts above state median

This schoolColfax School District, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income47%Higher-income72%25 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income42%Higher-income84%43 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income47%Higher-income66%18 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income62%Higher-income77%16 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income35%Higher-income66%30 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income46%Higher-income74%28 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income47%Higher-income72%25 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income39%Higher-income68%30 pp gap