Summary:
Colfax, Wisconsin is home to two public schools serving pre-kindergarten through 12th grade: Colfax Elementary (PK–6, 398 students) and Colfax High (7–12, 318 students), both in the Colfax School District, which enrolls 716 students and is rated 2 stars, ranking 239th of 432 Wisconsin districts at the 45th percentile. There is no standalone middle school, so grades 7–8 are housed at the high school.
The two schools are moving in opposite directions. Colfax High climbed from the 13th percentile and 1 star in 2024–2025 to the 47th percentile and 2 stars in 2025–2026, and posted a 97.0% graduation rate versus 92.0% statewide, with a 0.6% dropout rate versus 1.1%. Its 8th grade is the district's strongest tested grade, beating the state in every reported Forward Exam subject: ELA 71.43%, math 76.19%, social studies 80.95%, and science 71.43%. Tenth-grade ACT ELA rose to 48.98%, slightly above the state's 48.47%, though ACT math (34.69%) and science (40.82%) remain below state. Its chronic absenteeism rate of 17.1% is close to the state average.
Colfax Elementary slipped from 3 stars and the 65th percentile to 2 stars and the 32nd percentile, with average math falling from about 56.77% to 41.78% and science from 67.44% to 42.55%. Only 5th grade math (62.79%) beat the state, while 4th grade math reached 29.79% versus 52.87% statewide. Attendance is a genuine strength at 9.6% chronic absenteeism, well below the district's 13.2% and the state's 17.3%. The elementary school also spends less per student ($13,484 versus $14,911) and has a higher free/reduced lunch rate (45.73% versus 31.13%), making elementary math and science recovery the clearest priority for families and staff.
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