Summary:
ZIP code 54730 in Colfax, Wisconsin is home to a single high school: Colfax High, part of the Colfax School District. It is a small combined middle and high school serving grades 7–12 with 318 students, a student-teacher ratio of 12.8:1, per-student spending of $14,911, and 31.13% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch. Because it is the only high school in the area, there are no other local schools to compare it against, so parents should judge it on its own trends and against state averages.
The school's strongest academic story is its 8th grade cohort. In 2025–26, 8th graders scored above the state in every Forward Exam subject, and by wide margins: Mathematics at 76.19% versus 53.67% statewide (+22.52 points), Science at 71.43% versus 51.86% (+19.57), English Language Arts at 71.43% versus 54.38% (+17.05), and Social Studies at 80.95% versus 64.63% (+16.32). Tenth grade results are more mixed. ACT English Language Arts came in at 48.98% against a state rate of 48.47%, essentially level, while ACT Mathematics (34.69% vs. 42.93%) and Science (40.82% vs. 43.20%) trailed the state, and 10th grade Forward Social Studies was slightly below state at 47.06% versus 48.25%. Even so, 10th grade ACT proficiency rose substantially from 2024–25, when ELA was 32.50%, Math 32.50%, and Science 27.50%.
Outcome measures are a clear strength. The graduation rate is 97.0% for both the school and district, above the state's 92.0%, and the dropout rate is 0.6%, roughly half the state's 1.1%. Chronic absenteeism is 17.1%, essentially at the state's 17.3% but above the district's 13.2%. The school's rank improved to 284 of 533, the 47th percentile with 2 stars, up from the 13th percentile in 2024–25; the district ranks 239 of 432, at the 45th percentile with 2 stars. Overall, Colfax High looks like a middle-ranked school with positive momentum, strong graduation outcomes, and lower-grade academics that outpace the state, with upper-grade math and science the main areas to watch.
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