The top reported proficiency rate is 72% in Social studies. The lowest is 53% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Eleva-strum Elementary
Eleva-Strum Elementary serves children from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade, and it is a regular public school within the Eleva-Strum School District. The school is not a charter or magnet. It sits on the district’s central campus between the two small villages it serves, Strum and Eleva, along a state highway; the campus also houses the high school. Previously, each village ran its own elementary school, but the district consolidated those programs into this single site.
The student body is predominantly white, with a moderate share of Hispanic students and a small number of children identifying as two or more races. Just over two in five students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which is a meaningful share and signals that the school serves a population with economic diversity. Data on students with individualized education programs and English learners was not available, a gap a parent may want to clarify directly with the school.
Academically, Eleva-Strum Elementary posted results in the 2024-25 school year that place its overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades in the top quartile relative to other districts in Trempealeau County. In reading and math, the strongest showing came in third grade, where a solid majority of students met the state’s proficiency bar. Fourth-grade results were also comfortably above half in both subjects. Fifth grade saw a noticeable drop. In math, just under half of fifth graders were proficient; in reading, exactly half were. Those declines mean the school’s upward trajectory in early elementary years is not yet carrying through to the upper grade, and a parent may want to ask how the school supports students as they move into more complex material. In science, fourth graders posted a result just above half proficient, while social studies in the same grade was stronger, with a clear majority meeting the bar. Participation in state testing was full across all grades and subjects.
Strum itself is a small, rural village along the Buffalo River with a compact downtown of locally owned businesses. The village has modest street life but residents make use of community trails and the Buffalo River Recreation Trail, an ATV and bicycle path on an old railroad bed that runs through town. Parks are a notable feature: the village has roughly 40 acres of parkland across four city parks, three of them along Crystal Lake, and the Viking Recreational Area adds a nine-hole golf course, a campground, and a shooting range. Crystal Lake supports no-wake boating, kayaking, and fishing. The Beef River Bullfrogs amateur baseball team plays at Spangberg Park. No public library or formal transit system was identified in the village itself. The population has been flat to slightly declining in recent years, and no major new housing developments or commercial projects were publicly reported. This is a stable, slow-growth, rural community.
The district does not appear to have undergone any major recent changes of the kind that would directly shift a family’s day-to-day experience, based on available public reports. Housing in the area is modestly priced compared to state and national benchmarks, though values have been rising. For a family looking for a small rural elementary school with solid third- and fourth-grade performance and a community that leans heavily on outdoor recreation, Eleva-Strum Elementary fits that profile. The fifth-grade dip is the soft spot worth investigating further.
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