Eleva-strum Middle, Strum WI - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Eleva-strum Middle

Eleva-Strum Middle serves students in sixth through eighth grade as part of the Eleva-Strum School District. The school is housed at the district’s central campus, located on U.S. Highway 10 between the small rural villages of Strum and Eleva. That campus, which also contains the high school, was created after the district consolidated its elementary schools from each village into a single location. The setting is fully rural, with a modest downtown in Strum and recreational amenities tied to Crystal Lake and the Buffalo River recreation trail. Home values in the area are moderate and have risen over the past year at a pace consistent with broader state trends. The village’s population has been relatively stable with a slight decline in recent years, and no major new housing or commercial developments were identified.

The school’s enrollment is fairly small, with a student population that is predominantly white and includes a small Hispanic share. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a common marker of economic need in rural districts.

On state assessments, performance varies noticeably across grades and subjects. In math, one grade level posted results that are a clear strength for the school, with a majority of students meeting the state’s proficiency standard, while another grade showed a softer result where well under half of students reached that bar. English language arts results follow a similar pattern, with one grade performing at a level that is notably strong and another where a parent may want to ask the school about instructional support. Eighth graders demonstrated their strongest performance in social studies, where a majority of students met the state’s proficiency standard. Science results for that same grade were lower, a gap a family might wish to investigate further. Across all tested subjects and grades, the school’s overall proficiency index sits above the midpoint when compared with other districts in Trempealeau County, a positive position among its local peers.

The school does not serve high school grades, so it has no graduation rate to report. Data on chronic absenteeism, discipline, staffing, and course access were not available in the records reviewed. A parent interested in those areas would need to contact the school or district directly.

Eleva-Strum Middle is a small rural school that, based on the available evidence, offers a mixed academic picture with some clear bright spots, especially in seventh-grade performance and eighth-grade social studies, alongside areas where the results are more moderate and warrant a closer look. The consolidated campus and the stable, recreation-oriented community around it give the school a specific character that may appeal to families seeking a tight-knit setting in western Wisconsin.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 635%

School 35% · District 35%

▼ 18 pts below state median

Grade 763%

School 63% · District 63%

▲ 9 pts above state median

Grade 853%

School 53% · District 53%

▲ 2 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 645%

School 45% · District 45%

▼ 8 pts below state median

Grade 763%

School 63% · District 63%

▲ 11 pts above state median

Grade 857%

School 57% · District 57%

▲ 5 pts above state median

Science

Grade 847%

School 47% · District 47%

▼ 4 pts below state median

Social studies

Grade 865%

School 65% · District 65%

▲ 1 pts above state median

This schoolEleva-Strum 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 6Lower-income41%Higher-income47%6 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income67%Higher-income61%6 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income56%Higher-income58%3 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income35%Higher-income35%0 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income53%Higher-income70%16 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income33%Higher-income65%31 pp gap