Ettrick Elementary, Ettrick WI - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Ettrick Elementary

Ettrick Elementary is a small regular public school serving pre-kindergarten through fifth grade in the Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau School District. The school is located in the village of Ettrick, a quiet, entirely rural community in Trempealeau County with a mostly Norwegian and German ancestry, a low cost of living, and a population that has been flat to slightly declining. The village is car-dependent, with few commercial services, and the school shares the compact village center with the public library and village office. The district did not have any recent major changes reported publicly.

The student body is a small cohort. Reflecting the surrounding community, the enrollment is entirely white. About a quarter of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a share that falls well below the national average and indicates a comparatively low level of economic disadvantage for the school’s population. Because the school serves only elementary grades, there is no graduation rate to report, and no data was available on special education or English learner enrollment.

State assessment results from the Forward exam show a pattern that varies by grade and subject, which is common in a small school where a few students can shift a rate noticeably. In third grade, reading proficiency was very high. Math results in third and fifth grades were also strong, with the large majority of students meeting the state’s proficiency benchmark. Fourth grade was a softer spot: math proficiency was solidly above half, but reading proficiency stood at the halfway mark, and science proficiency was well below it. Social studies in fourth grade, the one tested grade for that subject, was strong.

Across all tested grades and subjects combined, the school’s overall proficiency index sits above the top quarter of districts in Trempealeau County, a meaningful point of comparison given that the county contains seven districts and a range of rural and small-town settings.

No data was available on chronic absenteeism or on course access, staffing ratios, or discipline. This is not unusual for an elementary school of this size, but a parent may wish to check directly with the school on those topics.

The housing market in the area, based on the zip code that covers Ettrick, shows home values in the middle range compared to the state and national benchmarks. Values have been rising at a rate that outpaces the national average, though the community itself is not growing in population. A family moving in would find a stable, rural setting with a small, neighborhood-scale elementary school integrated into the village.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 389%

School 89% · District 64% · ▲ 25 pts above district

▲ 33 pts above state median

Grade 461%

School 61% · District 56% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 7 pts above state median

Grade 581%

School 81% · District 56% · ▲ 25 pts above district

▲ 30 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 394%

School 94% · District 70% · ▲ 24 pts above district

▲ 42 pts above state median

Grade 450%

School 50% · District 58% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▼ 2 pts below state median

Grade 563%

School 63% · District 54% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▲ 12 pts above state median

Science

Grade 444%

School 44% · District 56% · ▼ 11 pts below district

▼ 7 pts below state median

Social studies

Grade 472%

School 72% · District 76% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▲ 7 pts above state median

This schoolGalesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau 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 5Lower-income57%Higher-income67%10 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 5Lower-income71%Higher-income89%18 pp gap