Summary:
The Eleva-Strum School District in western Wisconsin contains a single high school: Eleva-Strum High, which serves grades 9–12 with 195 students at W23597 US Hwy 10 in Strum. Because it is the district's only high school, school-level and district-level figures for high school metrics are identical, and with such a small enrollment a handful of students can shift percentages noticeably from year to year.
What the school does well is getting students to the finish line. Its graduation rate is 98.0% in 2024–2025, well above the state's 92.0%, and its dropout rate is 0.0% versus 1.1% statewide. Chronic absenteeism is 15.3%, better than the state's 17.3% but higher than the district-wide figure of 9.8%, suggesting attendance is more of a high-school-level challenge. Context figures for 2024–2025 include $17,774 in per-student spending, a student-teacher ratio of 11.3, and 23.08% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch. In 2024–2025, 10th-grade ACT English Language Arts and Mathematics proficiency were both above state levels.
Academic proficiency is the clear area to watch. In 2025–2026, Eleva-Strum High fell below the state in every reported subject: Social Studies 45.95% vs 48.25%, English Language Arts 40.00% vs 48.47%, Science 35.00% vs 43.20%, and Mathematics 27.50% vs 42.93% — a gap of 15.43 percentage points. Results swung sharply from the prior year, with Social Studies up 8.74 points while ELA fell 10.88, Mathematics 16.36, and Science 7.11; since these are different 10th-grade cohorts, the change may reflect cohort differences rather than the same students slipping. Rankings have also moved around: 18th percentile in 2023–2024, 41st in 2024–2025, and 33rd in 2025–2026 (356 of 533 schools, 2 stars), while the district overall is rated 1 star.
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