Summary
Eleva-Strum High is a small rural public high school in Strum, Wisconsin, serving about 195 students in grades 9–12 as part of the Eleva-Strum School District. Its strongest results are in completion: the 2024–2025 graduation rate was 98.0%, well above Wisconsin's 92.0%, and the dropout rate was 0.0% versus the state's 1.1%. That places it in the upper tier of nearby high schools — Osseo-Fairchild High (98.2%), Mondovi High (97.0%), Fall Creek High (96.8%), and Independence High (91.8%) — and well ahead of Augusta High (82.5%). Chronic absenteeism, at 15.3%, is better than the state's 17.3% but noticeably higher than the district's 9.8%, suggesting the high school faces more attendance challenge than the district as a whole.
Academically, 2025–2026 test results trail state averages in every reported subject. Mathematics is the largest gap: 27.5% proficient versus 42.93% statewide, a difference of about 15 points. English language arts (40% vs. 48.47%), science (35% vs. 43.20%), and social studies (45.95% vs. 48.25%) are also below state. Results swing widely from year to year — likely reflecting small class cohorts — so a single year is less telling than the multi-year pattern. Notably, low-income students have historically been a relative strength, ranking at the 47th percentile in 2025–2026, above the school's overall 33rd percentile, though that is down from the 87th percentile in 2022–2023.
Resources look mid-to-high: $17,774 per student, a student-teacher ratio of 11.3 (lower than Memorial High, Fall Creek High, Mondovi High, and Independence High), and a free/reduced lunch rate of 23.08% — lower than most nearby high schools. Even so, achievement lags behind higher-performing neighbors such as Fall Creek High, Memorial High, Wildlands Charter School, and often Mondovi High. Overall, Eleva-Strum High graduates students at a high rate, but mathematics and consistent proficiency across subjects are the clearest areas to watch.
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