Summary:
ZIP code 53156 covers Palmyra, Wisconsin, where three public schools serve about 287 students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, all within the Palmyra-Eagle Area School District. Palmyra-Eagle High (grades 9–12) enrolls 165 students, Palmyra-Eagle Middle (grades 6–8) enrolls 96, and Palmyra Eagle Montessori School (grades PK–6) enrolls 26. The district as a whole is rated 356th of 432 in Wisconsin, in the 18th percentile with 1 star, but the individual schools differ meaningfully.
The middle school shows the sharpest change: it rated 167th of 641 schools in 2023–2024 (74th percentile, 4 stars) before falling to 459th of 643 in 2025–2026 (29th percentile, 1 star). Its ELA results in 2024–2025 were well above state in grades 6 through 8, then dropped sharply in grades 7 and 8 in 2025–2026; 8th grade social studies has stayed above state both years. The high school is mixed: graduation is 93.0%, above the 92.0% state rate, and 10th grade social studies (51.28% vs. 48.25%) and 2024–2025 math ACT were above state, but science ACT fell 29.03% vs. 43.20% state in 2025–2026. The Montessori school stands out for 6.7% chronic absenteeism, far below the district's 12.5% and the state's 17.3%, and for the highest per-student spending at $25,818, though it has no test-score or rank data.
For parents, the key takeaways are that social studies is a relative bright spot across both the middle and high schools, while high school science is a persistent weakness. Small enrollments at all three schools mean a few students can shift percentages considerably, so year-to-year swings deserve caution, and the Montessori school's academic performance cannot be assessed from the available data.
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