Summary:
ZIP code 53156 contains one high school, Palmyra-Eagle High, serving grades 9–12 with 165 students in the Palmyra-Eagle Area School District. Because it is the only high school in the area, there are no local peers to compare it with; the useful benchmarks are state averages, district averages, and the school’s own prior years. The school reports 32.73% free/reduced lunch, $20,712 per-student spending in 2024–2025, and a student-teacher ratio of 9.
Academically, results are mixed. Social Studies was a relative strength: 51.28% proficient in 2025–2026, above the state’s 48.25%, and up from 39.29% in 2024–2025, when it was below the state’s 47.67%. Mathematics was above the state in 2024–2025 at 46.34% vs. 42.73%, but slipped to 41.94% in 2025–2026, slightly below the state’s 42.93%. Science is the clearest gap, below the state both years: 29.03% vs. 43.20% in 2025–2026 and 32.50% vs. 43.42% in 2024–2025. English Language Arts was 35.48% proficient in 2025–2026, below the state’s 48.47%.
For 2024–2025, the graduation rate was 93.0%, above the state’s 92.0% and equal to the district’s 93.0%. The dropout rate was 1.8%, higher than both the district’s 1.3% and the state’s 1.1%. Chronic absenteeism was 16.4%, better than the state’s 17.3% but worse than the district’s 12.5%. The school’s ranking rose from 29th percentile with 1 star in 2024–2025 to 39th percentile with 2 stars in 2025–2026, though it remains below its 2022–2023 percentile of 42; the district is ranked 356th of 432, at the 18th percentile with 1 star. With only 165 students, small cohort changes can shift percentages noticeably, so single-year results should be read with caution.
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