Summary:
ZIP code 54630 in Galesville, Wisconsin, contains exactly one public middle school — Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau Middle — which serves grades 6 through 8 with 286 students, roughly 95 per grade, as part of the Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau School District, a district ranked 116 of 432 in Wisconsin (73rd percentile, 4 stars).
The school has earned a 4-star rating in each of the last three school years, with percentile ranks of 73, 77, and 72 — steady top-30% performance among 600-plus ranked Wisconsin middle schools. Test results back that up: on the 2025-2026 Forward Exam, the school's composite proficiency was 64.4% against a 55.5% state figure, a gap of +8.9 points, with math averaging 68.6% versus 54.3% statewide and English language arts at 60.8% versus 54.9%. Math is the signature strength — 7th grade reached 76.53% proficient against 55.67% statewide, a 20.9-point edge, and every grade-6 and grade-7 subject beat the state. The school's most striking figure is attendance: chronic absenteeism of 1.8%, compared with 2.8% district-wide and 17.3% for Wisconsin, roughly a tenth of the state rate. Classes are small at 12.2 students per teacher, per-student spending is $16,220, and 23.43% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch.
Two items are worth watching. Grade 8 declined across all four tested subjects year over year — ELA 69.41% to 52.00%, math 67.06% to 62.00%, social studies 77.65% to 68.00%, and science 71.76% to 59.00% — and ELA 8, at 52.00% versus 54.38% state, is the school's only below-state result, though only fractionally. Grade 7 moved the other way, with ELA rising from 50.52% to 67.35% and math from 64.95% to 76.53%. The overall margin over the state narrowed from +11.7 to +8.9 points, largely because of grade 8 and strong state gains. The dropout rate is 0.0%, structurally expected at these grades.
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