Summary:
ZIP code 54770 in Strum, Wisconsin contains exactly one high school: Eleva-Strum High, which serves grades 9–12 with 195 students and is the only high school in the Eleva-Strum School District. Because it is the sole high school in this area, parents should judge it against its own district and the state of Wisconsin rather than against local peers.
Completion and attendance outcomes are the school's clearest strengths. In 2024–25, Eleva-Strum High posted a 98.0% graduation rate, matching the district and above the state's 92.0%, along with a 0.0% dropout rate, below the state's 1.1%. Chronic absenteeism was 15.3% — better than the state's 17.3%, though higher than the district's 9.8%, which makes attendance a possible lever for improvement. The school also moved from 1 star in 2023–24 to 2 stars in 2024–25 and 2025–26, and it reports 195 students, a student-teacher ratio of 11.3, per-student spending of $17,774, and a free/reduced lunch rate of 23.08%. The district as a whole ranks 308 of 432, at the 29th percentile with 1 star, but district ratings span multiple schools and grade levels.
Academics are more uneven and have recently slipped. In 2025–26, proficiency was below the state in all four tested subjects: social studies rose 8.74 points to 45.95% (state 48.25%), while ELA fell 10.88 points to 40.00%, science fell 7.11 points to 35.00%, and math fell 16.36 points to 27.50% against a state figure of 42.93% — the largest gap and the biggest concern. Social studies was the one bright spot. With 195 students, the 10th-grade testing cohort is small, so year-to-year swings of 7–16 points can partly reflect cohort differences, but the math and ELA declines are large enough to monitor closely.
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