Eleva-Strum High

Eleva-Strum High is a high school of tight-knit scale in Strum, Wisconsin, part of Eleva-Strum School District, caters to 195 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 475 students each, so Eleva-Strum High sits 59% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Eleva-Strum School District, which oversees 3 schools and 664 students, Eleva-Strum High is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Eleva-Strum High reports that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 12% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Eleva-Strum High has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.4:1. The state averages around 14.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 23% of students at Eleva-Strum High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Trempealeau County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Eleva-Strum High sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 63.5%; actual is 44.0%, a gap of -19.4 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Trempealeau County indicate median household earnings sit near $76,313, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Eleva-Strum High is one of 21 public schools in Trempealeau County (combined enrollment of about 5,893 students).

Nearest neighbor: Eleva-Strum Elementary, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Eleva-Strum High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Eleva-Strum High at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 46.7%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Five-year trend. Eleva-Strum High's enrollment has shrank 24% since 2018, when it stood at 257 (now 195). Class-load math has tightened: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 in 2025.

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