Enrollment
263
Elementary
DISTRICT 232 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GALESVILLE-ETTRICK-TREMPEALEAU SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550496000538
Galesville Elementary
17151 French Rd, Galesville, WI 54630 · (608) 582-2241 · Trempealeau County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL263 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wisconsin public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
81 students
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 42%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 36 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 30 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 34 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (30) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (41).
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
45.9%
WI avg 53.1% . -6.6pp since 2023
Math
46.7%
WI avg 54.8% . -6.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.9% | 46.7% |
| 2023-24 | 52.5% | 53.3% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
50.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.8%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Wisconsin's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Galesville Elementary
Galesville Elementary's state test result (50.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galesville Elementary this school | 263 | 30.8% | 50.8% |
| Park Community Charter School Kaukauna | 256 | 28.5% | 74.1% |
| Lakeside Elementary Oshkosh | 229 | 30.6% | 56.1% |
| Bonduel Elementary Bonduel | 288 | 34.4% | 62.9% |
| Omro Elementary Omro | 275 | 32.0% | 58.2% |
| Prairie View Elementary East Troy | 261 | 29.5% | 65.4% |
Matched among Wisconsin elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Galesville Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Trempealeau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.8% | #609 of 982 | #4 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #645 of 992 ▼ 70 | #7 of 9 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.9% | #639 of 992 ▼ 99 | #5 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 263 | #734 of 1,157 | #7 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #326 of 901 | #4 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.3% | #677 of 901 | #2 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.8% | #722 of 1,064 | #7 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.7% | #193 of 240 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
263
+37 (+16%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 334
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 12.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 263 | 21.2 | 12.4:1 | 31% (81) |
| 2023-24 | 260 | 20.3 | 12.8:1 | 37% (95) |
| 2022-23 | 257 | 20 | 12.8:1 | 39% (100) |
| 2020-21 | 226 | 18 | 12.6:1 | 42% (96) |
| 2017-18 | 256 | 20 | 12.8:1 | 30% (77) |
| 2015-16 | 252 | 17 | 14.8:1 | 40% (101) |
| 2010-11 | 248 | 19 | 13.1:1 | 39% (96) |
| 2000-01 | 257 | 19 | 13.5:1 | 16% (42) |
| 1990-91 | 334 | 24 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Galesville Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (256 to 263); teachers up 6% (20 to 21.2).
About Galesville Elementary
Galesville Elementary is a small elementary school in Galesville, Wisconsin, one of the schools in Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau School District. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 263 students.
Galesville Elementary sits within Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau School District, which has 5 schools and 1,393 students.
The large majority of students at Galesville Elementary, 87%, are White. Other reported shares: 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That is close to the 85% White share among all Trempealeau County residents. Galesville Elementary has a diversity index of 24%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teacher staffing is 21.2 full-time equivalents, or about 12.4 students per teacher. Among elementary schools in Wisconsin, the typical ratio is 14.7:1. About 31% of students, or 81, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Trempealeau County is 47%.
Measured against Wisconsin public elementary schools, Galesville Elementary receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Galesville Elementary would be expected to post about 58.8%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 50.8%.
In the county around the school, Trempealeau County, median household income is about $76,313, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. A total of 21 public schools operate in Trempealeau County, serving about 5,893 students.
Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau High is the public school closest to Galesville Elementary, about 1.1 miles away. Galesville Elementary has 2 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Galesville Elementary at 7th of 9.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Distant.
The number of students grew from 226 to 263 over 4 years.
Posts about school safety, transportation, and start times are welcome on this page. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Trempealeau County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
30,839
Census ACS
Median income
$76,313
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
5,893 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau School District
- Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau HighHigh · 411 students
- Trempealeau ElementaryElementary · 309 students
- Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau MiddleMiddle · 286 students
- Ettrick ElementaryElementary · 124 students
Other schools in Galesville
- Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau HighHigh · 411 students
- Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau MiddleMiddle · 286 students
Nearby schools
- Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau High1.1 mi · 411
- Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau Middle1.2 mi · 286
- Trempealeau Elementary6.7 mi · 309
- Ettrick Elementary7.4 mi · 124
- Prairie View Elementary7.7 mi · 466
- Holmen High8.9 mi · 1,242
Frequently asked questions
About Galesville ElementaryHow large is Galesville Elementary?
Galesville Elementary enrolls approximately 263 students in grades PK-05.
Is Galesville Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Galesville Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Galesville Elementary?
Approximately 12.4:1 students per teacher at Galesville Elementary.
How diverse is Galesville Elementary?
Galesville Elementary reports a student body of 87% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Galesville Elementary?
Galesville Elementary is overseen by Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau School District in Trempealeau County.
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