Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau High

Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau High is a mid-sized four-year high school in Galesville, Wisconsin, run under Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau School District. The school instructs 411 students in grades 9 through 12.

Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau School District runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,393 students. Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau High is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau High logs that nearly all students (89%) are White. The remainder is composed of 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Trempealeau County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.6:1 average. About 21% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Trempealeau County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau High falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 64.7%; this one comes in at 48.1%, -16.5 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, Trempealeau County reports that the typical household earns roughly $76,313 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau High is one of 21 public schools in Trempealeau County (combined enrollment of about 5,893 students).

Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau High. On composite proficiency, Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau High comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 63.1%.

Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau High operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau High has held roughly steady, going from 421 students in 2018 to 411 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 95% to 89%. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.