Palmyra-Eagle High

Located at 123 Burr Oak St, in Palmyra, Wisconsin, Palmyra-Eagle High is an one-room-style four-year high school that caters to 165 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by Palmyra-Eagle Area School District. Enrollment runs roughly 65% smaller than the state mean of about 475.

Palmyra-Eagle High is one of 4 schools operated by Palmyra-Eagle Area School District, a district that educates 521 students overall.

Demographically, Palmyra-Eagle High shows that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 12% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Palmyra-Eagle High has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.6:1, putting Palmyra-Eagle High tighter than the state norm the norm. About 33% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Palmyra-Eagle High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 57.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.0%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Jefferson County shows median household income runs about $83,750, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Jefferson County runs 31 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,194 students), of which Palmyra-Eagle High is one.

Nearest neighbor: Palmyra-Eagle Middle, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Palmyra-Eagle High. On composite proficiency, Palmyra-Eagle High comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 54.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 43%: 292 students in 2018 compared to 165 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 9.0:1 in 2025.

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