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Schools in Prairie du Chien

Prairie du Chien’s public schools

Prairie du Chien Area School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Prairie du Chien. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/3schools above Wisconsin’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 96% of students in Wisconsin’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
40%
2021–22
Math proficiency
47%
2021–22
Graduate on time
98%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.6K
▼ 5% vs WI $16.5K
FY2024
Students per teacher
11.3
WI 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
894 students on the public path
In brief

Prairie du Chien’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Prairie du Chien’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Wisconsin’s 1,899 public schools. Bluff View Elementary places highest (better than 83%); Prairie du Chien High lowest (45%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Prairie du Chien, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–2BA Kennedy SchoolPrairie du Chien Area School DistrictNo scores
3–5Bluff View ElementaryPrairie du Chien Area School DistrictA−
6–8Bluff View MiddlePrairie du Chien Area School DistrictB−
9–12Prairie du Chien HighPrairie du Chien Area School DistrictB−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Prairie du Chien Area School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Prairie du Chien Area School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 5 schools · 917 students · 11.3 per teacher (WI 13.6)
$15,636WI $16,459 · FY2024
B+
Test scores · 2021–22

Above the state in reading

Reading40%
State average 38.1% · 491 students tested
Math47%
State average 38.7% · 491 students tested

Prairie du Chien vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Wisconsin towns that share Prairie du Chien’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Prairie du Chien—Prairie du Chien Area
Prairie du Chien (city)B+Prairie du Chien Area
Eastman—Prairie du Chien Area PK–12 · Seneca PK–12 · Wauzeka-Steuben PK–12
BridgeportB+Prairie du Chien Area PK–12 · Wauzeka-Steuben PK–12
Wauzeka—Wauzeka-Steuben

3 of the 4 neighbors share Prairie du Chien Area with Prairie du Chien, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Prairie du Chien

4 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Wisconsin’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Prairie du Chienin other towns
BA Kennedy School
Elementary · Grades PK–2
217 students12:1Rate it →
Bluff View Elementary
Elementary · Grades 3–5
A−
190 students9:1Rate it →
Bluff View Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8
B−
200 students14:1Rate it →
Prairie du Chien High
High · Grades 9–12
B−
287 students11:1Rate it →

Questions about Prairie du Chien’s schools

Are Prairie du Chien’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Prairie du Chien. Prairie du Chien Area School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Prairie du Chien. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Wisconsin’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Prairie du Chien in?

Prairie du Chien Area School District.

Where do Prairie du Chien kids go to high school?

Prairie du Chien High.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.