Summary:
The three public schools in Pretty Prairie serve students from prekindergarten through grade 12: an elementary school, a middle school and a high school, with enrollments from 68 to 133. Their reported 2025–26 scores vary notably by school and subject. The clearest overall finding is that Pretty Prairie Elementary leads the other two schools in all three subjects, especially math.
Pretty Prairie Elementary scores 55% in ELA, 61% in math and 45% in science; its leads over the next-highest school are 7, 13 and 12 percentage points, respectively. The widest divide among schools is in math: Pretty Prairie High scores 30%, compared with 48% at Pretty Prairie Middle and 61% at Elementary. High’s math result is 11 points below the state score, while Elementary is 20 points above it. High’s ELA is a brighter spot at 48%, 2 points above the state; Middle’s ELA is 36%, 10 points below. Middle’s grade 6 math is 24 points above the grade-specific state score, but its grade 8 math is 6 points below.
Results are improving most clearly in math: the simple average across the three schools rose 11 points from 2024–25 to 2025–26, while the state score rose 2 points. The schools’ average ELA score increased by 1 point, roughly matching the state’s gain. SchoolDigger’s percentile figures also rose between 2023–24 and 2025–26: 21 points at Elementary, 16 at High and 27 at Middle; its current ratings are 3 stars for Elementary and High and 2 stars for Middle. Attendance distinguishes High, where chronic absenteeism is 24%, versus 18% statewide and 8% at each of the other schools. Student–teacher ratios range from 10 at High to 13 at Middle; free/reduced-lunch rates range from 34% at High to 47% at Middle. These figures provide context, not an explanation for school results.
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