Summary:
Prairie Farm, Wisconsin has three public schools in the Prairie Farm Public School District—Prairie Farm Elementary (PK–5), Prairie Farm Middle (6–8), and Prairie Farm High (9–12)—serving 323 students in a district ranked 216 of 432 schools (50th percentile, 3 stars). Prairie Farm Middle is the standout: its 2025–2026 rank is 136 of 643 (79th percentile, 4 stars), up from 55th to 71st to 79th percentile. Its 8th grade results are exceptional—ELA 91.3%, social studies 91.3%, science 82.61%, math 69.57%—all above state. It also has the lowest student-teacher ratio (8.4), lowest per-student spending ($15,507), and chronic absenteeism of 9.5%, below the state’s 17.3%.
Prairie Farm High has strong completion outcomes—100% graduation and 0% dropout—but volatile ranks: 51st percentile (3 stars), then 85th (4 stars), then 47th (2 stars). Its 2024–2025 ACT results were strong (ELA 56%, math 60%, science 64%), while 2025–2026 math and science fell to 26.47%, though ELA was 61.76% and social studies 65.22%. Chronic absenteeism is 12.2%, below state but above district. Prairie Farm Elementary is improving modestly in rank (35th to 38th to 42nd percentile, 2 stars) and has the lowest chronic absenteeism at 5.4%. Its ELA is above state in grades 3–5 (53.33%, 71.43%, 57.14%), but math is weak in grades 4 and 5 (28.57% and 23.81% vs. state near 52–53%). It has the highest per-student spending ($18,773) and highest free/reduced-price lunch rate (41.6%).
Across the district, chronic absenteeism is low: every school is below the state’s 17.3%, with the elementary at 5.4%. Spending does not track neatly with outcomes: the lowest-spending middle school has the strongest academic profile, while the highest-spending elementary has the weakest math results. The district is near the middle statewide (50th percentile, 3 stars), but internal variation is large—the middle school is at 79th percentile, while the high school and elementary are at 47th and 42nd. Small cohorts mean year-to-year swings can be large.
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