Summary:
Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin is home to five schools serving roughly 917 students in grades PK–12, all part of the Prairie du Chien Area School District in this small Mississippi River community. The district itself is rated 2 stars and ranks 231st of 432 districts in Wisconsin (47th percentile), yet its individual schools tell a more varied story: the high school earns 4 stars, while the middle and elementary schools earn 3 stars, and attendance is strong everywhere.
Prairie du Chien High is the largest school (287 students) and the standout, ranking 137th of 533 schools (74th percentile). Its 10th graders score 22.06 points above the state in social studies and 15.42 points above in science, and chronic absenteeism is just 4.9% versus 17.3% statewide. However, 10th-grade English language arts is 7.79 points below the state, and its 84.8% graduation rate trails the district (86.5%) and state (92.0%). Bluff View Elementary (190 students) is the strongest elementary performer, ranking 378th of 1,039 (64th percentile), with 3rd- and 4th-grade science, math, and ELA results well above state. It has the district's lowest student-teacher ratio (9.1) and highest per-student spending ($16,808), though 5th-grade ELA and math fall below state averages.
Bluff View Middle (200 students) ranks 286th of 643 (56th percentile), down from 82nd percentile in 2023–2024. Its ELA is above state in all three middle grades, but 8th-grade math (-6.05 points) and social studies (-4.31) trail the state. BA Kennedy School serves PK–2 only, so it has no test scores or rank; its free/reduced lunch rate (58.99%) is the district's highest. Mighty River Academy of Virtual Education, a 23-student virtual school, reports a 100% graduation rate, 0% dropout, and 0% chronic absenteeism, but its ACT proficiency is far below state (ELA -31.80 points). Across all five schools, chronic absenteeism ranges from 0% to 4.9% — a clear district-wide strength.
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