Summary:
Elementary schools in the Beaver Dam Unified School District serve about 1,100 students across four schools — Prairie View Elementary (337 students, PK–5), Jefferson Elementary (328, PK–5), Washington Elementary (260, K–5), and Lincoln Elementary (201, K–5). The district as a whole carries a 3-star rating, ranking 180 of 432 statewide (58th percentile), but that district rating hides wide differences between individual schools.
Prairie View Elementary is the most consistent high performer, ranked 89 of 1,039 in 2025–26 (91st percentile, 5 stars) and in the top decile for three straight years. It is the only school with every listed test result above both district and state averages in both years, and it has the lowest chronic absenteeism (4.8%) and lowest free/reduced-price lunch rate (42.14%). Washington Elementary posted the single best year in the group — 54 of 1,044 (95th percentile, 5 stars) in 2024–25, with grade 4 math at 94.44% and grade 5 math at 90.48% — before slipping to 163 of 1,039 (84th percentile, 4 stars) in 2025–26. Its overall average fell about 7.9 points, yet it remains the second-strongest school.
Jefferson Elementary and Lincoln Elementary are the most improved, each moving from 2 stars to 3 stars and gaining roughly 5 to 8 points overall, largely on social studies gains of about 16–17 points. Both still trail the district average, and math is weak at Jefferson while science is a clear weakness at Lincoln (40.00% in 2025–26). Notably, all four schools have chronic absenteeism below the district's 14.2% and the state's 17.3%, and spending and class size do not track neatly with results here.
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