Summary:
The De Soto Area School District in Wisconsin serves elementary students at two PK–5 schools — Stoddard Elementary (105 students) and Prairie View Elementary (92 students) — together enrolling 197 children. The district ranks 297 out of 432 in the state, in the 31st percentile with a 2-star rating.
Stoddard Elementary is the stronger performer on nearly every current measure. It ranks 587/1039 (44th percentile, 2 stars) for 2025–2026, versus 841/1039 (19th percentile, 1 star) for Prairie View Elementary. Stoddard's 2025–2026 ELA average of 60.91% tops Prairie View's 34.62%, the district's 48.93%, and the state's 53.19%, and its 5th-grade ELA score of 70.59% is the highest current ELA result in the data. It also has lower chronic absenteeism (4.5% vs 6.0%) and a lower free/reduced lunch rate (23.81% vs 45.65%). Prairie View's edge is in resources: it spends $17,948 per student versus Stoddard's $17,247 and has a lower student-teacher ratio of 9.6 versus 12.1. Prairie View also posted a standout 2024–2025 3rd-grade cohort — 83.33% in ELA and 75% in math — but those results did not carry into 2025–2026.
Both schools share a clear strength: chronic absenteeism of 4.5% and 6.0%, well below the district's 9.9% and the state's 17.3%. Math is the shared challenge — the district's 2025–2026 math average of 35.34% is far below the state's 53.14%, with Stoddard at 40.78% and Prairie View at 30.23%, including a Prairie View 4th-grade math score of 18.18%. Science is also a current weakness, with Stoddard at 46.67% and Prairie View at 36.36% against the state's 53.46%. Because grade cohorts are small, year-to-year swings should be read with caution.
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