Summary:
Elementary schools in the East Troy Community School District are two schools serving 589 students: Little Prairie Primary, which serves grades PK–2 with 328 students, and Prairie View Elementary, which serves grades 3–5 with 261 students. The two schools are sequential, so most families move from Little Prairie into Prairie View. The district overall ranks 128th of 432 Wisconsin districts, at the 70th percentile with 4 stars.
Prairie View Elementary is the academic standout and the only one of the two with state test data. Its Forward Exam proficiency was above the Wisconsin rate in every reported assessment in both 2024–2025 and 2025–2026. Fourth grade was especially strong in 2025–2026: 72.37% proficient in math, 19.50 points above the state, and 68.42% in English language arts, 14.55 points above. Third and fifth grade slipped, though — 3rd grade ELA fell 11.94 points and 3rd grade math fell 11.28 points. As a result, Prairie View's rank moved from 71st percentile and 4 stars in 2024–2025 to 62nd percentile and 3 stars in 2025–2026. Little Prairie Primary has no test scores listed, consistent with serving PK–2.
Attendance is a clear strength across both schools. Chronic absenteeism in 2024–2025 was 5.4% at Prairie View and 7.8% at Little Prairie, both below the district's 9.7% and far below the state's 17.3%. Resources are similar: Prairie View spends $16,012 per student and Little Prairie $16,153. Prairie View has the lower student-teacher ratio, 11.3 versus 14.2 at Little Prairie, largely because its enrollment is smaller while teacher counts are similar. Overall, families see strong attendance at both schools and above-state academics at Prairie View, with recent softening in some grades.
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