Prairie du Chien Area School District

The Prairie du Chien Area School District in Wisconsin serves 917 students across five schools: two elementary, one middle, one high, and one K-12 alternative virtual school. Prairie du Chien High is largest at 287 students, followed by BA Kennedy School (217), Bluff View Middle (200), and Bluff View Elementary (190); Mighty River Academy of Virtual Education has 23 students (2.5%). The district-level record is rank 231 of 432, 47th percentile, 2 stars, but school-level ranks vary.

Prairie du Chien High is strongest ranked in 2025-2026: 137 of 533, 74th percentile, 4 stars. It excels in Social Studies (70.31% vs 48.25% state) and Science (58.62% vs 43.2%), but graduation is 84.8% vs 92.0% state and dropout is 2.1% vs 1.1%. Bluff View Elementary is stable at 3 stars and a 64-66th percentile rank, with the lowest student-teacher ratio (9.1), highest spending ($16,808), and low chronic absenteeism (2.1%). Bluff View Middle is mixed: 56th percentile now, 82nd in 2023-2024; grade 6 Math is strong at 63.89% vs 53.6%, but grade 8 Math (47.62% vs 53.67%) and Social Studies (60.32% vs 64.63%) are below state. Mighty River Academy of Virtual Education has 100% graduation, 0.0% dropout, and 0.0% chronic absenteeism, but low ACT proficiency (ELA 16.67%, Math 33.33%, Science 33.33%) and the highest ratio (20.5). BA Kennedy School (PK-2) has no test or rank data here; its free/reduced-lunch rate is 58.99% and chronic absenteeism 4.1%.

Chronic absenteeism is a district-wide strength: every school is far below Wisconsin’s 17.3%, from 0.0% at Mighty River Academy of Virtual Education to 4.9% at Prairie du Chien High. Other test highlights: Bluff View Elementary’s grade 4 Science is 69.7% vs 53.46% state, while grade 5 ELA (48.78%) and Math (46.34%) are below state. Prairie du Chien High is above state in Math (45.76% vs 42.93%) but below in ELA (40.68% vs 48.47%). Year-over-year, Prairie du Chien High’s Social Studies rose from 56.06% to 70.31% while ELA fell from 55.36% to 40.68%; Bluff View Elementary’s grade 4 Science jumped from 29.55% to 69.7%, but grade 5 ELA and Math fell sharply. Resource levels do not show a simple relationship with outcomes.