Summary:
Prairie du Chien Area School District has a single middle school, Bluff View Middle, which serves about 200 students in grades 6 through 8 in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. The district overall ranks 231st of 432 districts in the state, placing it in the 47th percentile with 2 stars, while the school itself ranks a bit higher — 286th of 643 schools, or the 56th percentile, with 3 stars. All reported test scores are exact figures; none were suppressed, bounded, or given as ranges.
Bluff View Middle exceeded the state proficiency rate on 6 of the 8 reported tests in 2025-2026 and beat its district on 6 of 8 as well. Sixth grade math was the standout at 63.89%, 10.29 percentage points above the state, and all three grade levels scored above the state in English language arts. Science was above state in both reported years (65.31% in 2024-2025 and 53.97% in 2025-2026). Attendance is a real strength: chronic absenteeism was 3.6% in 2024-2025 versus 17.3% statewide, and the dropout rate was 0.7%, below both the district (1.6%) and the state (1.1%). ELA 6, ELA 7, Math 6, and Math 7 all improved year over year, led by a 14.08-point gain in ELA 6.
Eighth grade is the main area to watch. Every 8th grade subject declined from 2024-2025 to 2025-2026: math fell 17.69 points to 47.62% (6.05 points below state), science dropped 11.34 points to 53.97%, social studies slipped 7.03 points to 60.32% (below both district and state), and ELA 8 dropped 12.25 points to 57.14%. The school's ranking also slid from 4 stars and the 82nd percentile in 2023-2024 to 3 stars and the 55th–56th percentile in the two most recent years. With 200 students, 50% free/reduced lunch eligibility, $14,653 in per-student spending, and a 13.7 student-teacher ratio, grade-level swings can reflect a single cohort, so one-year changes should be read cautiously rather than as firm long-term trends.
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