Summary
Bluff View Elementary is a 190-student, grades 3–5 school in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, a small Mississippi River community in Crawford County, and it serves as the upper-elementary building of the Prairie du Chien Area School District. Its standout strength is attendance: chronic absenteeism was just 2.1% in 2024–25, versus 3.6% locally and 17.3% statewide—roughly one-eighth of the state rate. Even its worst recent year, 4.9% in 2023–24, was far below the state average, and it is the lowest or tied-lowest rate among nearby schools, including Seneca Elementary (5.1%), Wauzeka Elementary (2.2%), and BA Kennedy School (4.1%).
Academically, Bluff View Elementary ranks at the 64th percentile statewide (3 stars) and has held steady in the 64th–66th range for three years. In 2025–26, grades 3 and 4 beat the state in ELA and math, and science was especially strong at 69.7% proficient versus 53.46% statewide. Grade 5 is the recurring soft spot: ELA and math both trailed the state that year, and fifth-grade ELA also dipped below state in 2023–24. Expect large year-to-year swings in individual subjects because each tested grade has only about 30–45 students; fourth-grade science, for example, jumped from 29.55% to 69.7% in one year, which is best read as small-sample noise rather than a sudden change in teaching quality.
Resources and low-income outcomes stand out. About 52–54% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, yet the low-income subgroup ranked 91st percentile (5 stars) in 2025–26 after 75th and 76th percentile finishes the prior two years. The school has the smallest classes in its comparison group—a 9.1 student–teacher ratio—and per-student spending of $16,808 in 2024–25, up 42% from $11,837 in 2021–22. One concern is the special education subgroup, which swung from 76th percentile (4 stars) to 7th percentile (0 stars) in one year; with tiny subgroups, that is likely cohort composition, but results for that group are not yet reliable. Because Bluff View Elementary is the district's only state-tested elementary, its results are the district's elementary results; the district's lower 47th-percentile rank reflects other buildings, so district ratings can underrate this school.
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