Summary:
ZIP code 53821 in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin is served by one middle school, Bluff View Middle, which enrolls 200 students in grades 6–8 as part of the Prairie du Chien Area School District.
Bluff View Middle's most impressive metric is attendance: its chronic absenteeism rate is 3.6%, identical to the district rate and far below Wisconsin's 17.3%. Academically, the school is generally above state averages — in 2025–2026 it beat the state in six of eight reported subject and grade areas, including all three ELA grades and 6th-grade math, where it exceeded the state by 10.29 percentage points. Its weak spots are 8th-grade math, 6.05 points below the state, and 8th-grade social studies, 4.31 points below. On a simple unweighted average of those eight tests, the school sits at 57.00%, modestly ahead of the district (56.22%) and the state (55.51%). The school also outranks its district overall: it holds a 2025–2026 rank of 286 of 643, the 56th percentile with 3 stars, while the district stands at 231 of 432, the 47th percentile with 2 stars.
Two things are worth watching. First, year-over-year test results swung sharply — 6th- and 7th-grade ELA rose by 14.08 and 11.00 points, while 8th-grade math and science fell by 17.69 and 11.34 points. With roughly 60–70 students per grade, these are best read as cohort-level volatility rather than a broad decline. Second, the school's rank has slipped from a 2023–2024 high of 118 of 641, the 82nd percentile with 4 stars, settling near the 55th–56th percentile with 3 stars since. Context: 50% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch, per-student spending is $14,653, and the student-teacher ratio is 13.7. Overall, this is a solidly above-average school with excellent attendance and room to rebuild its earlier standing.
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