Summary:
ZIP code 53821 is home to just one public high school: Prairie du Chien High, which serves grades 9–12 and enrolls 287 students as part of the Prairie du Chien Area School District in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. Because it is the only high school in the area, there is no local comparison to make — all of the information below describes this one school.
The school's strengths are clear. In 2025–2026, 70.31% of students were proficient in Social Studies compared with 48.25% statewide, and 58.62% were proficient in Science compared with 43.20% statewide. Chronic absenteeism in 2024–2025 was only 4.9%, far below the state rate of 17.3%, suggesting students are showing up consistently. The school also earned a 2025–2026 rank of 137 of 533, placing it in the 74th percentile with 4 stars, while the district as a whole sits at the 47th percentile with 2 stars. Notably, the school outperformed its own district in every tested subject in both years.
The main academic concern is English Language Arts: 40.68% proficiency in 2025–2026, below the state's 48.47% and down from 55.36% the year before. Graduation and dropout figures also trail state averages — an 84.8% graduation rate versus 92.0% statewide, and a 2.1% dropout rate versus 1.1%. With only 287 students, year-to-year swings can reflect which students happened to be in the tested grade, so one year's numbers should be read with caution. Context: 48.78% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch, per-student spending is $16,655, and the student-teacher ratio is 11.1 to 1. Overall, this is a generally above-average school with standout Science and Social Studies results and very strong attendance, alongside real work to do in ELA and graduation outcomes.
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