Summary:
ZIP code 54624 has one elementary school — Prairie View Elementary in De Soto, WI — serving PK–5 with 92 students as part of the De Soto Area School District, so there are no other local elementary schools to compare it against; the meaningful comparisons are with its district, the state, and its own past years.
Prairie View's clearest strength is attendance: chronic absenteeism is just 6.0% in 2024–2025, versus 9.9% for the district and 17.3% statewide, a notable result given that 45.65% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Class sizes are small, with a 9.6-to-1 student-teacher ratio and $17,948 spent per student. Academically, though, the latest year is weak. In 2025–2026 the school scored below the state in all eight reported Forward Exam subject/grade results. Averages across those tests were about 36.8% for Prairie View, 45.1% for the district, and 54.7% for the state. Math is the weakest area — 4th grade math was 18.18% proficient versus 52.87% statewide — while 4th grade Social Studies (63.64%, just 1.87 points below state) is the relative bright spot. The school's rank is 841 of 1039, at the 19th percentile with 1 star, compared with the district's 31st percentile and 2 stars.
The picture looks better in 2024–2025, when Prairie View ranked 599 of 1044 (43rd percentile, 2 stars) and beat the state in 3rd grade ELA (83.33%), 3rd grade Math (75%), and 4th grade Social Studies (73.68%). The drop is sharpest for the cohort that moved from 3rd to 4th grade: ELA fell from 83.33% to 36.36% and Math from 75% to 18.18%. With only 92 students, a few children can swing these percentages dramatically, so parents should treat the latest results cautiously — strong attendance and small classes remain real assets, but current proficiency, especially in math, lags district and state.
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