Prairie View Middle

Summary:

Prairie View Middle is a public middle school in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, serving 666 students in grades 6-8. While the school is part of the Sun Prairie Area School District, which is ranked 245 out of 428 districts in the state, Prairie View Middle has seen a decline in its own statewide ranking over the past decade, dropping from a high of 5 stars to its current 2-star rating.

One of the key concerns at Prairie View Middle is the school's mixed academic performance. While 8th-grade students perform above the state average in English Language Arts, the school lags behind in 6th and 7th-grade ELA, as well as in Mathematics across all grades. This is particularly concerning for the school's Hispanic students, who rank in the bottom 20% of Wisconsin middle schools in both ELA and Mathematics. In contrast, Prairie View Middle's Asian students perform exceptionally well, ranking in the top 30% of the state. Additionally, the school has seen a steady increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 9.9% in 2018-2019 to 22.5% in 2022-2023, with the highest rates among low-income students.

When compared to nearby schools, Prairie View Middle's performance is generally on par with other middle schools in the Sun Prairie Area School District. However, the school lags behind the Glacial Drumlin School in the Monona Grove School District, as well as schools like O'Keeffe Middle and Sherman Middle in the Madison Metropolitan School District, which significantly outperform Prairie View Middle in student achievement despite serving more economically disadvantaged populations.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 400 N Thompson Rd
       Sun Prairie, WI  53590-1675


(608) 834-7800

District: Sun Prairie Area School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
333rd of 641 Wisconsin Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $12,829 Help


Students who attend Prairie View Middle usually attend:

High:    Sun Prairie East High

Feeder schools for Prairie View Middle:

Elementary:    Horizon Elementary
    Royal Oaks Elementary
    Westside Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  12.0 Help
Number of students:  651

Racial breakdown:

White:
47.0%
Asian:
16.0%
Hispanic:
14.0%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  35.6% Help


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Compare Details Prairie View Middle ranks worse than 52% of middle schools in Wisconsin. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 52.89. (See more...)
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at Prairie View Middle is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (47%), Asian (16%), Hispanic (14%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 35.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Prairie View Middle is 12. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Prairie View Middle is $12,829.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Prairie View Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Prairie View Middle 333rd of 641 Wisconsin public middle schools. (See Prairie View Middle in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Sun Prairie Area School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Sun Prairie Area School District 245th of 428 Wisconsin school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Prairie View Middle

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Rank History for all students at Prairie View Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 58.54 182nd 324 43.8%
2005 64.20 147th 332 55.7%
2006 65.28 161st 382 57.9%
2007 66.04 144th 366 60.7%
2008 67.63 160th 519 69.2%
2009 71.35 116th 521 77.7%
2010 72.37 102nd 539 81.1%
2011 71.85 107th 549 80.5%
2012 80.10 31st 559 94.5%
2013 75.01 92nd 569 83.8%
2014 81.93 48th 585 91.8%
2015 80.64 61st 612 90.0%
2016 71.15 124th 609 79.6%
2017 68.23 158th 612 74.2%
2018 62.56 209th 579 63.9%
2019 67.59 168th 594 71.7%
2021 63.73 199th 613 67.5%
2022 57.90 244th 617 60.5%
2023 45.49 366th 640 42.8%
2024 52.89 333rd 641 48.0%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Prairie View Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 27.77 103rd 129 20.2%
2024 41.16 82nd 131 37.4%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Prairie View Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 67.66 18th 140 87.1%
2019 56.34 36th 153 76.5%
2022 62.55 26th 158 83.5%
2023 34.23 120th 170 29.4%
2024 43.86 86th 173 50.3%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Prairie View Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 63.88 84th 417 79.9%
2019 66.15 77th 414 81.4%
2021 49.20 194th 437 55.6%
2022 44.77 212th 421 49.6%
2023 36.54 291st 439 33.7%
2024 49.63 185th 425 56.5%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Prairie View Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 29.74 396th 489 19.0%
2019 34.30 357th 487 26.7%
2021 47.33 245th 499 50.9%
2022 19.05 466th 522 10.7%
2023 14.32 486th 525 7.4%
2024 15.92 472nd 520 9.2%
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Rank History for Female students at Prairie View Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 63.37 191st 551 65.3%
2019 64.26 179th 557 67.9%
2021 68.58 140th 574 75.6%
2022 63.04 183rd 576 68.2%
2024 60.06 245th 580 57.8%
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Rank History for Male students at Prairie View Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 60.76 206th 551 62.6%
2019 69.41 134th 557 75.9%
2021 65.57 174th 572 69.6%
2022 53.45 264th 577 54.2%
2023 40.37 369th 591 37.6%
2024 46.24 356th 585 39.1%
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Rank History for Asian students at Prairie View Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 78.47 19th 90 78.9%
2019 79.76 18th 91 80.2%
2021 90.47 8th 90 91.1%
2022 76.29 19th 95 80.0%
2023 66.18 27th 90 70.0%
2024 71.21 26th 87 70.1%
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Rank History for African American students at Prairie View Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.11 53rd 123 56.9%
2019 45.15 61st 127 52.0%
2021 57.66 38th 134 71.6%
2022 67.35 29th 125 76.8%
2023 37.78 77th 130 40.8%
2024 55.79 41st 118 65.3%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Prairie View Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 75.53 30th 209 85.6%
2021 60.54 66th 225 70.7%
2022 27.26 170th 221 23.1%
2023 18.39 206th 229 10.0%
2024 24.50 198th 239 17.2%
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Rank History for White students at Prairie View Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 62.93 109th 375 70.9%
2019 68.73 94th 382 75.4%
2021 59.30 145th 393 63.1%
2022 59.89 136th 397 65.7%
2023 47.05 207th 412 49.8%
2024 53.77 194th 407 52.3%
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Data source: test scores: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Data source: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

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Enrollment information for Prairie View Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1998 299 11 8 10 1 n/a n/a 0 329
1999 484 24 7 13 3 n/a n/a 0 531
2000 468 39 5 15 0 n/a n/a 0 527
2001 442 37 11 22 2 n/a n/a 0 514
2002 463 48 26 18 2 n/a n/a 0 557
2003 463 48 26 18 2 n/a n/a 0 557
2004 498 50 13 21 2 n/a n/a 0 584
2005 474 63 32 20 4 n/a n/a 0 593
2006 492 57 28 27 8 n/a n/a 0 612
2007 509 66 37 29 8 n/a n/a 0 649
2008 488 82 37 29 8 n/a n/a 0 644
2009 515 93 35 40 5 n/a n/a 0 688
2010 508 93 25 40 5 n/a n/a 0 671
2011 316 56 27 32 3 1 30 0 465
2012 346 55 26 27 4 1 31 0 490
2013 340 60 29 41 3 1 33 0 507
2014 349 63 42 46 0 1 36 0 537
2015 340 56 37 44 0 0 43 0 520
2016 340 48 31 51 0 0 41 0 511
2017 394 53 80 67 2 0 62 0 658
2018 380 74 106 62 4 1 62 0 689
2019 307 70 81 52 1 1 45 0 557
2020 327 71 76 51 1 0 48 0 574
2021 346 70 72 44 3 0 45 0 580
2022 288 73 76 54 2 0 52 1 546
2023 342 90 91 80 2 0 59 2 666
2024 306 90 104 91 1 0 58 1 651

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Prairie View Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1998 329 25.0 13.2 10
1999 531 43.4 12.2 13.7
2000 527 39.5 13.3 12.7
2001 514 38.2 13.5 14.2
2002 557 42.9 13.0 19.4
2003 557 42.9 13.0 19.4
2004 584 46.8 12.5 25.3
2005 593 49.0 12.1 n/a
2006 612 52.5 11.7 n/a
2007 649 53.5 12.1 21.3
2008 644 53.2 12.1 21.6
2009 688 56.3 12.2 24.3
2010 671 55.7 12.0 29.7
2011 465 37.0 12.5 31
2012 490 40.0 12.2 30.6
2013 507 41.6 12.1 33.3
2014 537 44.1 12.1 30.9
2015 520 n/a n/a 29.6
2016 511 42.0 12.1 23.3
2017 658 47.9 13.7 22.5
2018 689 51.9 13.2 25.5
2019 557 45.9 12.1 27.3
2020 574 45.1 12.7 26
2021 580 46.2 12.5 31.9
2022 546 47.5 11.4 26.4
2023 666 51.4 12.9 32.4
2024 651 54.0 12.0 35.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Prairie View Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1998 329 25.0 13.2 10
1999 531 43.4 12.2 13.7
2000 527 39.5 13.3 12.7
2001 514 38.2 13.5 14.2
2002 557 42.9 13.0 19.4
2003 557 42.9 13.0 19.4
2004 584 46.8 12.5 25.3
2005 593 49.0 12.1 n/a
2006 612 52.5 11.7 n/a
2007 649 53.5 12.1 21.3
2008 644 53.2 12.1 21.6
2009 688 56.3 12.2 24.3
2010 671 55.7 12.0 29.7
2011 465 37.0 12.5 31
2012 490 40.0 12.2 30.6
2013 507 41.6 12.1 33.3
2014 537 44.1 12.1 30.9
2015 520 n/a n/a 29.6
2016 511 42.0 12.1 23.3
2017 658 47.9 13.7 22.5
2018 689 51.9 13.2 25.5
2019 557 45.9 12.1 27.3
2020 574 45.1 12.7 26
2021 580 46.2 12.5 31.9
2022 546 47.5 11.4 26.4
2023 666 51.4 12.9 32.4
2024 651 54.0 12.0 35.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Prairie View Middle

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $138 (1.1%) $12,410 (98.9%) $12,548
2020 $143 (1.2%) $12,150 (98.8%) $12,293
2021 $249 (1.9%) $12,580 (98.1%) $12,829

Data source: Wisconsin Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Prairie View Middle

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 168th of 594 Middle schoolsRanks 366th of 640 Middle schools
 28.9%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts (Prairie View Middle)4734.3
 12.7%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Sun Prairie Area School District)37.835.2
 2.6%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)41.740.6
 1.1%
6th Grade Mathematics (Prairie View Middle)5341.7
 11.3%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Sun Prairie Area School District)41.242.6
 1.4%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)43.542.6
 0.9%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Prairie View Middle)53.235.1
 18%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Sun Prairie Area School District)50.941.6
 9.3%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)45.541.1
 4.4%
7th Grade Mathematics (Prairie View Middle)47.126.6
 20.5%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Sun Prairie Area School District)43.833.6
 10.2%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)39.735.7
 4%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students557666
 19.6%
African American7090
 28.6%
American Indian12
 100%
Asian8191
 12.3%
Hispanic5280
 53.8%
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White307342
 11.4%
Two or More Races4559
 31.1%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients27.3%32.4%
 5.1%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Prairie View Middle

Students who attend Prairie View Middle usually go on to attend Sun Prairie East High

Prairie View Middle ranks 333rd of 641 Wisconsin middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

In the 2023-24 school year, 651 students attended Prairie View Middle.

Students at Prairie View Middle are 47% White, 16% Asian, 14% Hispanic, 14% African American, 9% Two or more races.


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