Enrollment
200
Middle
DISTRICT 183 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRAIRIE DU CHIEN AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551215002844
Bluff View Middle
1901 E Wells St, Prairie du Chien, WI 53821 · (608) 326-3710 · Crawford County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL200 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 79% of Wisconsin public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wisconsin public middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
100 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 42%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 66 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 76 | 38% |
| Grade 8 | 58 | 29% |
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Bluff View Middle→Prairie du Chien High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Prairie du Chien Area School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
51.1%
WI avg 53.1% . -10.9pp since 2023
Math
56.0%
WI avg 54.8% . -8.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 11 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.1% | 56.0% |
| 2023-24 | 62.0% | 64.1% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
62.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.0%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 47% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Wisconsin's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bluff View Middle
Bluff View Middle's state test result (62.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluff View Middle this school | 200 | 50.0% | 62.1% |
| Unity Middle Balsam Lake | 238 | 50.4% | 58.1% |
| Tomahawk Middle Tomahawk | 259 | 48.3% | 55.3% |
| Boscobel Junior High Boscobel | 158 | 50.6% | 50.9% |
| Oconto Middle Oconto | 270 | 52.2% | 48.2% |
| Spooner Middle Spooner | 276 | 48.9% | 53.3% |
Matched among Wisconsin middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bluff View Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.1% | #124 of 323 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #183 of 327 ▼ 58 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.1% | #207 of 327 ▼ 115 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 200 | #265 of 389 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #176 of 265 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.1% | #247 of 265 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.0% | #75 of 323 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
200
+56 (+39%) vs 2020
+27% since 2010-11, when it was 157
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 12.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 200 | 14.5 | 13.8:1 | 50% (100) |
| 2023-24 | 206 | 15.2 | 13.6:1 | 49% (100) |
| 2022-23 | 196 | 15.2 | 12.9:1 | 53% (104) |
| 2020-21 | 144 | 12 | 12.0:1 | 50% (72) |
| 2017-18 | 164 | 12.7 | 12.9:1 | 46% (76) |
| 2015-16 | 145 | 12 | 12.1:1 | 57% (82) |
| 2010-11 | 157 | 9 | 17.4:1 | 58% (91) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bluff View Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 22% (164 to 200); teachers up 14% (12.7 to 14.5).
About Bluff View Middle
Bluff View Middle is a low-enrollment middle-grades school with an address in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. It is open to students in grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 200 students. Middle schools in Wisconsin have about 381 students on average; enrollment here is 48% lower.
Bluff View Middle is one of 5 schools in Prairie du Chien Area School District, which enrolls 917 students in total.
Roughly 91% of students at Bluff View Middle are White. Other groups make up 5% multiracial. Crawford County residents are about 93% White, a similar share. The diversity index for Bluff View Middle is 16%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Bluff View Middle lists 14.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 13.8 students per teacher. The school's 13.8:1 compares with an average of 12.8:1 for middle schools in Wisconsin. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 50% of the student body. Public schools in Crawford County average a similar 51%.
Bluff View Middle holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 79% of Wisconsin public middle schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Bluff View Middle is in the top 10% of Wisconsin schools: 62.1% actual against 47.0% predicted.
For Crawford County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $64,094 a year, roughly 18% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Bluff View Middle, Crawford County has 14 public schools.
Bluff View Elementary is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. There are 6 more public schools inside five miles. Bluff View Middle ranks 5th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 62.1% against a local average of 66.2%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Town: Remote.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Bluff View Middle had a net gain of 56 students, or 39%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 12.0:1 in 2020-21, and 13.8:1 in 2024-25.
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Crawford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
16,042
Census ACS
Median income
$64,094
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
1,827 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Prairie du Chien Area School District
- Prairie du Chien HighHigh · 287 students
- BA Kennedy SchoolElementary · 217 students
- Bluff View ElementaryElementary · 190 students
- Mighty River Academy of Virtual EducationCombined · 23 students
Other schools in Prairie du Chien
- Prairie du Chien HighHigh · 287 students
- BA Kennedy SchoolElementary · 217 students
- Bluff View ElementaryElementary · 190 students
- Mighty River Academy of Virtual EducationCombined · 23 students
- DOC: Prairie du Chien Correctional Insti tutionHigh
Nearby schools
- Bluff View Elementary0.0 mi · 190
- Mighty River Academy of Virtual Education0.5 mi · 23
- Prairie du Chien High0.5 mi · 287
- BA Kennedy School1.0 mi · 217
- MFL MarMac Middle School3.4 mi · 168
- McGregor Intermediate School3.4 mi · 130
Frequently asked questions
About Bluff View MiddleHow large is Bluff View Middle?
Bluff View Middle enrolls approximately 200 students in grades 06-08.
Is Bluff View Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bluff View Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Bluff View Middle have?
Bluff View Middle employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bluff View Middle?
At Bluff View Middle, the student body is approximately 91% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Bluff View Middle in?
Bluff View Middle is part of Prairie du Chien Area School District.
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