Prairie Farm Elementary

Prairie Farm Elementary is an elementary school of one-room-style scale in Prairie Farm, Wisconsin, part of Prairie Farm Public School District, teacheing 125 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 323 students per school, that is 61% below typical.

Prairie Farm Public School District comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 323 students; Prairie Farm Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Prairie Farm Elementary lists that 99% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Prairie Farm Elementary records 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting Prairie Farm Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 42% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Prairie Farm Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.1%; this one delivers 50.6%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Barron County) shows that median household income runs about $65,933, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Barron County's 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,199 students), Prairie Farm Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Prairie Farm High, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Prairie Farm Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Prairie Farm Elementary at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 55.5%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 42%: 217 students in 2018 compared to 125 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 9.3:1 today.

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