Enrollment
73
Middle
DISTRICT 108 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRAIRIE FARM PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551218000445
Prairie Farm Middle
630 River Ave S, Prairie Farm, WI 54762 · (715) 455-1861 · Barron County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL73 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 63% of Wisconsin public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
8.4:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.8:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
26 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 | 26 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 25 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 22 | 30% |
Student demographics
5%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 4% · 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
Prairie Farm Middle→Prairie Farm High
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Prairie Farm Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
65.3%
WI avg 53.1% . +5.8pp since 2023
Math
55.6%
WI avg 54.8% . -1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 65 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 up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.3% | 55.6% |
| 2023-24 | 59.5% | 56.8% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
60.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.8%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Wisconsin's top nor bottom 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 Prairie Farm Middle
Prairie Farm Middle's state test result (60.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie Farm Middle this school | 73 | 35.6% | 60.6% |
| Monticello Middle Monticello | 58 | 31.0% | 58.9% |
| Luck Middle Luck | 82 | 30.5% | 45.1% |
| Black Hawk Middle South Wayne | 76 | 40.8% | 52.4% |
| Edgar Middle Edgar | 120 | 32.5% | 64.0% |
| Elmwood Middle Elmwood | 92 | 29.3% | 79.2% |
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 Prairie Farm Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Barron County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 73 | #353 of 389 | #7 of 8 |
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
73
-30 (-29%) vs 2020
+3% since 2000-01, when it was 71
Student : Teacher
8.4:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 73 | 8.7 | 8.4:1 | 36% (26) |
| 2023-24 | 78 | 10.3 | 7.6:1 | 46% (36) |
| 2022-23 | 90 | 10.3 | 8.8:1 | 48% (43) |
| 2020-21 | 103 | 9 | 11.4:1 | 52% (54) |
| 2017-18 | 92 | 7.7 | 12.0:1 | 28% (26) |
| 2015-16 | 63 | 6 | 10.5:1 | 54% (34) |
| 2010-11 | 79 | 6 | 13.2:1 | 34% (27) |
| 2000-01 | 71 | 6 | 11.8:1 | 25% (18) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Prairie Farm Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (92 to 73); teachers up 13% (7.7 to 8.7).
About Prairie Farm Middle
Prairie Farm Middle is a public middle-grades school run by Prairie Farm Public School District in Prairie Farm, Wisconsin. The school serves grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 73 students. It has 81% fewer students than the average for middle schools in Wisconsin (about 381).
Prairie Farm Public School District serves 323 students across 3 schools.
Roughly 97% of students at Prairie Farm Middle are White. The diversity index for Prairie Farm Middle is 5%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Prairie Farm Middle has a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.4:1, with 8.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Wisconsin is 12.8:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 36% at Prairie Farm Middle.
On the allk12 Grade, Prairie Farm Middle lands at B, ahead of 63% of Wisconsin public middle schools.
In Wisconsin, Prairie Farm Middle is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 60.6% actual against a predicted 55.8%.
The school is in Barron County, where the median household earns about $65,933 a year, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Across Barron County, 36 public schools serve about 7,199 students.
Prairie Farm Elementary is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number 3. Prairie Farm Middle is 2nd of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Under the NCES locale system, Prairie Farm Middle is Rural: Remote.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 73, compared with 103 in 2020-21. Students per teacher dropped from 11.4 in 2020-21 to 8.4 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for Prairie Farm Middle is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Barron County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
46,797
Census ACS
Median income
$65,933
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
36
7,199 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Prairie Farm Public School District
- Prairie Farm ElementaryElementary · 125 students
- Prairie Farm HighHigh · 125 students
Other schools in Prairie Farm
- Prairie Farm ElementaryElementary · 125 students
- Prairie Farm HighHigh · 125 students
Nearby schools
- Prairie Farm Elementary0.0 mi · 125
- Prairie Farm High0.0 mi · 125
- Ridgeland-Dallas Elementary4.8 mi · 68
- Clayton Elementary11.4 mi · 124
- Clayton Middle11.4 mi · 46
- Clayton High11.4 mi · 86
Frequently asked questions
About Prairie Farm MiddleHow large is Prairie Farm Middle?
Prairie Farm Middle enrolls approximately 73 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Prairie Farm Middle serve?
Prairie Farm Middle serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Prairie Farm Middle?
Approximately 8.4:1 students per teacher at Prairie Farm Middle.
What is the student diversity at Prairie Farm Middle?
Student demographics at Prairie Farm Middle are roughly 97% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
Is Prairie Farm Middle public or private?
Prairie Farm Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Prairie Farm Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.