Enrollment
261
Elementary
DISTRICT 295 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST TROY COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550402001640
Prairie View Elementary
2131 Townline Rd, East Troy, WI 53120 · (262) 642-6720 · Walworth County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL261 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 66% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- B+Test 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
77 students
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 42%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 80 | 31% |
| Grade 4 | 99 | 38% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 31% |
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within East Troy Community School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
63.0%
WI avg 53.1% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
66.5%
WI avg 54.8% . -7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 66.5% |
| 2023-24 | 64.0% | 73.5% |
% 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
65.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.5%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 View Elementary
Prairie View Elementary's state test result (65.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie View Elementary this school | 261 | 29.5% | 65.4% |
| Omro Elementary Omro | 275 | 32.0% | 58.2% |
| Fall River Elementary Fall River | 231 | 29.4% | 67.0% |
| Parkview Elementary Plymouth | 252 | 27.0% | 74.8% |
| Gibraltar Elementary Fish Creek | 265 | 26.8% | 82.7% |
| Rosholt Elementary Rosholt | 259 | 28.6% | 51.9% |
Matched among Wisconsin elementary 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 View Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Walworth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.4% | #286 of 982 | #9 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.5% | #266 of 992 ▼ 107 | #8 of 20 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #281 of 992 ▼ 6 | #9 of 20 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 261 | #741 of 1,157 | #12 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #176 of 901 | #5 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.7% | #670 of 901 | #16 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.5% | #739 of 1,064 | #16 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.9% | #281 of 664 | #8 of 17 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
261
-27 (-9%) vs 2020
-28% since 2000-01, when it was 361
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 261 | 22.9 | 11.4:1 | 30% (77) |
| 2023-24 | 285 | 20.6 | 13.9:1 | 24% (69) |
| 2022-23 | 294 | 21.5 | 13.7:1 | 22% (64) |
| 2020-21 | 288 | 20 | 14.4:1 | 30% (86) |
| 2017-18 | 314 | 24.2 | 13.0:1 | 25% (79) |
| 2015-16 | 421 | 26 | 16.2:1 | 33% (138) |
| 2010-11 | 494 | 28 | 17.6:1 | 33% (162) |
| 2000-01 | 361 | 22 | 16.4:1 | 5% (17) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Prairie View Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (314 to 261); teachers down 5% (24.2 to 22.9).
About Prairie View Elementary
Students in East Troy, Wisconsin, attend Prairie View Elementary, a low-enrollment elementary school. The school runs grades 3 through 5 and enrolls 261 students.
The 4 schools in East Troy Community School District enroll 1,353 students altogether, Prairie View Elementary among them.
Roughly 86% of students at Prairie View Elementary are White. Smaller groups are 10% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Walworth County residents are about 85% White, a similar share. The diversity index for Prairie View Elementary is 25%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Prairie View Elementary has a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1, with 22.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin, this school's ratio is lower. The school has 30% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Prairie View Elementary lands at B+, ahead of 66% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
Schools in Wisconsin with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 59.5%. Prairie View Elementary scores 65.4%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Walworth County show that median household income comes to about $80,520, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Walworth County counts 46 public schools with about 14,383 students.
Little Prairie Primary is about 0.1 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number 3. Ranked by average proficiency, Prairie View Elementary places 4th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
NCES describes the area around Prairie View Elementary as Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment was 261 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 288. Its ratio of students to teachers was 14.4:1 in 2020-21, and 11.4:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for Prairie View Elementary is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Walworth County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
105,657
Census ACS
Median income
$80,520
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
46
14,383 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in East Troy Community School District
- East Troy HighHigh · 448 students
- Little Prairie PrimaryElementary · 328 students
- East Troy MiddleMiddle · 316 students
Other schools in East Troy
- East Troy HighHigh · 448 students
- Little Prairie PrimaryElementary · 328 students
- East Troy MiddleMiddle · 316 students
Other Prairie View Elementary schools
21 other US public schools in 12 states are named Prairie View Elementary. Prairie View Elementary is the 19th largest of the 22.
- Prairie View ElementaryHolmen, WI · 466 students
- Prairie View ElementaryNorth Prairie, WI · 417 students
- Prairie View ElementaryBeaver Dam, WI · 337 students
- Prairie View ElementaryOregon, WI · 330 students
- Prairie View ElementaryDe Soto, WI · 92 students
Nearby schools
- Little Prairie Primary0.1 mi · 328
- East Troy Middle0.4 mi · 316
- East Troy High0.5 mi · 448
- Eagleville Charter School5.2 mi · 95
- Rolling Hills Elementary6.7 mi · 455
- Eagle Elementary7.0 mi · 234
Frequently asked questions
About Prairie View ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Prairie View Elementary?
Prairie View Elementary enrolls approximately 261 students in grades 03-05.
Is Prairie View Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Prairie View Elementary is an elementary school covering grades 03-05.
How many teachers does Prairie View Elementary have?
Prairie View Elementary employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Prairie View Elementary?
At Prairie View Elementary, the student body is approximately 86% White, 10% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Prairie View Elementary in?
Prairie View Elementary is part of East Troy Community School District.
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