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Alumni: what's one memory from Prairie View Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
466
Elementary
DISTRICT 335 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOLMEN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550654002764
Prairie View Elementary
1201 Newport La, Holmen, WI 54636 · (608) 526-1600 · La Crosse County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL466 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
97 students
DISTRICT 25% · STATE 42%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (88).
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
Based on grade levels within Holmen School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
64.2%
WI avg 53.1% . -7.6pp since 2023
Math
65.0%
WI avg 54.8% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.2% | 65.0% |
| 2023-24 | 71.8% | 66.0% |
% 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
68.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.9%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 (68.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie View Elementary this school | 466 | 20.8% | 68.2% |
| Mound View Elementary Elk Mound | 456 | 25.7% | 68.8% |
| Waubesa Intermediate McFarland | 489 | 17.6% | 70.7% |
| Meadowbrook Elementary Green Bay | 478 | 23.2% | 65.2% |
| Dickinson Elementary De Pere | 523 | 23.5% | 72.2% |
| Forest Glen Elementary Green Bay | 446 | 18.4% | 70.7% |
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 La Crosse County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.2% | #226 of 982 | #4 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #293 of 992 ▲ 18 | #5 of 20 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.2% | #253 of 992 ▼ 125 | #3 of 20 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 466 | #201 of 1,157 | #3 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #280 of 901 | #10 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.6% | #673 of 901 | #13 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.8% | #878 of 1,064 | #20 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.1% | #646 of 664 | #16 of 16 |
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
466
+4 (+1%) vs 2020
+17% since 2010-11, when it was 397
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 466 | 38.8 | 12.0:1 | 21% (97) |
| 2023-24 | 464 | 36.3 | 12.8:1 | 20% (95) |
| 2022-23 | 463 | 36.1 | 12.8:1 | 18% (83) |
| 2020-21 | 462 | 34 | 13.6:1 | 16% (75) |
| 2017-18 | 471 | 32 | 14.7:1 | 15% (70) |
| 2015-16 | 432 | 30 | 14.4:1 | 19% (81) |
| 2010-11 | 397 | 30 | 13.2:1 | 15% (60) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Prairie View Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (471 to 466); teachers up 21% (32 to 38.8).
About Prairie View Elementary
Prairie View Elementary is a public elementary school in Holmen, Wisconsin. The school covers kindergarten through 5 and reported 466 students in 2024-25. That puts enrollment 44% above the 323-student average for elementary schools in Wisconsin.
Holmen School District operates 7 schools. Combined enrollment is 3,787 students.
Prairie View Elementary is 86% White by enrollment. Other reported shares: 6% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. That is in line with La Crosse County, where about 88% of residents are White. The diversity index for Prairie View Elementary is 25%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school's 38.8 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1. The average for elementary schools in Wisconsin is 14.7:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. At Prairie View Elementary, 21% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. It compares with 35% for public schools in La Crosse County.
On BeatsExpectations, Prairie View Elementary is 3.4 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Wisconsin schools.
In the wider La Crosse County area, the median household earns about $73,013 a year, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Prairie View Elementary shares La Crosse County with 37 other public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Prairie View Elementary is closest to Holmen High, about 1.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 6. Prairie View Elementary is 2nd of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Under the NCES locale system, Prairie View Elementary is Suburb: Small.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 466, close to the 462 recorded in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.0:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Prairie View Elementary. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
La Crosse County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
120,488
Census ACS
Median income
$73,013
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
38
14,903 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Holmen School District
- Holmen HighHigh · 1,242 students
- Holmen MiddleMiddle · 868 students
- Sand Lake ElementaryElementary · 363 students
- Viking ElementaryElementary · 355 students
- Evergreen ElementaryElementary · 317 students
- Holmen Public PreschoolElementary · 176 students
Other schools in Holmen
- Holmen HighHigh · 1,242 students
- Holmen MiddleMiddle · 868 students
- Sand Lake ElementaryElementary · 363 students
- Viking ElementaryElementary · 355 students
- Evergreen ElementaryElementary · 317 students
- Holmen Public PreschoolElementary · 176 students
Other Prairie View Elementary schools
21 other US public schools in 12 states are named Prairie View Elementary. Prairie View Elementary is the 7th largest of the 22.
- Prairie View ElementaryNorth Prairie, WI · 417 students
- Prairie View ElementaryBeaver Dam, WI · 337 students
- Prairie View ElementaryOregon, WI · 330 students
- Prairie View ElementaryEast Troy, WI · 261 students
- Prairie View ElementaryDe Soto, WI · 92 students
Nearby schools
- Holmen High1.3 mi · 1,242
- Holmen Middle1.9 mi · 868
- Evergreen Elementary2.0 mi · 317
- Holmen Public Preschool2.7 mi · 176
- Viking Elementary2.7 mi · 355
- Sand Lake Elementary4.8 mi · 363
Frequently asked questions
About Prairie View ElementaryHow many students attend Prairie View Elementary?
Prairie View Elementary enrolls approximately 466 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Prairie View Elementary serve?
Prairie View Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Prairie View Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Prairie View Elementary is approximately 12.0:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Prairie View Elementary?
Student demographics at Prairie View Elementary are roughly 86% White, 3% Hispanic, 0% Black, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Prairie View Elementary public or private?
Prairie View Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Holmen School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.