Enrollment
330
Elementary
DISTRICT 354 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OREGON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551110001472
Prairie View Elementary
300 Soden Dr, Oregon, WI 53575 · (608) 835-4200 · Dane County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL330 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
65 students
DISTRICT 17% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 6 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (65).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · 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 Oregon School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
71.7%
WI avg 53.1% . -1.6pp since 2023
Math
70.2%
WI avg 54.8% . -9.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 10 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.7% | 70.2% |
| 2023-24 | 73.3% | 80.0% |
% 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
75.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.6%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 (75.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie View Elementary this school | 330 | 19.7% | 75.1% |
| Cedar Grove-Belgium Elementary Cedar Grove | 310 | 23.2% | 68.9% |
| Wales Elementary Wales | 333 | 16.8% | 78.3% |
| Elkhart Lake Elementary/Middle Elkhart Lake | 359 | 21.2% | 79.8% |
| Park Lawn Elementary Oconomowoc | 383 | 20.9% | 77.6% |
| Quinney Elementary Kaukauna | 359 | 19.5% | 69.8% |
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 Dane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.1% | #101 of 982 | #12 of 74 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.2% | #197 of 992 ▼ 123 | #17 of 74 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.7% | #124 of 992 ▼ 28 | #14 of 74 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 330 | #522 of 1,157 | #56 of 93 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #240 of 901 | #40 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.0% | #486 of 901 | #64 of 83 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.7% | #896 of 1,064 | #62 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.7% | #78 of 664 | #9 of 61 |
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
330
-46 (-12%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 448
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 330 | 28 | 11.8:1 | 20% (65) |
| 2023-24 | 326 | 30 | 10.9:1 | 19% (62) |
| 2022-23 | 350 | 29.4 | 11.9:1 | 15% (53) |
| 2020-21 | 376 | 32 | 11.8:1 | 18% (69) |
| 2017-18 | 476 | 34.9 | 13.7:1 | 20% (93) |
| 2015-16 | 494 | 34 | 14.5:1 | 19% (96) |
| 2010-11 | 426 | 31 | 13.7:1 | 19% (79) |
| 2000-01 | 494 | 33 | 15.0:1 | 8% (39) |
| 1990-91 | 448 | 30 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Prairie View Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (476 to 330); teachers down 20% (34.9 to 28).
About Prairie View Elementary
Prairie View Elementary sits in Oregon, Wisconsin, and is classified as an elementary school. The school covers pre-K through 4 and reported 330 students in 2024-25.
Prairie View Elementary is among 8 schools run by Oregon School District, which serves 4,186 students.
More than half of the students at Prairie View Elementary are White (79%). The remaining shares are 12% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. That is in line with Dane County, where about 77% of residents are White. The diversity index for Prairie View Elementary is 36%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Prairie View Elementary has a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.8:1, with 28 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Wisconsin is 14.7:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 20% at Prairie View Elementary. Public schools in Dane County average 32%.
A school with Prairie View Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in Wisconsin is predicted to score 65.6%. Prairie View Elementary scores 75.1%, 9.5 points above that line.
Census data for Dane County show the median household earns about $89,975 a year, 55% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Dane County number 169, with about 78,525 students.
Prairie View Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Netherwood Knoll Elementary, about 0.1 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 6 other public schools are within five miles. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Prairie View Elementary ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Town: Fringe by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment fell by 12% across 4 years, from 376 in 2020-21 to 330 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Prairie View Elementary lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Dane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
572,674
Census ACS
Median income
$89,975
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
55%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
169
78,525 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Oregon School District
- Oregon HighHigh · 1,339 students
- Oregon MiddleMiddle · 613 students
- Rome Corners IntermediateMiddle · 463 students
- Forest Edge Elementary SchoolElementary · 446 students
- Netherwood Knoll ElementaryElementary · 419 students
- Brooklyn ElementaryElementary · 363 students
Other schools in Oregon
- Oregon HighHigh · 1,339 students
- Oregon MiddleMiddle · 613 students
- Rome Corners IntermediateMiddle · 463 students
- Netherwood Knoll ElementaryElementary · 419 students
- Oregon 4KElementary · 213 students
- DOC: Oakhill Correctional InstitutionHigh
Other Prairie View Elementary schools
21 other US public schools in 12 states are named Prairie View Elementary. Prairie View Elementary is the 16th 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 ElementaryEast Troy, WI · 261 students
- Prairie View ElementaryDe Soto, WI · 92 students
Nearby schools
- Netherwood Knoll Elementary0.1 mi · 419
- Oregon 4K0.1 mi · 213
- Oregon High0.5 mi · 1,339
- Rome Corners Intermediate0.9 mi · 463
- Oregon Middle1.2 mi · 613
- Grow Academy1.5 mi · 5
Frequently asked questions
About Prairie View ElementaryHow many students attend Prairie View Elementary?
Prairie View Elementary enrolls approximately 330 students in grades PK-04.
Is Prairie View Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Prairie View Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many students per teacher at Prairie View Elementary?
Approximately 11.8:1 students per teacher at Prairie View Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Prairie View Elementary?
Student demographics at Prairie View Elementary are roughly 79% White, 12% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Prairie View Elementary?
Prairie View Elementary is overseen by Oregon School District in Dane County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.