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Prairie du Chien Area School District

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Prairie du Chien Area School District is located in southwest Wisconsin. Prairie du Chien Area School District has 84.99 square miles of land area and 7.37 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Prairie du Chien Area School District population is 8,493. Prairie du Chien Area School District median household income is $42,885 in 2010-2014. Prairie du Chien Area School District median house value is $114,700 in 2010-2014. On average, Prairie du Chien Area School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (222 out of 376, bottom 41%) Elementary/Middle School: (381 out of 412, bottom 8%)* Rank: #340
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	6
Population	8,493 (2010-2014), rank #167
Population Growth	1.23% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	91.95/sq mi, rank #166
Median Household Income:	$42,885 at 2010-2014—4.77% increase since 2005-2009, rank #367
Median House Price:	$114,700 at 2010-2014—4.27% increase since 2005-2009, rank #374
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	84.99 sq mi, rank #256
Water Area:	7.37 sq mi (7.98%), rank #77
State:	Wisconsin
County:	Crawford County
City:	Prairie Du Chien, Eastman, Steuben, Wauzeka
Zip:	53821, 54626, 53826, 54657

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Prairie du Chien Area School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

800 East Crawford St

Prairie Du Chien WI, 53821, Crawford County

Phone: 608-326-3700

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,107	1,122	1,136	1,179	1,150	1,191	1,217
English Language Learner Students:	0	0	0	0	1	2	2
Total Teachers:	95.49	92.41	93.91	89.48	88.95	90.10	91.40
Prekindergarten:	4.50	4.50	4.49	3.49	3.00	3.50	3.00
Kindergarten:	5.50	6.50	6.00	6.00	6.00	5.00	6.00
Elementary:	41.58	38.90	35.64	34.19	30.45	33.00	29.00
Secondary:	43.91	42.51	47.78	45.80	49.50	48.60	53.40
Ungraded:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total Other Staff:	73.58	59.82	54.80	57.11	55.57	61.30	61.50
Instructional Aides:	27.80	18.29	14.92	17.06	14.46	16.80	15.20
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.50	0.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	1.80	1.25	1.00	1.00	2.00	1.00	2.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	0.25	0.34	0.34	1.00	0.30	1.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	0.80	0.00	0.66	0.66	1.00	0.70	1.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	0.00	1.00	0.00	0.00	NA	0.00	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	0.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	2.00	2.00
Library/Media Support:	2.50	1.50	1.00	1.69	1.69	1.80	2.60
District Administrators:	1.80	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.50
District Administrative Support:	3.47	3.24	3.60	3.95	3.35	3.60	4.50
School Administrators:	1.90	3.50	3.50	3.00	3.13	3.30	3.00
School Administrative Support:	5.60	4.20	4.60	5.40	6.00	6.60	5.20
Student Support Services:	8.45	8.30	6.30	5.73	5.83	6.10	5.90
Other Support Services:	20.26	17.54	17.88	17.28	17.11	18.60	19.60
Student-Teacher Ratio:	11.59	12.14	12.10	13.18	12.93	13.22	13.32

Schools

Ba Kennedy School	Prekindergarten to Grade 1	420 Wacouta Ave, Prairie Du Chien WI 53821
Bluff View Elementary	Grade 2 to Grade 4	1901 East Wells St, Prairie Du Chien WI 53821
Bluff View Junior High	Grade 7 to Grade 8	1901 East Wells St, Prairie Du Chien WI 53821
Bluff View Middle	Grade 5 to Grade 6	1901 East Wells St, Prairie Du Chien WI 53821
Mighty River Academy Of Virtual Education	Kindergarten to Grade 12	800 East Crawford St, Prairie Du Chien WI 53821
Prairie Du Chien High	Grade 9 to Grade 12	800 East Crawford St, Prairie Du Chien WI 53821

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
WKCE Test
2006	Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	66%	70%
2008	Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	72%	73%
2009	Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	66%	73%
2010	Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	68%	71%
2011	Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	79%	74%
2012	Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	80%	73%
2013	Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	76%	76%
2006	Math	10th Grade	% met std	70%	70%
2008	Math	10th Grade	% met std	72%	72%
2009	Math	10th Grade	% met std	77%	72%
2010	Math	10th Grade	% met std	75%	73%
2011	Math	10th Grade	% met std	80%	74%
2012	Math	10th Grade	% met std	85%	74%
2013	Math	10th Grade	% met std	61%	47%
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	72%	74%
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	79%	76%
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	78%	77%
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	80%	78%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	84%	77%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	80%	80%
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	42%	40%
2006	Science	10th Grade	% met std	72%	70%
2008	Science	10th Grade	% met std	81%	75%
2009	Science	10th Grade	% met std	81%	74%
2010	Science	10th Grade	% met std	71%	73%
2011	Science	10th Grade	% met std	85%	76%
2012	Science	10th Grade	% met std	84%	75%
2013	Science	10th Grade	% met std	84%	78%
2006	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	70%	74%
2008	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	83%	79%
2009	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	80%	78%
2010	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	73%	77%
2011	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	83%	82%
2012	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	87%	78%
2013	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	84%	82%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	66%	73%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	72%	75%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	69%	78%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	77%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	68%	78%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	58%	50%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	80%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	81%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	80%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	81%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	81%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	35%	35%
2006	Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	80%	78%
2007	Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	67%	76%
2008	Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	72%	77%
2009	Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	65%	78%
2010	Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	67%	78%
2012	Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	76%	78%
2013	Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	69%	77%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	60%	72%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	70%	77%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	62%	78%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	64%	82%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	74%	81%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	76%	81%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	45%	50%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82%	81%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74%	81%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78%	82%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73%	83%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75%	83%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80%	83%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	29%	33%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	76%	77%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	81%	77%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	68%	77%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	55%	77%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	73%	79%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	73%	79%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% met std	71%	79%
2006	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	87%	91%
2007	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	92%	91%
2008	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	91%	92%
2009	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	90%	92%
2010	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	93%	93%
2012	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	90%	93%
2013	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	91%	92%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	61%	74%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	69%	77%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	58%	79%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	63%	79%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77%	81%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	52%	52%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	79%	83%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85%	85%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	76%	82%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75%	81%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75%	81%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	25%	36%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	61%	72%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	70%	77%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	74%	77%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	77%	79%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	83%	79%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	66%	54%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86%	82%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	79%	86%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81%	84%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	89%	84%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83%	84%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	35%	35%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	74%	78%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	78%	79%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	80%	80%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	76%	82%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	91%	82%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	44%	49%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84%	84%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	88%	86%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	86%	87%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84%	87%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	89%	86%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	37%	38%
2006	Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	62%	65%
2008	Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	55%	64%
2009	Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	66%	65%
2010	Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	75%	66%
2012	Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	62%	66%
2013	Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	61%	61%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	75%	73%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	67%	78%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	83%	80%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	81%	80%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	85%	81%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	53%	46%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85%	83%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85%	86%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	97%	86%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87%	85%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	89%	85%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	35%	42%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	76%	73%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	77%	76%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	82%	78%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	79%	82%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	88%	82%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	86%	79%
2006	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	85%	83%
2008	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	81%	83%
2009	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	88%	83%
2010	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	84%	82%
2012	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	85%	82%
2013	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	90%	83%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$15,296,000	$13,465		$16,325,000	$13,846		$16,379,000	$14,243
Federal:	$1,319,000	$1,161	8.6%	$1,384,000	$1,174	8.5%	$1,701,000	$1,479	10.4%
State:	$8,760,000	$7,711	57.3%	$9,433,000	$8,001	57.8%	$9,503,000	$8,263	58.0%
Local:	$5,217,000	$4,592	34.1%	$5,508,000	$4,672	33.7%	$5,175,000	$4,500	31.6%
Total Expenditures:	$14,366,000	$12,646		$15,181,000	$12,876		$15,224,000	$13,238
Total Current Expenditures:	$13,095,000	$11,527		$13,762,000	$11,673		$13,467,000	$11,710
Instructional Expenditures:	$8,039,000	$7,077	61.4%	$8,872,000	$7,525	64.5%	$8,877,000	$7,719	65.9%
Student and Staff Support:	$797,000	$702	6.1%	$798,000	$677	5.8%	$839,000	$730	6.2%
Administration:	$1,668,000	$1,468	12.7%	$1,627,000	$1,380	11.8%	$1,420,000	$1,235	10.5%
Operations, Food, Other:	$2,591,000	$2,281	19.8%	$2,465,000	$2,091	17.9%	$2,331,000	$2,027	17.3%
Total Capital Outlay:	$346,000	$305		$565,000	$479		$833,000	$724
Construction:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$0	$0
Total Other:	$134,000	$118		$156,000	$132		$192,000	$167
Interest on Debt:	$314,000	$276		$356,000	$302		$410,000	$357

Total Salary:	$6,855,000	$6,034		$7,062,000	$5,990		$6,628,000	$5,763
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$5,190,000	$4,569	75.7%	$5,432,000	$4,607	76.9%	$5,012,000	$4,358	75.6%
Other Salary:	$1,665,000	$1,466	24.3%	$1,630,000	$1,383	23.1%	$1,616,000	$1,405	24.4%
Total Benefit:	$3,047,000	$2,682		$3,746,000	$3,177		$4,171,000	$3,627
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$2,293,000	$2,018	75.3%	$2,820,000	$2,392	75.3%	$3,124,000	$2,717	74.9%
Other Benefit:	$754,000	$664	24.7%	$926,000	$785	24.7%	$1,047,000	$910	25.1%

* Prairie du Chien Area School District was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.