Prairie View Middle School

400 North Thompson Road

School District

Sun Prairie Area
Grade

6-8
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:13
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by student on July 12, 2024

I have been going here for a year, and the education goes crazy. Do they not even have algebra one in 8th grade, it’s literally a requirement but has a one percent passing rate. Orchestra and band and choir are fine, and the sports are too. Science bowl and MATH-COUNTS are better for education now that they’re actually doing something, and SKILLS USA has state competitions. This school should, however, focus on teaching more grade appropriate material rather than lower grades. It’s okay but not as horrible as people are making it out to be.
Submitted by student on March 12, 2024

I am a student of this school the teachers are bad to you and ignore you and has favorites and treat you like a slave (not trying to be dramatic) They get on you about lying to them, but they lie when something like a lock down happens and call it a "Medical reason" when other people say a kid threw knifes at someone. 3 kids got caught vaping when I was in 6th grade.
Submitted by student on March 12, 2024

If I had a choice to switch my school would I most definitely would, they lie about everything there teaching system is terrible, the teachers don't take anything serious and its genuinely a very bad experience they let kids vape in school bathrooms and give them an one day iss they need to be way more strict with stuff like that they have had multiple lock downs and lie to parents and keep the situation simple when it isn't? there should be multiple things fixed with this school I have had the worse experience here and would want to switch but cant, I need a better teaching system and I need to feel safe at this school genuienly don't like this school and would not recommand.
Submitted by parent on February 14, 2024

We moved here from another state. This school is terrible and we are already looking to move again after less than a year here. The teachers don't care and have zero control over the classroom. My daughter can't even hear her teachers over the chaos in the classroom. Bullying is rampant and the school does nothing about it. If you care about your children, send them elsewhere.
Submitted by parent on September 10, 2023

This school is one of the worst schools in Dane County. The staff will say they care about your child and that they love your them, but it is all lip service. They allow bullying and abuse of children. We sold our home and moved our children out of the district. Do the same or avoid the district altogether.
Submitted by parent on June 26, 2023

This quality of Prairie View has gone done year after year. The staff is too busy to do their job which enables bullying. While there are teachers who care, they held back by the school and district leadership. The horrible stories that make the local and national news are just the tip of the iceberg. How many lives will they ruin before they finally change something? Do not send your kids here!
Submitted by parent on April 14, 2023

This school is pushing an agenda to get in between the parents and their kids and break of the family unit. They push the LGBTQ agenda and talk to kids about gender and how it's ok to change your gender and they give the kids forms to fill out asking if what they would like their pronouns to be and if they would like to be called by a different name. They also ask if it's ok to use these names and pronouns in front of parents. They keep all of this hidden from the parents. They also give surveys about mental health focusing on trusting teachers. They do not share this with parents either. They read books to the the 6th graders about how it's ok to change your gender. They also have a very obvious trans person around the kids in the classrooms who is a "volunteer" so they don't list them on any school websites and keep them hidden from parents. It's gross. Do not send your children to Sun Prairie schools.
Submitted by parent on May 11, 2019

The staff cares and tries to do what they can to help the students succeed where possible.
Submitted by student on April 02, 2018

I go to this school right now. don´t like it that much. It really is survival of the fittest. The bullying issues are horrible. I don´t think that staff trys hard enough to fix bullying issues, and a majority of the kids bully, because all the ¨Cool¨ kids pick on all the ¨Not cool kids¨ and there cool for that. I would recommend going to a school like O'Keeffe, because from what my friends outside of school that go there say it is great. The academic is good, but I dont like dealing with all thes bullying issues.
Submitted by other on April 22, 2014

Prairie View like most other middle schools would serve the students better if they would teach students proper study habits. A semester course on study technique and proper use of study resources should be mandatory in sixth grade.Sixth and Seventh grades are prep before High School and to many students fail or struggle in High School due in part to poor study habits. They leave the middle schools unprepared on how to use the resources available and required for learning. The schools both elementery and middle simply give homework to the students and they are left to fend for themselves on how to learn the subjects. As for rating for this school I would give it two stars. Because they only carry the teaching half way.
Submitted by other on October 29, 2013

I went to this school close to 10 years ago. It may have changed, but probably not that much. I really hated it here. Teachers and students alike were bullies, and nothing was done by the administration. One teacher threw a class party to celebrate the fact that one of the most picked-on kids in the grade was leaving. The teachers and administration were cliquey and did not care about students' well-being. There was, and probably still is, a high turnover rate of faculty. There is a LOT of bullying here and cliqueyness among the staff. Most of the teachers were not intelligent or engaging. I was a very good student but was placed in detention with terrible students because I would skip class to avoid bullies.
Submitted by other on July 27, 2013

This school sucks i went hear and hated it Im from the city and going here was like stepping in the twilight zone . Not to forget i had to walk everyday and i lived about two miles away. My parents one paid over 300 doallers for stupid taxi cabs there was one point I had blisters on my feet from walking i had to go to the hospital for meds and all the principal did was give out detentions gfor being late i cried everyday i hated everything. The only way u would fit in is if u were dating someone or u went to all the partys and hanfg outs. I sat there somedays hearing about what 11or 12 year old made out with each other and who lost what at12 i would give up evertything to never relive that year.
Submitted by parent on August 05, 2011

My son's transition into middle school was flawless and memorable for him. Teachers are quick to communicate with kids and parents. They've taken time to get to know his character and are concerned with shaping him into a young adult as well as teaching the subject matter. I'm very impressed and my son LOVES being there.