C H Bird Elementary

C H Bird Elementary is an elementary school of mid-sized scale in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, overseen by Sun Prairie Area School District, serveing 333 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within Sun Prairie Area School District, which oversees 16 schools and 8,549 students, C H Bird Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, C H Bird Elementary shows that the largest single group is White at 41%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest consists of 22% Black, 16% multiracial, 12% Asian, 9% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 77% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. An estimated 44% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Dane County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, C H Bird Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 50.6%; this one comes in at 31.6%, -19.0 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Dane County put median household earnings sit near $89,975, about 55% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. C H Bird Elementary is one of 169 public schools in Dane County (combined enrollment of about 78,525 students).

Nearest neighbor: Northside Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts C H Bird Elementary at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 52.8%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Five-year trend. C H Bird Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 24% since 2018, when it stood at 440 (now 333). The White share of enrollment declined from 60% to 41% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 8.6:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the C H Bird Elementary community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.