Enrollment
443
Elementary
DISTRICT 333 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STOUGHTON AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551455002424
Fox Prairie Elementary
1601 W South St, Stoughton, WI 53589 · (608) 877-5101 · Dane County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL443 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 66% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wisconsin public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
108 students
DISTRICT 27% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 81 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 29% larger than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 35% · 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 Stoughton Area School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
61.7%
WI avg 53.1% . +1.1pp since 2023
Math
70.6%
WI avg 54.8% . +3.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.7% | 70.6% |
| 2023-24 | 60.6% | 66.8% |
% 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
67.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.7%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Fox Prairie Elementary
Fox Prairie Elementary's state test result (67.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fox Prairie Elementary this school | 443 | 24.4% | 67.3% |
| Dr H B Tanner Elementary Kaukauna | 466 | 25.1% | N/A |
| Yorkville Elementary Union Grove | 465 | 25.4% | 69.9% |
| Susie C Altmayer Elementary De Pere | 525 | 24.2% | 78.9% |
| Meadowbrook Elementary Green Bay | 478 | 23.2% | 65.2% |
| Bridges Elementary Prairie du Sac | 458 | 24.0% | N/A |
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 Fox Prairie Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Dane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.3% | #251 of 982 | #26 of 74 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.6% | #189 of 992 ▲ 97 | #16 of 74 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.7% | #299 of 992 ▲ 47 | #32 of 74 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 443 | #256 of 1,157 | #23 of 93 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #596 of 901 | #76 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.0% | #499 of 901 | #66 of 83 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.4% | #818 of 1,064 | #50 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.8% | #68 of 240 | #7 of 17 |
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
443
+66 (+18%) vs 2020
+40% since 1990-91, when it was 316
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 443 | 31.4 | 14.1:1 | 24% (108) |
| 2023-24 | 435 | 29 | 15.0:1 | 25% (110) |
| 2022-23 | 388 | 28.4 | 13.7:1 | 24% (95) |
| 2020-21 | 377 | 29 | 13.0:1 | 34% (128) |
| 2017-18 | 386 | 30.9 | 12.5:1 | 31% (119) |
| 2015-16 | 416 | 28 | 14.9:1 | 33% (137) |
| 2010-11 | 437 | 28 | 15.6:1 | 22% (95) |
| 2000-01 | 451 | 28 | 16.1:1 | 10% (46) |
| 1990-91 | 316 | 16 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fox Prairie Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (386 to 443); teachers up 2% (30.9 to 31.4).
About Fox Prairie Elementary
Fox Prairie Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school. Its address is in Stoughton, Wisconsin. The grade span is kindergarten through 5, and enrollment is 443 students. The school's enrollment is 37% above the 323 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin.
Fox Prairie Elementary is a school in Stoughton Area School District. The district has 6 schools and 2,735 students.
Roughly 80% of students at Fox Prairie Elementary are White. Enrollment also includes 11% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black, and 2% Asian. The county population is about 77% White, within a few points of the school. The school's diversity index is 35%, meaning two students picked at random have a 35% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal data list 31.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at Fox Prairie Elementary in 2024-25, for a ratio of 14.1:1. That is close to the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 24%.
Measured against Wisconsin public elementary schools, Fox Prairie Elementary receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Fox Prairie Elementary is 4.6 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (67.3% versus 62.7%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Wisconsin.
Census estimates describe Dane County this way: the median household income is $89,975, 55% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Fox Prairie Elementary, Dane County has 168 other public schools.
Of nearby public schools, Stoughton High is the closest, at about 0.7 miles. In all, 5 other public schools sit within five miles of Fox Prairie Elementary. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Fox Prairie Elementary is 1st of 7 on proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Town: Fringe.
The school enrolled 443 students in 2024-25, 66 more than the 377 it had in 2020-21. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 13.0:1 to 14.1:1.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Fox Prairie Elementary. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Stoughton Area School District
- Stoughton HighHigh · 834 students
- River Bluff MiddleMiddle · 569 students
- Sandhill ElementaryElementary · 411 students
- Kegonsa ElementaryElementary · 304 students
- SASD 4KElementary · 174 students
Other schools in Stoughton
- Stoughton HighHigh · 834 students
- River Bluff MiddleMiddle · 569 students
- Sandhill ElementaryElementary · 411 students
- Kegonsa ElementaryElementary · 304 students
- SASD 4KElementary · 174 students
Nearby schools
- Stoughton High0.7 mi · 834
- SASD 4K1.2 mi · 174
- River Bluff Middle1.2 mi · 569
- Sandhill Elementary1.6 mi · 411
- Kegonsa Elementary1.8 mi · 304
- Oregon High6.9 mi · 1,339
Frequently asked questions
About Fox Prairie ElementaryHow large is Fox Prairie Elementary?
Fox Prairie Elementary enrolls approximately 443 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Fox Prairie Elementary serve?
Fox Prairie Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Fox Prairie Elementary have?
Fox Prairie Elementary employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
How diverse is Fox Prairie Elementary?
Fox Prairie Elementary reports a student body of 80% White, 11% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Fox Prairie Elementary public or private?
Fox Prairie Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Stoughton Area School District.
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