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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SUN PRAIRIE AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551464003075

Meadow View Elementary

200 N Grand Ave, Sun Prairie, WI 53590 · (608) 834-6624 · Dane County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL401 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 39% 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.
  • CBeats 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

Enrollment
401
Elementary
DISTRICT 396 · STATE 323
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
134 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K379%
Kindergarten6215%
Grade 17017%
Grade 26516%
Grade 34912%
Grade 45413%
Grade 56416%

This year's kindergarten class (62) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (64).

Student demographics
78%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 54% · US 70%
White
12631%
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 65% · US 43%
Hispanic
5213%
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 15% · US 30%
Black
6115%
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 9% · US 15%
Asian
9925%
DISTRICT 11% · STATE 4% · US 6%
Two+
5113%
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 6% · US 5%
Native American
92%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
31%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
18546%
Female
21654%

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Test scores

Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or Advanced
English Language Arts
54.5%
WI avg 53.1% . +0.1pp since 2023
Math
60.3%
WI avg 54.8% . +7.0pp since 2023

What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.

Forward Exam results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2554.5%60.3%
2023-2454.4%53.3%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
56.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.1%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Meadow View Elementary

Meadow View Elementary's state test result (56.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Meadow View Elementary this school40133.4%56.6%
Cedar Hills Elementary
Oak Creek
29540.3%54.4%
Shorewood Hills Elementary
Madison
36824.2%84.5%
Royal Oaks Elementary
Sun Prairie
43332.1%60.2%
Lincoln-Erdman Elementary
Sheboygan
39445.9%66.5%
Early Learning Academy
Oak Creek
26636.1%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 Meadow View Elementary ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn WisconsinIn Dane County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
56.6%#490 of 982#45 of 74
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
60.3%#390 of 992
▲ 185
#36 of 74
▲ 13
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
54.5%#454 of 992
▲ 37
#44 of 74
▲ 1
Enrollment
ranked largest first
401#345 of 1,157#38 of 93
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
11.3:1#162 of 901#28 of 83
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
78.4%#3 of 901#1 of 83
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
33.4%#685 of 1,064#35 of 91
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 2024-25
Enrollment
401
+57 (+17%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 12.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2540135.611.3:133% (134)
2023-2441732.512.8:132% (134)
2022-2336230.511.9:129% (105)
2020-213442712.7:124% (84)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Meadow View Elementary.

About Meadow View Elementary

Meadow View Elementary is an elementary school with a street address in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. Total enrollment is 401 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5. It has 24% more students than the average for elementary schools in Wisconsin (about 323).

Sun Prairie Area School District, which runs Meadow View Elementary, has 16 schools and 8,549 students.

The largest group at Meadow View Elementary is White students, at 31%. After that, the student body is 25% Asian, 15% Black, 13% Hispanic, and 13% multiracial. Census figures show Dane County is about 77% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 78%.

The school's 35.6 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.3:1. Elementary schools in Wisconsin have an average ratio of 14.7:1. At Meadow View Elementary, 33% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Public schools in Dane County average a similar 32%.

On the allk12 Grade, Meadow View Elementary lands at C+, ahead of 39% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.

Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 57.1% for Meadow View Elementary. The school posts 56.6%, within a point of the prediction.

American Community Survey estimates for Dane County show that the median household earns about $89,975 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 55%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Dane County has 169 public schools with about 78,525 students, including Meadow View Elementary.

Measured in a straight line, Sun Prairie West High is about 0.3 miles from Meadow View Elementary. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Meadow View Elementary ranks 4th on average proficiency.

NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

From 344 students in 2020-21, enrollment rose to 401 by 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 11.3:1, from 12.7:1.

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Dane County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Meadow View Elementary
District
Sun Prairie Area School District
Address
200 N Grand Ave, Sun Prairie, WI 53590
Phone
(608) 834-6624
County
Dane County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
401
Teachers (FTE)
36
Student–teacher ratio
11.3:1
Free and reduced lunch
134 (33%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
551464003075
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

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Other Meadow View Elementary schools

9 other US public schools in 9 states are named Meadow View Elementary. Meadow View Elementary is the 10th largest of the 10.

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Frequently asked questions

About Meadow View Elementary
How many students attend Meadow View Elementary?
Meadow View Elementary enrolls approximately 401 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Meadow View Elementary serve?
Meadow View Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Meadow View Elementary have?
Meadow View Elementary employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.3:1.
How diverse is Meadow View Elementary?
Meadow View Elementary reports a student body of 31% White, 13% Hispanic, 15% Black, 25% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Is Meadow View Elementary public or private?
Meadow View Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Sun Prairie Area School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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