Royal Oaks Elementary

As a mid-sized elementary campus in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, Royal Oaks Elementary hosts 433 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under Sun Prairie Area School District. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 323 students each, so Royal Oaks Elementary sits 34% above that benchmark.

Across the 16 schools in Sun Prairie Area School District (8,549 students total), Royal Oaks Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Royal Oaks Elementary lists that 53% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 17% Asian, 14% Black, 8% multiracial, 8% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 77% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting Royal Oaks Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 32% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Royal Oaks Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.0%; this one delivers 60.2%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Dane County put median household income runs about $89,975, roughly 55% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Dane County runs 169 public schools (combined enrollment of about 78,525 students), of which Royal Oaks Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Prairie View Middle, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Royal Oaks Elementary at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 49.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 21%: 549 students in 2018 compared to 433 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 67% to 53%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 today.

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