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What do you wish you knew before starting at Sandhill Elementary?
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Enrollment
411
Elementary
DISTRICT 333 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STOUGHTON AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551455002813
Sandhill Elementary
1920 Lincoln Ave, Stoughton, WI 53589 · (608) 877-5401 · Dane County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL411 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 70% 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.
- BBeats 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
13.8:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
121 students
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 42%
Community
1
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 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
38%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
61.2%
WI avg 53.1% . +5.0pp since 2023
Math
74.6%
WI avg 54.8% . +8.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.2% | 74.6% |
| 2023-24 | 56.2% | 66.0% |
% 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
66.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.6%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Sandhill Elementary
Sandhill Elementary's state test result (66.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandhill Elementary this school | 411 | 29.4% | 66.0% |
| Rossman Elementary Hartford | 422 | 29.6% | 75.5% |
| East Elementary Milton | 409 | 28.6% | 51.3% |
| Wisconsin Heights Elementary Mazomanie | 391 | 27.4% | 72.5% |
| Westside Elementary Kimberly | 408 | 30.6% | 63.2% |
| Valders Elementary Valders | 411 | 29.2% | 43.7% |
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 Sandhill Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Dane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #273 of 982 | #29 of 74 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.6% | #131 of 992 ▲ 181 | #10 of 74 ▲ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.2% | #309 of 992 ▲ 147 | #33 of 74 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 411 | #319 of 1,157 | #32 of 93 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #560 of 901 | #69 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.1% | #460 of 901 | #62 of 83 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.4% | #740 of 1,064 | #41 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.8% | #33 of 664 | #2 of 61 |
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
411
-13 (-3%) vs 2020
-33% since 2010-11, when it was 615
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 411 | 29.7 | 13.8:1 | 29% (121) |
| 2023-24 | 410 | 33.4 | 12.3:1 | 32% (132) |
| 2022-23 | 421 | 31.6 | 13.3:1 | 34% (145) |
| 2020-21 | 424 | 34 | 12.5:1 | 34% (144) |
| 2017-18 | 661 | 43.9 | 15.1:1 | 24% (157) |
| 2015-16 | 620 | 40 | 15.5:1 | 29% (178) |
| 2010-11 | 615 | 38 | 16.2:1 | 27% (163) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sandhill Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 38% (661 to 411); teachers down 32% (43.9 to 29.7).
About Sandhill Elementary
Sandhill Elementary is a public elementary school run by Stoughton Area School District in Stoughton, Wisconsin. The school has 411 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in Wisconsin average about 323 students, which makes this school 27% larger than average.
Stoughton Area School District has 6 schools and 2,735 students, and Sandhill Elementary is one of those schools.
More than half of enrollment at Sandhill Elementary is White: 78%. Other groups include 9% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, and 4% Black. In Dane County overall, the White share is about 77%. The diversity index for Sandhill Elementary is 38%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Teacher count: 29.7 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 13.8:1. The gap from the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin is 0.9 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 29%. The figure for public schools in Dane County is close, at 32%.
Sandhill Elementary earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 70% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
Sandhill Elementary posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 66.0%, compared with a predicted 59.6%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Wisconsin schools on BeatsExpectations.
Dane County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $89,975, 55% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. There are 169 public schools in the county, enrolling about 78,525, Sandhill Elementary among them.
Stoughton High is about 0.9 miles from Sandhill Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes 5 other public schools. Sandhill Elementary places 3rd of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Town: Fringe.
A 3% decrease took enrollment from 424 in 2020-21 to 411 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 12.5:1 to 13.8:1.
The Sandhill Elementary discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates 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
- Fox Prairie ElementaryElementary · 443 students
- Kegonsa ElementaryElementary · 304 students
- SASD 4KElementary · 174 students
Other schools in Stoughton
- Stoughton HighHigh · 834 students
- River Bluff MiddleMiddle · 569 students
- Fox Prairie ElementaryElementary · 443 students
- Kegonsa ElementaryElementary · 304 students
- SASD 4KElementary · 174 students
Other Sandhill Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Sandhill Elementary. Sandhill Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- SANDHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHAINES CITY, FL · 1,111 students
Nearby schools
- Stoughton High0.9 mi · 834
- River Bluff Middle1.5 mi · 569
- Fox Prairie Elementary1.6 mi · 443
- SASD 4K1.6 mi · 174
- Kegonsa Elementary2.2 mi · 304
- Conrad Elvehjem Primary School5.8 mi · 449
Frequently asked questions
About Sandhill ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Sandhill Elementary?
Sandhill Elementary enrolls approximately 411 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Sandhill Elementary serve?
Sandhill Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sandhill Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sandhill Elementary is approximately 13.8:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Sandhill Elementary?
Student demographics at Sandhill Elementary are roughly 78% White, 8% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Sandhill Elementary public or private?
Sandhill Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Stoughton Area School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.