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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAUK PRAIRIE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551341001759

Sauk Prairie High

105 9th St, Prairie du Sac, WI 53578 · (608) 643-5900 · Sauk County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL862 STUDENTS
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This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work

Enrollment
862
High
DISTRICT 443 · STATE 475
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 14.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
209 students
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 42%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 920424%
Grade 1020324%
Grade 1121024%
Grade 1224528%
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 54% · US 70%
White
71783%
DISTRICT 85% · STATE 65% · US 43%
Hispanic
10412%
DISTRICT 11% · STATE 15% · US 30%
Black
111%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 9% · US 15%
Asian
71%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 4% · US 6%
Two+
182%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 6% · US 5%
Native American
51%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 1%
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
45453%
Female
40847%

School pathway

Feeds from
Sauk Prairie Middle06–08
Based on grade levels within Sauk Prairie School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of WI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
47.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.8%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.1pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 63% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.

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 Sauk Prairie High

Sauk Prairie High's state test result (47.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Sauk Prairie High this school86224.2%47.6%
East High
West Bend
85425.6%49.3%
Port Washington High
Port Washington
80924.2%60.5%
Hartford High
Hartford
1,32423.3%44.3%
Fort Atkinson High
Fort Atkinson
81626.5%43.5%
Stoughton High
Stoughton
83426.4%46.0%
Matched among Wisconsin high 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 Sauk Prairie High ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn WisconsinIn Sauk County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
47.6%#195 of 402N/A
Enrollment
ranked largest first
862#116 of 532#3 of 6
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
15.2:1#212 of 325N/A
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
29.3%#164 of 325N/A
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
24.2%#315 of 418N/A
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+3.9%#87 of 128N/A
Ranked against other public high 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
862
+15 (+2%) vs 2020
+30% since 1990-91, when it was 665
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 13.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2586256.915.2:124% (209)
2023-2487361.514.2:128% (246)
2022-2386462.513.8:125% (215)
2020-218476113.9:128% (237)
2017-1883057.814.4:124% (197)
2015-168225315.5:126% (213)
2010-118415814.5:129% (240)
2000-018396113.8:117% (145)
1990-916654913.6:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sauk Prairie High.

Since 2017-18: students up 4% (830 to 862); teachers down 2% (57.8 to 56.9).

About Sauk Prairie High

Sauk Prairie High is a high school located in Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin, in Sauk County. The school serves grades 9 through 12. Enrollment is 862 students. By comparison, high schools in Wisconsin enroll about 475 students on average.

Sauk Prairie School District has 6 schools and 2,658 students, and Sauk Prairie High is one of those schools.

White students account for 83% of the school's enrollment. It is also 12% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 29, compared with 70 nationally.

Sauk Prairie High has 56.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 15.2:1. It is about the same as the 14.6:1 average for high schools in Wisconsin. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 24%. That rate is below the 37% average among public schools in Sauk County.

Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Sauk Prairie High would score about 62.8%. It scores 47.6%, a bottom-10% result among Wisconsin schools on BeatsExpectations.

The school's county is Sauk County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $79,541 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 27% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Sauk Prairie High shares Sauk County with 29 other public schools.

The closest school to Sauk Prairie High is Sauk Prairie Middle, located about 0.2 miles away. There are 3 more public schools inside five miles. Sauk Prairie High's average proficiency of 47.6% compares with 65.5% for its nearest scored neighbors.

Under the NCES locale system, Sauk Prairie High is Town: Distant.

Enrollment has been fairly stable: 847 in 2020-21 and 862 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.9:1 to 15.2:1 over the same years.

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Sauk County at a glance

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Population
66,009
Census ACS
Median income
$79,541
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
30
9,882 students

Quick facts

School name
Sauk Prairie High
District
Sauk Prairie School District
Address
105 9th St, Prairie du Sac, WI 53578
Phone
(608) 643-5900
County
Sauk County
Level
High
Grade range
09–12
Total enrollment
862
Teachers (FTE)
57
Student–teacher ratio
15.2:1
Free and reduced lunch
209 (24%)
Locale
32-Town: Distant
NCES ID
551341001759
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Sauk Prairie School District
Other schools in Prairie du Sac
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Frequently asked questions

About Sauk Prairie High
How large is Sauk Prairie High?
Sauk Prairie High enrolls approximately 862 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Sauk Prairie High serve?
Sauk Prairie High serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Sauk Prairie High have?
Sauk Prairie High employs 57 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Sauk Prairie High?
Student demographics at Sauk Prairie High are roughly 83% White, 12% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Sauk Prairie High in?
Sauk Prairie High is part of Sauk Prairie School District.
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