Sauk Prairie High

Sauk Prairie High operates as a sprawling high school in Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin, part of Sauk Prairie School District. Current enrollment sits at 862 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 81% larger than the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 475 students.

Within Sauk Prairie School District, which oversees 6 schools and 2,658 students, Sauk Prairie High is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Sauk Prairie High records that 83% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 12% Hispanic, 2% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.2:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 24% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Sauk County's rate of about 37%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Sauk Prairie High sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 62.8%; actual is 47.6%, a gap of -15.1 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Sauk County put the typical household earns roughly $79,541 per year, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Sauk County runs 30 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,882 students), of which Sauk Prairie High is one.

The closest other public school is Sauk Prairie Middle, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sauk Prairie High at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 65.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 4%: 830 students in 2018 compared to 862 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.