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Enrollment
595
Middle
DISTRICT 443 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAUK PRAIRIE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551341001760
Sauk Prairie Middle
207 Maple St, Sauk City, WI 53583 · (608) 643-5500 · Sauk County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL595 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% of Wisconsin public middle schools
- A-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
148 students
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 42%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 221 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 183 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 191 | 32% |
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · 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
Sauk Prairie Middle→Sauk Prairie High
Based on grade levels within Sauk Prairie School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
59.3%
WI avg 53.1% . +2.9pp since 2023
Math
63.4%
WI avg 54.8% . -0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.3% | 63.4% |
| 2023-24 | 56.4% | 64.2% |
% 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
65.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.4%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Sauk Prairie Middle
Sauk Prairie Middle's state test result (65.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sauk Prairie Middle this school | 595 | 24.9% | 65.7% |
| Thomas Jefferson Middle Port Washington | 677 | 27.5% | 64.8% |
| Milton Middle Milton | 509 | 21.8% | 61.5% |
| Riverview Middle Plymouth | 555 | 29.2% | 59.1% |
| Northside Intermediate Milton | 794 | 23.6% | 65.7% |
| Lake Mills Middle Lake Mills | 413 | 26.9% | 52.3% |
Matched among Wisconsin middle 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 Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.7% | #91 of 323 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.4% | #125 of 327 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.3% | #133 of 327 ▲ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 595 | #87 of 389 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #140 of 265 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.7% | #193 of 265 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.9% | #232 of 323 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.8% | #139 of 176 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
595
-29 (-5%) vs 2020
+45% since 1990-91, when it was 409
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 595 | 45.1 | 13.2:1 | 25% (148) |
| 2023-24 | 570 | 44.2 | 12.9:1 | 28% (158) |
| 2022-23 | 582 | 43.3 | 13.4:1 | 28% (162) |
| 2020-21 | 624 | 45 | 13.9:1 | 30% (187) |
| 2017-18 | 625 | 42.8 | 14.6:1 | 25% (157) |
| 2015-16 | 624 | 41 | 15.2:1 | 27% (166) |
| 2010-11 | 595 | 42 | 14.2:1 | 33% (195) |
| 2000-01 | 683 | 47 | 14.5:1 | 17% (117) |
| 1990-91 | 409 | 28 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sauk Prairie Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (625 to 595); teachers up 5% (42.8 to 45.1).
About Sauk Prairie Middle
Sauk Prairie Middle is a high-enrollment middle-grades school serving families in Sauk City, Wisconsin. The school reports 595 students in grades 6 through 8. The school's enrollment is 56% larger than the 381 average for middle schools in Wisconsin.
The district, Sauk Prairie School District, operates 6 schools serving 2,658 students.
The large majority of students at Sauk Prairie Middle, 87%, are White. Next come 10% Hispanic. The county population is about 87% White, within a few points of the school. Sauk Prairie Middle has a diversity index of 24%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Sauk Prairie Middle counts 45.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 13.2 students for each one. Middle schools in Wisconsin average about 12.8:1, a similar figure. About 25% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. For comparison, public schools in Sauk County average 37%.
allk12 grades Sauk Prairie Middle a B+. The grade compares the school only with Wisconsin public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 62.4% for Sauk Prairie Middle. The school posts 65.7%, 3.4 points above the prediction.
Federal survey data for Sauk County show that median household income is about $79,541, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 27% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. A total of 30 public schools operate in Sauk County, serving about 9,882 students.
Sauk Prairie High is located about 0.2 miles from Sauk Prairie Middle. Within five miles are 3 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 65.7% is above the 62.9% average for nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Distant: in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 624 to 595.
Posts about school safety, transportation, and start times are welcome on this page. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Sauk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
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
Related schools
Other schools in Sauk Prairie School District
- Sauk Prairie HighHigh · 862 students
- Bridges ElementaryElementary · 458 students
- Grand Avenue ElementaryElementary · 396 students
- Tower Rock ElementaryElementary · 213 students
- Merrimac CommunityElementary · 134 students
Nearby schools
- Sauk Prairie High0.2 mi · 862
- Grand Avenue Elementary0.5 mi · 396
- Bridges Elementary0.6 mi · 458
- Merrimac Community8.5 mi · 134
- Tower Rock Elementary8.7 mi · 213
- Wisconsin Heights Elementary8.8 mi · 391
Frequently asked questions
About Sauk Prairie MiddleHow many students attend Sauk Prairie Middle?
Sauk Prairie Middle enrolls approximately 595 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Sauk Prairie Middle serve?
Sauk Prairie Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Sauk Prairie Middle?
Approximately 13.2:1 students per teacher at Sauk Prairie Middle.
How diverse is Sauk Prairie Middle?
Sauk Prairie Middle reports a student body of 87% White, 10% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Sauk Prairie Middle in?
Sauk Prairie Middle is part of Sauk Prairie School District.
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