Sauk Trail Elementary

Sauk Trail Elementary, a mid-sized elementary-level community in Middleton, Wisconsin, operated by Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District, serves 360 students, covering grades pre-K through 4.

Sauk Trail Elementary is one of 12 schools operated by Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District, a district that instructs 7,167 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Sauk Trail Elementary records that 46% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 28% Hispanic, 11% Black, 8% Asian, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 77% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Sauk Trail Elementary has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. An estimated 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Dane County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Sauk Trail Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.1%.

Across the wider county, census data for Dane County shows median household earnings sit near $89,975, roughly 55% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Sauk Trail Elementary is one of 169 public schools in Dane County (combined enrollment of about 78,525 students).

Nearest neighbor: Kromrey Middle, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sauk Trail Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 66.7%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 3%: 371 students in 2018 compared to 360 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 21% to 28%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 10.3:1 in 2018 to 9.1:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.