Enrollment
360
Middle
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VERONA AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551533001149
Savanna Oaks Middle
5890 Lacy Rd, Fitchburg, WI 53711 · (608) 845-4010 · Dane County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL360 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% of Wisconsin public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
10.3:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
96 students
DISTRICT 20% · STATE 42%
Community
0
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 | 108 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 110 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 142 | 39% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
Savanna Oaks Middle→Verona Area High
Based on grade levels within Verona Area School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
67.7%
WI avg 53.1% . +9.6pp since 2023
Math
64.3%
WI avg 54.8% . +15.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.7% | 64.3% |
| 2023-24 | 58.1% | 48.9% |
% 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
59.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.3%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Savanna Oaks Middle
Savanna Oaks Middle's state test result (59.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Savanna Oaks Middle this school | 360 | 26.7% | 59.8% |
| Whitnall Middle Greenfield | 558 | 27.8% | 63.3% |
| Greendale Middle Greendale | 617 | 27.1% | 66.9% |
| Badger Ridge Middle Verona | 776 | 26.0% | 56.1% |
| West De Pere Middle De Pere | 546 | 24.7% | 63.6% |
| Oak Creek East Middle Oak Creek | 935 | 25.6% | 62.2% |
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 Savanna Oaks Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Dane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.8% | #146 of 323 | #16 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.3% | #120 of 327 ▲ 113 | #11 of 33 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.7% | #63 of 327 ▲ 65 | #9 of 33 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 360 | #179 of 389 | #25 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #14 of 265 | #5 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.9% | #52 of 265 | #15 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.7% | #224 of 323 | #18 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.2% | #10 of 176 | #2 of 18 |
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
360
-134 (-27%) vs 2020
-24% since 2000-01, when it was 472
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 360 | 35 | 10.3:1 | 27% (96) |
| 2023-24 | 380 | 35.3 | 10.8:1 | 28% (107) |
| 2022-23 | 394 | 33.7 | 11.7:1 | 35% (136) |
| 2020-21 | 494 | 39 | 12.7:1 | 29% (142) |
| 2017-18 | 547 | 38.7 | 14.1:1 | 27% (150) |
| 2015-16 | 504 | 35 | 14.4:1 | 29% (147) |
| 2010-11 | 485 | 35 | 13.9:1 | 32% (153) |
| 2000-01 | 472 | 34 | 13.9:1 | 13% (61) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Savanna Oaks Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (547 to 360); teachers down 10% (38.7 to 35).
About Savanna Oaks Middle
Federal records list Savanna Oaks Middle as a middle school in Fitchburg, Wisconsin. It serves 360 students in grades 6 through 8.
Verona Area School District enrolls 5,815 students in 12 schools, including Savanna Oaks Middle.
Roughly 61% of students at Savanna Oaks Middle are White. The rest of enrollment is 19% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 7% Black, and 5% Asian. Among all residents of Dane County, the White share is about 77%. Savanna Oaks Middle's diversity index is 58%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at the school number 35 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 10.3:1. On average, middle schools in Wisconsin have 12.8:1, compared with 10.3:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 27% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Savanna Oaks Middle is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 46% of Wisconsin public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Savanna Oaks Middle posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 59.8%, compared with a predicted 61.3%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Wisconsin schools on BeatsExpectations.
Federal survey data for Dane County show that the median household income is $89,975, about 55% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Dane County is home to 169 public schools and about 78,525 public school students.
Stoner Prairie Elementary is the closest public school, about 0.2 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Savanna Oaks Middle comes in 3rd of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Savanna Oaks Middle is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 360 students in 2024-25, 134 fewer than the 494 it had in 2020-21. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (10.3:1) than in 2020-21 (12.7:1).
The Savanna Oaks Middle community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Verona Area School District
- Verona Area HighHigh · 1,820 students
- Badger Ridge MiddleMiddle · 776 students
- Sugar Creek ElementaryElementary · 645 students
- Glacier Edge ElementaryElementary · 462 students
- Core Knowledge Charter SchoolElementary · 417 students
- Stoner Prairie ElementaryElementary · 407 students
Other schools in Fitchburg
- Forest Edge Elementary SchoolElementary · 446 students
- Stoner Prairie ElementaryElementary · 407 students
- Grow AcademyHigh · 5 students
- Oregon Correctional CenterHigh
Nearby schools
- Stoner Prairie Elementary0.2 mi · 407
- Leopold Elementary2.3 mi · 626
- Huegel Elementary2.4 mi · 417
- Toki Middle2.5 mi · 487
- Orchard Ridge Elementary2.5 mi · 265
- Cesar Chavez Elementary2.5 mi · 631
Frequently asked questions
About Savanna Oaks MiddleHow large is Savanna Oaks Middle?
Savanna Oaks Middle enrolls approximately 360 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Savanna Oaks Middle serve?
Savanna Oaks Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Savanna Oaks Middle?
Approximately 10.3:1 students per teacher at Savanna Oaks Middle.
How diverse is Savanna Oaks Middle?
Savanna Oaks Middle reports a student body of 61% White, 19% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Savanna Oaks Middle?
Savanna Oaks Middle is overseen by Verona Area School District in Dane County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.