Savanna Oaks Middle

Savanna Oaks Middle is one of the middle-of-the-pack intermediate schools in Fitchburg, Wisconsin, overseen by Verona Area School District, with 360 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

Savanna Oaks Middle is one of 12 schools operated by Verona Area School District, a district that serves 5,815 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Savanna Oaks Middle shows that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 19% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 7% Black, 5% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 77%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting Savanna Oaks Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 27% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Savanna Oaks Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 61.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.8%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Dane County shows the typical household earns roughly $89,975 per year, about 55% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Dane County runs 169 public schools (combined enrollment of about 78,525 students), of which Savanna Oaks Middle is one.

Stoner Prairie Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Savanna Oaks Middle. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Savanna Oaks Middle at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 48.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Savanna Oaks Middle's enrollment has shrank 34% since 2018, when it stood at 547 (now 360). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 today.

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