Sparta High

Set in Sparta, Wisconsin, Sparta High is a well-populated senior high, one of the schools within Sparta Area School District. It enrolls 871 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 475 students each, so Sparta High sits 83% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 7 schools in Sparta Area School District (2,749 students total), Sparta High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Sparta High records that the largest single group is White, at 74% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 19% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Monroe County as a whole is about 90% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Sparta High lists 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 41% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Sparta High sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 52.6%; actual is 33.4%, a gap of -19.3 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Monroe County indicate median household income runs about $69,467, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Monroe County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,845 students), of which Sparta High is one.

Sparta Montessori School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Sparta High. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sparta High ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 51.1%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 11%: 784 students in 2018 compared to 871 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 83% to 74%.

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