Stoner Prairie Elementary

Stoner Prairie Elementary is one of the moderately sized elementary campuss in Fitchburg, Wisconsin, operated by Verona Area School District, with 407 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 323 students per school, that is 26% larger than typical.

Across the 12 schools in Verona Area School District (5,815 students total), Stoner Prairie Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Stoner Prairie Elementary shows that the largest single group is White, at 62% of enrollment. Other groups include 15% Hispanic, 9% Black, 8% multiracial, 6% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 77%.

On the resource side, The school lists 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.9:1. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 29% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Stoner Prairie Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.7%, the actual is 65.0%, a residual of +5.3 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Dane County) shows that 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%. Across Dane County's 169 public schools (combined enrollment of about 78,525 students), Stoner Prairie Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Savanna Oaks Middle, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Stoner Prairie Elementary. On composite proficiency, Stoner Prairie Elementary comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 47.5%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 13%: 359 students in 2018 compared to 407 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 50% to 62% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 11.1:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Stoner Prairie Elementary typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.