Sugar Creek Elementary

Sugar Creek Elementary is a roomy primary school in Verona, Wisconsin, one of the schools within Verona Area School District. The school teaches 645 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 100% above the state mean of about 323.

Verona Area School District comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 5,815 students; Sugar Creek Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Sugar Creek Elementary reports that White students make up the majority at 59%. The remainder is composed of 27% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 4% Black, 2% Asian. By comparison, Dane County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Sugar Creek Elementary records 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 30% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Sugar Creek Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 59.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 61.0%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Dane County indicate the typical household earns roughly $89,975 per year, 55% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sugar Creek Elementary is one of 169 public schools in Dane County (combined enrollment of about 78,525 students).

The closest other public school is Early Childhood, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sugar Creek Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 66.2%.

Sugar Creek Elementary operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sugar Creek Elementary has rose 23%, going from 524 students in 2018 to 645 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 53% to 59% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Sugar Creek Elementary typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.