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Enrollment
645
Elementary
DISTRICT 318 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VERONA AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551533001971
Sugar Creek Elementary
740 N Main Street, Verona, WI 53593 · (608) 845-4700 · Dane County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL645 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
193 students
DISTRICT 20% · STATE 42%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 96 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 108 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 114 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 116 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 121 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (96) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (121).
Student demographics
57%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
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
56.5%
WI avg 53.1% . -5.0pp since 2023
Math
58.5%
WI avg 54.8% . -6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.5% | 58.5% |
| 2023-24 | 61.5% | 64.5% |
% 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
61.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.3%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Sugar Creek Elementary
Sugar Creek Elementary's state test result (61.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugar Creek Elementary this school | 645 | 29.9% | 61.0% |
| Nash Elementary Kenosha | 576 | 31.1% | 63.8% |
| Hales Corners Elementary Hales Corners | 520 | 30.4% | 68.0% |
| O Brown Elementary Racine | 540 | 38.7% | 39.5% |
| Bay View Montessori School Milwaukee | 449 | 36.5% | 58.1% |
| Pleasant Prairie Elementary Pleasant Prairie | 542 | 35.6% | 60.5% |
Matched among Wisconsin elementary 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 Sugar Creek Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Dane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #392 of 982 | #38 of 74 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.5% | #422 of 992 ▼ 82 | #38 of 74 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.5% | #409 of 992 ▼ 82 | #41 of 74 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 645 | #38 of 1,157 | #1 of 93 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #316 of 901 | #52 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.3% | #241 of 901 | #42 of 83 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.9% | #733 of 1,064 | #39 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +23.1% | #46 of 240 | #6 of 17 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
645
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 908
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 645 | 52.4 | 12.3:1 | 30% (193) |
| 2023-24 | 683 | 50.1 | 13.6:1 | 31% (212) |
| 2022-23 | 680 | 48.3 | 14.1:1 | 26% (180) |
| 2020-21 | 644 | 47 | 13.7:1 | 28% (183) |
| 2017-18 | 524 | 41.4 | 12.7:1 | 42% (222) |
| 2015-16 | 464 | 41 | 11.3:1 | 46% (212) |
| 2010-11 | 493 | 39 | 12.6:1 | 40% (198) |
| 2000-01 | 558 | 41 | 13.6:1 | 13% (72) |
| 1990-91 | 908 | 52 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sugar Creek Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 23% (524 to 645); teachers up 26% (41.4 to 52.4).
About Sugar Creek Elementary
Sugar Creek Elementary is a high-enrollment elementary school serving families in Verona, Wisconsin. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 5, with 645 students on the rolls. On average, elementary schools in Wisconsin enroll around 323, and this school is 100% above that mark.
Verona Area School District, which runs Sugar Creek Elementary, has 12 schools and 5,815 students.
More than half of the students at Sugar Creek Elementary are White (59%). Next come 27% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 4% Black, and 2% Asian. That compares with about 77% White among all Dane County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 57%.
Based on 52.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, Sugar Creek Elementary has a ratio of 12.3:1. The average for elementary schools in Wisconsin is 14.7:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 30%. The figure for public schools in Dane County is close, at 32%.
Sugar Creek Elementary earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 49% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
Sugar Creek Elementary's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (61.0%) and its predicted rate (59.3%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Wisconsin schools.
For Dane County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $89,975 a year, 55% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Dane County number 169, with about 78,525 students.
Early Childhood, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Sugar Creek Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Sugar Creek Elementary is 5th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
For locale, NCES codes Sugar Creek Elementary as Suburb: Large.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (644) to 2024-25 (645). Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 12.3:1, from 13.7:1.
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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
- Glacier Edge ElementaryElementary · 462 students
- Core Knowledge Charter SchoolElementary · 417 students
- Stoner Prairie ElementaryElementary · 407 students
- Country View ElementaryElementary · 382 students
Other schools in Verona
- Verona Area HighHigh · 1,820 students
- Badger Ridge MiddleMiddle · 776 students
- Glacier Edge ElementaryElementary · 462 students
- Olson ElementaryElementary · 462 students
- Core Knowledge Charter SchoolElementary · 417 students
- Country View ElementaryElementary · 382 students
Other Sugar Creek Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 8 states are named Sugar Creek Elementary. Sugar Creek Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 8.
- Sugar Creek ElementaryFort Mill, SC · 755 students
- Sugar Creek Elementary SchoolLester, AL · 631 students
- Sugar Creek Elementary SchoolWaukee, IA · 630 students
- Sugar Creek Elementary SchoolNormal, IL · 468 students
- SUGAR CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBENTONVILLE, AR · 381 students
Nearby schools
- Early Childhood0.2 mi · 19
- New Century School0.3 mi · 122
- Verona Area International School0.3 mi · 113
- Badger Ridge Middle0.3 mi · 776
- Core Knowledge Charter School0.3 mi · 417
- Verona Area K40.5 mi · 292
Frequently asked questions
About Sugar Creek ElementaryHow many students attend Sugar Creek Elementary?
Sugar Creek Elementary enrolls approximately 645 students in grades KG-05.
Is Sugar Creek Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sugar Creek Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sugar Creek Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sugar Creek Elementary is approximately 12.3:1 (52 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sugar Creek Elementary?
At Sugar Creek Elementary, the student body is approximately 59% White, 27% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Sugar Creek Elementary?
Sugar Creek Elementary 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.