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Enrollment
1,340
High
DISTRICT 918 · STATE 475
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SUN PRAIRIE AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551464001902
Sun Prairie East High
888 Grove St, Sun Prairie, WI 53590 · (608) 834-6700 · Dane County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,340 STUDENTS
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Not graded
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
94 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 14.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
364 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 42%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 338 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 327 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 349 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 326 | 24% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of WI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
40.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.0%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 61% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Sun Prairie East High
Sun Prairie East High's state test result (40.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun Prairie East High this school | 1,340 | 27.2% | 40.8% |
| Memorial High Eau Claire | 1,558 | 28.4% | 55.3% |
| West High Oshkosh | 1,623 | 29.0% | 52.5% |
| Oak Creek High Oak Creek | 2,220 | 31.8% | 42.0% |
| Stevens Point Area Senior High Stevens Point | 1,478 | 30.2% | 46.3% |
| Greendale High Greendale | 882 | 28.2% | 64.7% |
Matched among Wisconsin high 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 Sun Prairie East High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Dane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #276 of 402 | #15 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,340 | #38 of 532 | #7 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #157 of 325 | #10 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.3% | #49 of 325 | #7 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.2% | #291 of 418 | #10 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.0% | #30 of 203 | #2 of 8 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,340
-451 (-25%) vs 2020
+25% since 1990-91, when it was 1,074
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 1,340 | 93.6 | 14.3:1 | 27% (364) |
| 2023-24 | 1,275 | 87.9 | 14.5:1 | 27% (345) |
| 2022-23 | 1,274 | 91.3 | 14.0:1 | 23% (298) |
| 2020-21 | 1,791 | 120 | 14.9:1 | 28% (501) |
| 2017-18 | 1,697 | 111 | 15.3:1 | 20% (334) |
| 2015-16 | 1,617 | 102 | 15.8:1 | 20% (317) |
| 2010-11 | 1,355 | 88 | 15.4:1 | 23% (305) |
| 2000-01 | 1,521 | 91 | 16.7:1 | 14% (215) |
| 1990-91 | 1,074 | 80 | 13.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sun Prairie East High.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (1,697 to 1,340); teachers down 16% (111 to 93.6).
About Sun Prairie East High
A high-enrollment high school in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, Sun Prairie East High is part of Sun Prairie Area School District. The school serves grades 9 through 12. Enrollment is 1,340 students. By comparison, high schools in Wisconsin enroll about 475 students on average.
Sun Prairie Area School District counts 8,549 students in its 16 schools, and Sun Prairie East High is one of them.
More than half of the students at Sun Prairie East High are White (61%). Next come 11% Hispanic, 10% Black, 9% multiracial, and 7% Asian. That compares with about 77% White among all Dane County residents. The diversity index for Sun Prairie East High is 58%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 14.3:1. The school has 93.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among high schools in Wisconsin is similar, at 14.6:1. In all, 27% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results, 40.8%, is 20.2 points below the 61.0% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the bottom 10% of Wisconsin schools.
The school's county is Dane County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $89,975, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 55%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. There are 169 public schools in the county, enrolling about 78,525, Sun Prairie East High among them.
Prairie Phoenix Academy, about 0.7 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Sun Prairie East High, there are at least 8 other public schools. Sun Prairie East High is 5th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Sun Prairie East High has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Enrollment figures show a drop of 451 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Sun Prairie East High lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Sun Prairie Area School District
- Sun Prairie West HighHigh · 1,325 students
- Prairie View MiddleMiddle · 699 students
- Patrick Marsh MiddleMiddle · 581 students
- Central Heights MiddleMiddle · 560 students
- Token Springs ElementaryElementary · 472 students
- Northside ElementaryElementary · 439 students
Other schools in Sun Prairie
- Sun Prairie West HighHigh · 1,325 students
- Prairie View MiddleMiddle · 699 students
- Patrick Marsh MiddleMiddle · 581 students
- Central Heights MiddleMiddle · 560 students
- Token Springs ElementaryElementary · 472 students
- Northside ElementaryElementary · 439 students
Nearby schools
- Prairie Phoenix Academy0.7 mi · 88
- Central Heights Middle0.7 mi · 560
- Sun Prairie Four Kids0.8 mi · 297
- Eastside Elementary1.1 mi · 408
- Westside Elementary1.4 mi · 434
- Northside Elementary1.5 mi · 439
Frequently asked questions
About Sun Prairie East HighWhat is the total enrollment at Sun Prairie East High?
Sun Prairie East High enrolls approximately 1,340 students in grades 09-12.
Is Sun Prairie East High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sun Prairie East High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Sun Prairie East High have?
Sun Prairie East High employs 94 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Sun Prairie East High?
Student demographics at Sun Prairie East High are roughly 61% White, 11% Hispanic, 10% Black, 7% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Sun Prairie East High in?
Sun Prairie East High is part of Sun Prairie Area School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.