Sun Prairie East High

Sun Prairie East High is a sprawling high school in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, run under Sun Prairie Area School District. The school caters to 1,340 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 475 students each, so Sun Prairie East High sits 182% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 16 schools in Sun Prairie Area School District (8,549 students total), Sun Prairie East High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Sun Prairie East High shows that 61% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 10% Black, 9% multiracial, 7% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 77%.

On the income-and-resources front, Sun Prairie East High shows 94 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.3:1. The state averages about 14.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 27% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Sun Prairie East High sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 61.0%; actual is 40.8%, a gap of -20.2 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Dane County put median household earnings sit near $89,975, roughly 55% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Dane County's 169 public schools (combined enrollment of about 78,525 students), Sun Prairie East High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Central Heights Middle, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sun Prairie East High. On composite proficiency, Sun Prairie East High comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 46.6%.

Sun Prairie East High operates from a suburban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sun Prairie East High has contracted 21%, going from 1,697 students in 2018 to 1,340 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 68% to 61% across the same window.

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