Sun Prairie West High

Sun Prairie West High operates as a substantial senior high in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, run under Sun Prairie Area School District. Current enrollment sits at 1,325 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 475 students per school, that is 179% larger than typical.

Sun Prairie Area School District runs 16 schools in total, collectively educating 8,549 students. Sun Prairie West High is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Sun Prairie West High lists that 53% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 14% Black, 12% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 77% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Sun Prairie West High has 92 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 30% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Sun Prairie West High falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 59.2%; this one comes in at 36.2%, -23.0 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, Dane County reports that median household earnings sit near $89,975, 55% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Sun Prairie West High is one of 169 public schools in Dane County (combined enrollment of about 78,525 students).

Nearest neighbor: Meadow View Elementary, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Sun Prairie West High comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 53.3%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.