Enrollment
309
Elementary
DISTRICT 325 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIDDLETON-CROSS PLAINS AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550951000755
Sunset Ridge Elementary
8686 Airport Rd, Middleton, WI 53562 · (608) 829-9300 · Dane County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL309 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
28 students
DISTRICT 18% · STATE 42%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 4 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 58 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 15% smaller than its 4th grade class (68).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
64.2%
WI avg 53.1% . -11.6pp since 2023
Math
75.8%
WI avg 54.8% . -4.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.2% | 75.8% |
| 2023-24 | 75.8% | 80.0% |
% 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
77.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.1%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 Sunset Ridge Elementary
Sunset Ridge Elementary's state test result (77.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunset Ridge Elementary this school | 309 | 9.1% | 77.3% |
| Willow Springs Learning Center Menomonee Falls | 279 | 8.6% | N/A |
| Lannon Elementary Lannon | 350 | 10.3% | 79.1% |
| Rockfield Elementary Germantown | 344 | 11.6% | 70.3% |
| Core Knowledge Charter School Verona | 417 | 10.6% | 74.4% |
| Elm Lawn Elementary Middleton | 313 | 14.7% | 77.6% |
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 Sunset Ridge Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Dane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.3% | #64 of 982 | #6 of 74 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.8% | #113 of 992 ▼ 41 | #8 of 74 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.2% | #254 of 992 ▼ 184 | #29 of 74 ▼ 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 309 | #594 of 1,157 | #63 of 93 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #221 of 901 | #37 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.4% | #360 of 901 | #52 of 83 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.1% | #1,023 of 1,064 | #82 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.7% | #49 of 664 | #3 of 61 |
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
309
-23 (-7%) vs 2020
-28% since 2000-01, when it was 432
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 309 | 26.4 | 11.7:1 | 9% (28) |
| 2023-24 | 298 | 23.5 | 12.7:1 | 9% (28) |
| 2022-23 | 317 | 23.3 | 13.6:1 | 10% (31) |
| 2020-21 | 332 | 25 | 13.3:1 | 10% (33) |
| 2017-18 | 473 | 33.4 | 14.2:1 | 6% (28) |
| 2015-16 | 453 | 32 | 14.2:1 | 9% (42) |
| 2010-11 | 508 | 33 | 15.4:1 | 10% (51) |
| 2000-01 | 432 | 28 | 15.4:1 | 10% (43) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sunset Ridge Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 35% (473 to 309); teachers down 21% (33.4 to 26.4).
About Sunset Ridge Elementary
Sunset Ridge Elementary is an elementary school with a street address in Middleton, Wisconsin. It had 309 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 4.
The 12 schools in Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District enroll 7,167 students altogether, Sunset Ridge Elementary among them.
At Sunset Ridge Elementary, 72% of students are White. Other students are 12% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 2% Black. The diversity index for Sunset Ridge Elementary is 46%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 26.4 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.7:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Wisconsin average 14.7:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 9% of the student body. For comparison, public schools in Dane County average 32%.
Sunset Ridge Elementary scores 77.3% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 72.1%.
In Dane County, median household income comes to about $89,975, roughly 55% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. The county's public schools total 169, with about 78,525 students.
Glacier Creek Middle, about 2.5 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Sunset Ridge Elementary places 2nd out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 332 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 309 by 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 11.7 students per teacher, compared with 13.3 in 2020-21.
On allk12, people connected to Sunset Ridge Elementary can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District
- Middleton HighHigh · 2,303 students
- Kromrey MiddleMiddle · 1,230 students
- Glacier Creek MiddleMiddle · 924 students
- Pope Farm ElementaryElementary · 448 students
- Sauk Trail ElementaryElementary · 360 students
- West Middleton ElementaryElementary · 334 students
Other schools in Middleton
- Middleton HighHigh · 2,303 students
- Kromrey MiddleMiddle · 1,230 students
- Pope Farm ElementaryElementary · 448 students
- Sauk Trail ElementaryElementary · 360 students
- Elm Lawn ElementaryElementary · 313 students
- Northside ElementaryElementary · 307 students
Other Sunset Ridge Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Sunset Ridge Elementary. Sunset Ridge Elementary is the 4th largest of the 5.
- Sunset Ridge Elementary SchoolGLENDALE, AZ · 611 students
- Sunset Ridge ElementaryOverland Park, KS · 396 students
- Sunset Ridge ElementaryPacifica, CA · 348 students
- Sunset Ridge Elementary SchoolNorthfield, IL · 274 students
Nearby schools
- Glacier Creek Middle2.5 mi · 924
- Pope Farm Elementary2.6 mi · 448
- Park Elementary3.7 mi · 245
- West Middleton Elementary3.7 mi · 334
- Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District 4K3.8 mi · 286
- Middleton High4.0 mi · 2,303
Frequently asked questions
About Sunset Ridge ElementaryHow many students attend Sunset Ridge Elementary?
Sunset Ridge Elementary enrolls approximately 309 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Sunset Ridge Elementary serve?
Sunset Ridge Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sunset Ridge Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sunset Ridge Elementary is approximately 11.7:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Sunset Ridge Elementary?
Student demographics at Sunset Ridge Elementary are roughly 72% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Black, 12% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Sunset Ridge Elementary?
Sunset Ridge Elementary is overseen by Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District in Dane County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.