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Sun Prairie High School

Serves grades 10 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
888 Grove St
Sun Prairie, WI 53590
Phone
(608) 834-6700
District
SUN PRAIRIE AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
DANE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1779
Classroom Teachers
123

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Wisconsin

9

(10 is best)

Better than 86.4% of all WI schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Sun Prairie High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
47%
34%
59%
38%
35%
29%
47%
34%
59%
38%
35%
29%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
14
13
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 10 615 34.6%
Grade 11 592 33.3%
Grade 12 572 32.2%
Total 1779 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 67.7% 64.0% 71.2%
Black 11.5% 12.7% 9.2%
Hispanic 10.9% 11.1% 13.9%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 9.3% 11.6% 4.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.6% 0.5% 1.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 22.5% 26.9% 39.4%
Free lunch eligible 20.5% 24.4% 35.4%
Reduced lunch eligible 2.1% 2.5% 4.0%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 49,675 5,892,539
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 636.3 108
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.0% 5.5%
5-19 YEARS OLD 20.0% 18.8%
20-44 YEARS OLD 36.8% 31.8%
45-64 YEARS OLD 23.5% 26.2%
65 OR OLDER 13.8% 17.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 20,680 2,425,488
Single Parent Households With Children 6.8% 7.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 95.9% 93.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 48.9% 32.0%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 20.3% 15.9%
$100,000 - $149,999 19.8% 18.4%
$75,000 - $99,999 16.5% 14.2%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.9% 18.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 13.4% 15.1%
$15,000 - $29,999 8.5% 10.9%
$15,000 or less 2.6% 7.5%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,773 $65,642,985 45.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $797 $6,730,665 4.6%
Staff $899 $7,592,055 5.2%
General Administration $122 $1,030,290 0.7%
School Administration $698 $5,894,610 4.1%
Operation $999 $8,436,555 5.8%
Transportation $530 $4,475,850 3.1%
Other $745 $6,291,525 4.3%
Total Support $4,791 $40,459,995 27.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,643 $39,210,135 27.0%
Total Expenditures $17,207 $145,313,115 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,699 $6,386,625,832 47.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $674 $558,913,478 4.2%
Staff $736 $610,274,665 4.5%
General Administration $291 $241,011,944 1.8%
School Administration $677 $561,313,676 4.2%
Operation $1,271 $1,054,524,399 7.8%
Transportation $506 $419,848,997 3.1%
Other $663 $549,562,435 4.1%
Total Support $4,816 $3,995,343,921 29.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,688 $3,059,218,482 22.8%
Total Expenditures $16,204 $13,441,258,097 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%