Summary:
Stoughton, Wisconsin is home to five public schools in the Stoughton Area School District: three elementary schools serving grades K–5, one middle school serving grades 6–8, and one high school serving grades 9–12. Together they enroll 2,561 students. The district is ranked 133 of 432 in Wisconsin, placing it in the 69th percentile with 3 stars. Stoughton High is the largest school at 834 students, followed by River Bluff Middle at 569; the three elementaries enroll 1,158 students combined.
Among the elementaries, Sandhill Elementary leads: it sits at the 81st percentile with 4 stars and has climbed from the 70th to 81st percentile over three years, with 4th grade math at 80.88% proficient versus the state's 52.87%. Fox Prairie Elementary is the other 4-star school at the 74th percentile. Kegonsa Elementary ranks lower at the 62nd percentile but has the city's best attendance, with 8.4% chronic absenteeism versus the state's 17.3%. River Bluff Middle is the most improved school, gaining 25 percentile points over three years (39% to 64%). Stoughton High ranks lowest at the 59th percentile but reports a 98.6% graduation rate versus the state's 92.0% and a 0.1% dropout rate versus 1.1%.
Overall, the elementary schools rank higher than the middle and high schools, and most reported test-score cells beat state averages. Spending and class size do not track neatly with results: Stoughton High has the highest per-student spending ($17,465) and smallest classes (9.7 students per teacher) but the lowest rank, while River Bluff Middle spends the least ($14,189) and improved the most. Sandhill has the highest free/reduced lunch rate (29.44%) yet the top rank. Grade-level scores swing widely from year to year, so single-year changes are best read cautiously.
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