Summary:
Sauk Prairie School District serves about 2,658 students across six schools — four elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school — in the Sauk Prairie area of Wisconsin. The district as a whole ranks 197 of 432 in the state, in the 54th percentile with 3 stars, but that overall figure hides wide differences among its schools.
Sauk Prairie Middle is the district's strongest school, ranked 111 of 643 (83rd percentile) with 4 stars, scoring above the state in every reported subject and grade, with chronic absenteeism of 11.8% and the district's lowest per-student spending at $13,616. Merrimac Community also earns 4 stars, ranking 289 of 1,039 (72nd percentile), down from 95th percentile and 5 stars in 2024–25; its 5th-grade results are strong, but swings like 4th-grade ELA falling to 47.06% reflect its small size of 134 students. Grand Avenue Elementary is steady at about the 57th percentile with 3 stars and low absenteeism of 8.5%, while Bridges Elementary, serving PK–2, has no state test history here but the district's best attendance at 6.4%.
Two schools need attention. Tower Rock Elementary ranks 768 of 1,039 (26th percentile) with 1 star, down from 3 stars two years ago; it has the district's highest poverty indicator at 43.66% free/reduced-price lunch, highest spending at $16,582, and lowest proficiency, including 5th-grade math at 23.53% versus 51.81% statewide. Sauk Prairie High sits in the 56th percentile with 3 stars and posts solid outcomes of 93.4% graduation and 1.0% dropout, but its chronic absenteeism of 23.6% is far above the district's 14.9% and the state's 17.3%, and ACT ELA fell from 51.34% to 43.46%, below the state's 48.47%.
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