Summary:
High Schools in the Sun Prairie Area School District include three schools serving grades 9–12: two large comprehensive high schools, Sun Prairie East High and Sun Prairie West High, each with roughly 1,300 students, plus the much smaller Prairie Phoenix Academy with 88 students. The district as a whole is ranked 288 of 432 with 2 stars, but that summary hides a wide spread among its high schools.
For academics, Sun Prairie West High is the standout, ranking 159 of 533 at the 70th percentile with 4 stars and posting the highest proficiency in Social Studies (55.02%), English Language Arts (57.99%) and Mathematics (46.18%), all above district and state. Sun Prairie East High ranks 186 of 533 at the 65th percentile with 3 stars, and leads in Science at 48.93%. East also has the strongest completion record: a 96.1% graduation rate, a 0.0% dropout rate, and lower chronic absenteeism than West. Prairie Phoenix Academy ranks 472 of 533 at the 11th percentile with 1 star, with 2025–2026 proficiency of 0% in Social Studies and 11.76% in both Mathematics and Science, yet its 93.1% graduation rate is above the state's 92.0%.
The most important shared challenge is chronic absenteeism, which is above both district and state rates at every school: 24.7% at East, 29.4% at West, and 84.5% at Prairie Phoenix, versus 20.0% district and 17.3% state. Families should note that Prairie Phoenix serves a distinctly higher-need population, with 55.68% free/reduced lunch and the highest per-pupil spending ($20,053) and lowest student-teacher ratio (10.7); with only 88 students, its year-to-year test results can swing sharply and should be read cautiously.
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