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Best Middle Schools in Zip Code 53590

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Schools

1,840

Students

Top rankedPrairie View Middle281^st of 643 Wisconsin middle schools

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Summary:

Zip code 53590 is home to three middle schools — Prairie View Middle, Patrick Marsh Middle, and Central Heights Middle — all serving grades 6–8 within the Sun Prairie Area School District, with a combined enrollment of 1,840 students.

For 2025–26, Prairie View Middle is the group's leader: ranked 281 of 643 schools (56th percentile, 3 stars), with the highest overall proficiency at 57.4%. It improved more than either of its peers, gaining 4.53 points over 2024–25 and rising from 341st to 281st and from 2 stars to 3 stars. Its 8th grade leads the group in all four subjects, including ELA 8 (65.26) and Social Studies 8 (68.08). Notably, it posts these results while having the highest free/reduced lunch rate (35.91%), the lowest per-student spending ($16,206), and the lowest student-teacher ratio (11.7). Its weaker spots are Math 6 (48.35) and 7th-grade ELA and math (52.42 and 51.98).

Patrick Marsh Middle was the strongest school in 2024–25 (256th, 59th percentile, 3 stars, 58.22 proficiency) but slipped to 318th and 54.90 in 2025–26, a decline of 3.32 points, driven largely by Social Studies 8 falling from 76.88 to 64.13. It keeps 3 stars and has the lowest free/reduced lunch rate (29.09%) and highest spending ($16,766) and student-teacher ratio (12.1). Central Heights Middle is the most uneven: ranked 357th (44th percentile, 2 stars) with the lowest overall proficiency (52.6%), yet the highest math average (56.05%) and top 7th-grade scores (ELA 64.58, Math 63.21). Its 8th grade is the weakest in the group in every subject (ELA 40.35, Math 47.37, Social Studies 52.33, Science 40.70). It has the lowest chronic absenteeism (16.4%) and highest spending ($16,855). All three schools report 0.0% dropout, and all beat the district's 20.0% chronic absenteeism rate.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				Forward Exam English Language Arts (2026)			Forward Exam Mathematics (2026)			Forward Exam Social Studies (2026)	Forward Exam Science (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Forward Exam English Language Arts 6th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 7th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 8th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 6th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 7th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 8th Grade	Forward Exam Social Studies 8th Grade	Forward Exam Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Prairie View Middle	Public	6-8	400 N Thompson Rd	Sun Prairie	53590	Dane County	Sun Prairie Area School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 834-7800	699	60	11.7	35.9%	320 (45.8%)	103 (14.7%)	99 (14.2%)	108 (15.5%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	66 (9.4%)	58	281^st of 643 public middle schools	56.3%		51.2	341^st of 628 public middle schools	45.7%	60	57.9	52.4	65.3	48.4	52.0	62.0	68.1	53.1	$16,206	$246	$15,959
Patrick Marsh Middle	Public	6-8	1351 Columbus St	Sun Prairie	53590	Dane County	Sun Prairie Area School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 834-7600	581	48	12.1	29.1%	359 (61.8%)	41 (7.1%)	67 (11.5%)	56 (9.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (9.6%)	53.9	318^th of 643 public middle schools	50.5%		60.9	256^th of 628 public middle schools	59.2%	62	46.2	58.2	57.3	50.5	57.1	57.1	64.1	48.7	$16,766	$247	$16,518
Central Heights Middle	Public	6-8	220 Kroncke Dr	Sun Prairie	53590	Dane County	Sun Prairie Area School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(608) 834-8000	560	47	12.0	33.9%	295 (52.7%)	85 (15.2%)	74 (13.2%)	48 (8.6%)	5 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (9.3%)	50.1	357^th of 643 public middle schools	44.5%		49.3	354^th of 628 public middle schools	43.6%	3	54.8	64.6	40.4	57.6	63.2	47.4	52.3	40.7	$16,855	$249	$16,606

Cities Near Zip Code 53590

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Sun Prairie	0.31 mi	16	317^th
DeForest	5.85 mi	5	156^th
Madison	5.98 mi	56	357^th
Windsor	5.99 mi	1
Cottage Grove	6.44 mi	4	200^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

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