Sauk Trail Elementary

Summary:

Sauk Trail Elementary is a public elementary school located in Middleton, Wisconsin, serving grades PK-4 with a student population of 407. The school is part of the Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District, which is ranked 54 out of 428 districts in Wisconsin and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Sauk Trail Elementary's academic performance has been mixed, with proficiency rates in English Language Arts, Mathematics, Social Studies, and Science generally above the state averages but lagging behind the Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District averages. The school's diverse student population includes 40.79% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, and its performance varies across different student subgroups. Sauk Trail has performed particularly well with its African American and Multi-racial student populations, but has struggled with its Hispanic and English Language Learner student populations, as well as its Low Socioeconomic Status students.

Another area of concern for Sauk Trail Elementary is the significant increase in chronic absenteeism rates, which rose from 6.6% in the 2018-2019 school year to 20.2% in the 2022-2023 school year, higher than nearby Pope Farm Elementary and Elm Lawn Elementary. Despite these challenges, Sauk Trail's per-student spending and student-teacher ratio are in line with the Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District averages, suggesting that factors beyond just funding and staffing levels may be contributing to the school's academic outcomes.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-4

 2205 Branch St
       Middleton, WI  53562-2840


(608) 829-9190

District: Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
513th of 1,061 Wisconsin Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $14,955 Help


Students who attend Sauk Trail Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Kromrey Middle
High:    Middleton High

Student/teacher ratio:  10.2 Help
Number of students:  407

Racial breakdown:

White:
48.9%
Hispanic:
24.1%
African American:
11.3%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  40.8% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Sauk Trail Elementary ranks better than 51.6% of elementary schools in Wisconsin. It also ranks last among 7 ranked elementary schools in the Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 58.14. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (48.9%), Hispanic (24.1%), African American (11.3%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 40.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Sauk Trail Elementary is 10.2, which is the lowest among 7 elementary schools in the Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Sauk Trail Elementary is $14,955, which is the highest among 7 elementary schools in the Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Sauk Trail Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Sauk Trail Elementary 513th of 1061 Wisconsin public elementary schools. (See Sauk Trail Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District 54th of 428 Wisconsin school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Sauk Trail Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Sauk Trail Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 18.54 541st 633 14.5%
2005 33.64 482nd 632 23.7%
2006 49.50 461st 712 35.3%
2007 40.77 513th 689 25.5%
2008 40.83 764th 1021 25.2%
2009 36.79 800th 1030 22.3%
2010 50.71 661st 1045 36.7%
2011 53.44 604th 1046 42.3%
2012 50.41 671st 1045 35.8%
2013 43.54 718th 1053 31.8%
2014 67.36 299th 1061 71.8%
2015 70.56 279th 1076 74.1%
2016 72.02 264th 1075 75.4%
2017 75.25 214th 1071 80.0%
2018 71.77 252nd 1025 75.4%
2019 83.04 103rd 1037 90.1%
2021 40.76 693rd 1050 34.0%
2022 66.78 333rd 1067 68.8%
2023 66.90 340th 1067 68.1%
2024 58.14 513th 1061 51.6%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Sauk Trail Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 68.12 18th 67 73.1%
2019 72.19 13th 76 82.9%
2022 61.46 25th 77 67.5%
2023 79.93 16th 96 83.3%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Sauk Trail Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 80.80 32nd 287 88.9%
2019 84.44 24th 275 91.3%
2021 40.63 115th 222 48.2%
2022 66.61 46th 248 81.5%
2023 44.41 123rd 249 50.6%
2024 30.29 201st 269 25.3%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Sauk Trail Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 71.27 120th 721 83.4%
2019 68.65 154th 742 79.2%
2021 43.23 404th 746 45.8%
2022 67.06 168th 748 77.5%
2023 55.75 282nd 770 63.4%
2024 89.74 42nd 790 94.7%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Sauk Trail Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 62.32 246th 854 71.2%
2019 62.51 262nd 874 70.0%
2021 22.45 734th 847 13.3%
2022 52.11 402nd 859 53.2%
2023 26.44 718th 871 17.6%
2024 20.74 756th 866 12.7%
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Rank History for Female students at Sauk Trail Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 62.50 381st 997 61.8%
2019 81.02 110th 1002 89.0%
2021 50.88 528th 1004 47.4%
2022 67.27 313th 1017 69.2%
2023 69.71 287th 1010 71.6%
2024 52.92 554th 1011 45.2%
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Rank History for Male students at Sauk Trail Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 77.96 155th 997 84.5%
2019 81.84 111th 1002 88.9%
2021 27.20 794th 1003 20.8%
2022 63.17 355th 1017 65.1%
2023 62.55 391st 1011 61.3%
2024 61.47 421st 1012 58.4%
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Rank History for African American students at Sauk Trail Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 95.27 2nd 141 98.6%
2023 78.24 15th 138 89.1%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Sauk Trail Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 77.54 41st 271 84.9%
2019 77.49 40th 266 85.0%
2021 23.74 230th 274 16.1%
2022 68.14 74th 296 75.0%
2023 34.25 195th 290 32.8%
2024 33.46 225th 331 32.0%
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Rank History for White students at Sauk Trail Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 75.13 133rd 686 80.6%
2019 89.02 37th 718 94.8%
2021 62.00 242nd 699 65.4%
2022 76.24 122nd 704 82.7%
2023 81.77 83rd 715 88.4%
2024 75.86 134th 727 81.6%
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Data source: test scores: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

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Enrollment information for Sauk Trail Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 340 17 9 13 5 n/a n/a 0 384
1989 337 26 12 11 6 n/a n/a 0 392
1990 343 33 9 12 7 n/a n/a 0 404
1991 364 24 14 9 3 n/a n/a 0 414
1992 404 25 19 10 5 n/a n/a 0 463
1993 398 23 13 8 3 n/a n/a 0 445
1994 375 19 12 7 8 n/a n/a 0 421
1995 368 30 16 16 5 n/a n/a 0 435
1996 368 30 16 16 5 n/a n/a 0 435
1997 281 20 20 21 5 n/a n/a 0 347
1998 306 20 15 15 5 n/a n/a 0 361
1999 290 22 22 16 8 n/a n/a 0 358
2000 275 39 18 20 6 n/a n/a 0 358
2001 245 29 23 29 5 n/a n/a 0 331
2002 220 22 14 41 1 n/a n/a 0 298
2003 220 22 14 41 1 n/a n/a 0 298
2004 232 41 7 56 2 n/a n/a 0 338
2005 243 49 10 68 3 n/a n/a 0 373
2006 222 50 19 65 1 n/a n/a 0 357
2007 208 50 18 82 1 n/a n/a 0 359
2008 246 49 23 78 1 n/a n/a 0 397
2009 206 53 22 80 3 n/a n/a 0 364
2010 207 46 27 86 5 n/a n/a 0 371
2011 221 56 36 79 4 0 18 0 414
2012 220 47 26 80 3 0 15 0 391
2013 244 31 28 80 3 0 25 0 411
2014 228 38 23 85 4 0 36 0 414
2015 199 26 12 77 2 0 34 0 350
2016 187 31 12 79 1 0 32 0 342
2017 197 30 23 78 1 0 39 0 368
2018 193 28 28 78 2 0 42 0 371
2019 186 31 34 76 1 0 41 0 369
2020 193 38 26 85 0 0 45 0 387
2021 190 41 37 92 2 0 43 0 405
2022 180 49 32 87 1 0 39 0 388
2023 199 46 29 98 3 0 32 0 407

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Sauk Trail Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 384 20.9 18.3 3.9
1989 392 23.8 16.4 17.1
1990 404 18.8 21.4 16.6
1991 414 22.9 18.0 4.3
1992 463 28.5 16.2 5.8
1993 445 31.5 14.1 3.8
1994 421 28.8 14.6 2.9
1995 435 28.7 15.2 4.1
1996 435 28.7 15.2 4.1
1997 347 27.3 12.7 4.9
1998 361 26.8 13.5 6.1
1999 358 28.1 12.7 9.2
2000 358 29.2 12.3 8.4
2001 331 31.5 10.5 9.7
2002 298 29.7 10.0 35.9
2003 298 29.7 10.0 35.9
2004 338 30.5 11.1 40.8
2005 373 32.8 11.4 n/a
2006 357 34.6 10.3 n/a
2007 359 33.0 10.9 41.2
2008 397 33.9 11.7 40.1
2009 364 35.4 10.3 45.3
2010 371 35.8 10.3 45.8
2011 414 39.4 10.4 46.1
2012 391 38.9 10.0 41.4
2013 411 38.6 10.6 42.3
2014 414 40.1 10.3 42
2015 350 n/a n/a 41.7
2016 342 33.0 10.3 40.9
2017 368 35.1 10.4 40.5
2018 371 35.9 10.3 41
2019 369 34.5 10.6 40.7
2020 387 35.1 11.0 41.1
2021 405 37.7 10.7 40.2
2022 388 38.7 10.0 36.3
2023 407 39.8 10.2 40.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Sauk Trail Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 384 20.9 18.3 3.9
1989 392 23.8 16.4 17.1
1990 404 18.8 21.4 16.6
1991 414 22.9 18.0 4.3
1992 463 28.5 16.2 5.8
1993 445 31.5 14.1 3.8
1994 421 28.8 14.6 2.9
1995 435 28.7 15.2 4.1
1996 435 28.7 15.2 4.1
1997 347 27.3 12.7 4.9
1998 361 26.8 13.5 6.1
1999 358 28.1 12.7 9.2
2000 358 29.2 12.3 8.4
2001 331 31.5 10.5 9.7
2002 298 29.7 10.0 35.9
2003 298 29.7 10.0 35.9
2004 338 30.5 11.1 40.8
2005 373 32.8 11.4 n/a
2006 357 34.6 10.3 n/a
2007 359 33.0 10.9 41.2
2008 397 33.9 11.7 40.1
2009 364 35.4 10.3 45.3
2010 371 35.8 10.3 45.8
2011 414 39.4 10.4 46.1
2012 391 38.9 10.0 41.4
2013 411 38.6 10.6 42.3
2014 414 40.1 10.3 42
2015 350 n/a n/a 41.7
2016 342 33.0 10.3 40.9
2017 368 35.1 10.4 40.5
2018 371 35.9 10.3 41
2019 369 34.5 10.6 40.7
2020 387 35.1 11.0 41.1
2021 405 37.7 10.7 40.2
2022 388 38.7 10.0 36.3
2023 407 39.8 10.2 40.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Sauk Trail Elementary

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $449 (3.0%) $14,279 (97.0%) $14,728
2020 $531 (3.6%) $14,405 (96.4%) $14,936
2021 $557 (3.7%) $14,398 (96.3%) $14,955

Data source: Wisconsin Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Sauk Trail Elementary

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 103rd of 1037 Elementary schoolsRanks 340th of 1067 Elementary schools
 21.9%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Sauk Trail Elementary)53.348.7
 4.7%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District)62.360.1
 2.3%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)39.537.9
 1.6%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Sauk Trail Elementary)68.348.7
 19.7%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District)80.170.9
 9.2%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)50.548.8
 1.7%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Sauk Trail Elementary)63.256
 7.2%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District)61.564.1
 2.6%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)43.945.8
 1.9%
4th Grade Mathematics (Sauk Trail Elementary)63.854.6
 9.2%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District)74.868.6
 6.2%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)46.246.5
 0.2%
4th Grade Social Studies (Sauk Trail Elementary)81.267.1
 14.1%
   4th Grade Social Studies (Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District)74.679.6
 5%
   4th Grade Social Studies (Wisconsin)53.459.7
 6.4%
4th Grade Science (Sauk Trail Elementary)72.561
 11.4%
   4th Grade Science (Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District)73.872.1
 1.7%
   4th Grade Science (Wisconsin)53.952.1
 1.8%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students369407
 10.3%
African American3146
 48.4%
American Indian13
 200%
Asian3429
 14.7%
Hispanic7698
 28.9%
Pacific Islander00
White186199
 7%
Two or More Races4132
 22%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients40.7%40.8%
 0.1%


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Students who attend Sauk Trail Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Kromrey Middle
High : Middleton High

Students at Sauk Trail Elementary are 49% White, 24% Hispanic, 11% African American, 8% Two or more races, 7% Asian.

Sauk Trail Elementary ranks 513th of 1061 Wisconsin elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

In the 2022-23 school year, 407 students attended Sauk Trail Elementary.


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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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