Sugar Creek Elementary

Summary:

Sugar Creek Elementary is a public elementary school located in Verona, Wisconsin, serving 680 students in grades K-5 and part of the Verona Area School District, which is ranked 104 out of 428 school districts in the state.

Sugar Creek Elementary is a high-performing school, consistently outperforming the state average in academic assessments for English Language Arts, Mathematics, Social Studies, and Science. The school's proficiency rates in these subjects are often higher than the Verona Area School District average, indicating strong academic achievement. The school's performance is particularly strong for White, Hispanic, and Multi-racial students, ranking in the top quartile of Wisconsin elementary schools. However, the school's performance for Special Education and Low Socioeconomic Status students is relatively weaker, ranking in the bottom quartile of Wisconsin elementary schools.

When compared to nearby schools, Glacier Edge Elementary and Country View Elementary also demonstrate strong academic achievement, but Sugar Creek Elementary's performance is slightly lower than the nearby charter schools, Verona Area International School and Core Knowledge Charter School, particularly in the upper grades. Additionally, Sugar Creek Elementary has a lower percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients compared to the nearby Madison Metropolitan School District schools, suggesting it may serve a more affluent student population.


Detail:

Public K-5

 740 N Main Street
       Verona, WI  53593


(608) 845-4700

District: Verona Area School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
325th of 1,061 Wisconsin Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $12,636 Help


Students who attend Sugar Creek Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Badger Ridge Middle
High:    Verona Area High

Student/teacher ratio:  14.0 Help
Number of students:  680

Racial breakdown:

White:
64.0%
Hispanic:
23.5%
Two or more races:
7.2%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  26.5% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Sugar Creek Elementary ranks better than 69.4% of elementary schools in Wisconsin. It also ranks 5th among 7 ranked elementary schools in the Verona Area School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 69.76. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a high 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 Sugar Creek Elementary has the largest elementary school student body size in the Verona Area School District. Racial makeup is: White (64%), Hispanic (23.5%), two or more races (7.2%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 26.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Sugar Creek Elementary is 14. 3 elementary schools in the Verona Area School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Sugar Creek Elementary employs 48.3 full-time teachers.
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Sugar Creek Elementary is $12,636. 5 elementary schools in the Verona Area School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Sugar Creek Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Sugar Creek Elementary 325th of 1061 Wisconsin public elementary schools. (See Sugar Creek Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Verona Area School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Verona Area School District 104th of 428 Wisconsin school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Sugar Creek Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Sugar Creek Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 37.85 466th 633 26.4%
2005 57.63 344th 632 45.6%
2006 53.71 428th 712 39.9%
2007 69.39 232nd 689 66.3%
2008 62.76 424th 1021 58.5%
2009 69.25 288th 1030 72.0%
2010 67.19 336th 1045 67.8%
2011 39.93 803rd 1046 23.2%
2012 41.29 802nd 1045 23.3%
2013 45.91 684th 1053 35.0%
2014 42.15 733rd 1061 30.9%
2015 38.36 792nd 1076 26.4%
2016 43.15 687th 1075 36.1%
2017 36.48 760th 1071 29.0%
2018 36.26 738th 1025 28.0%
2019 47.35 623rd 1037 39.9%
2021 69.15 297th 1050 71.7%
2022 73.84 237th 1067 77.8%
2023 74.92 222nd 1067 79.2%
2024 69.76 325th 1061 69.4%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Sugar Creek Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 72.47 26th 96 72.9%
2024 70.25 27th 119 77.3%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Sugar Creek Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 33.59 200th 287 30.3%
2019 37.68 174th 275 36.7%
2021 42.79 107th 222 51.8%
2022 60.79 66th 248 73.4%
2023 58.05 70th 249 71.9%
2024 48.59 120th 269 55.4%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Sugar Creek Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 63.94 185th 746 75.2%
2022 15.04 713th 748 4.7%
2023 10.47 765th 770 0.6%
2024 21.19 672nd 790 14.9%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Sugar Creek Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 23.28 741st 854 13.2%
2019 29.80 688th 874 21.3%
2021 34.22 606th 847 28.5%
2022 51.27 420th 859 51.1%
2023 31.14 673rd 871 22.7%
2024 24.68 720th 866 16.9%
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Rank History for Female students at Sugar Creek Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 43.79 635th 997 36.3%
2019 47.70 594th 1002 40.7%
2021 64.21 342nd 1004 65.9%
2022 76.39 191st 1017 81.2%
2023 78.15 170th 1010 83.2%
2024 65.43 369th 1011 63.5%
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Rank History for Male students at Sugar Creek Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.59 786th 997 21.2%
2019 47.98 574th 1002 42.7%
2021 71.28 236th 1003 76.5%
2022 68.63 286th 1017 71.9%
2023 68.89 291st 1011 71.2%
2024 71.55 276th 1012 72.7%
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Rank History for African American students at Sugar Creek Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 48.10 63rd 165 61.8%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Sugar Creek Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 28.13 204th 271 24.7%
2019 46.79 121st 266 54.5%
2021 58.56 84th 274 69.3%
2022 68.29 73rd 296 75.3%
2023 62.39 87th 290 70.0%
2024 47.45 163rd 331 50.8%
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Rank History for White students at Sugar Creek Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WI State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.28 363rd 686 47.1%
2019 63.77 240th 718 66.6%
2021 78.20 107th 699 84.7%
2022 78.18 107th 704 84.8%
2023 77.47 106th 715 85.2%
2024 84.22 58th 727 92.0%
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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 Sugar Creek Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 1029 20 17 2 1 n/a n/a 0 1069
1989 772 3 1 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 776
1990 837 3 6 4 2 n/a n/a 0 852
1991 870 5 12 12 9 n/a n/a 0 908
1992 937 6 15 13 9 n/a n/a 0 980
1993 498 3 7 16 5 n/a n/a 0 529
1994 503 2 5 14 4 n/a n/a 0 528
1995 522 4 8 14 4 n/a n/a 0 552
1996 522 4 8 14 4 n/a n/a 0 552
1997 462 1 7 12 2 n/a n/a 0 484
1998 491 3 3 9 2 n/a n/a 0 508
1999 462 14 2 5 3 n/a n/a 0 486
2000 474 13 3 3 2 n/a n/a 0 495
2001 494 33 2 27 2 n/a n/a 0 558
2002 465 47 8 30 3 n/a n/a 0 553
2003 465 47 8 30 3 n/a n/a 0 553
2004 446 30 7 34 6 n/a n/a 0 523
2005 331 14 5 24 4 n/a n/a 0 378
2006 445 19 10 128 2 n/a n/a 0 604
2007 268 35 4 7 0 n/a n/a 0 314
2008 269 34 6 9 0 n/a n/a 0 318
2009 271 41 6 15 0 n/a n/a 0 333
2010 294 32 6 125 0 n/a n/a 0 457
2011 311 35 8 138 0 0 1 0 493
2012 305 25 10 138 0 0 5 0 483
2013 305 31 11 152 0 0 5 0 504
2014 306 30 8 172 0 0 7 0 523
2015 274 27 7 178 0 0 12 0 498
2016 244 26 11 162 0 0 21 0 464
2017 270 30 12 156 0 0 25 0 493
2018 278 34 16 165 0 0 31 0 524
2019 274 27 16 170 0 0 28 0 515
2020 283 22 14 188 0 0 26 0 533
2021 417 19 13 158 0 0 37 0 644
2022 435 17 11 166 0 0 43 0 672
2023 435 19 17 160 0 0 49 0 680

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 Sugar Creek Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1069 54.5 19.6 3.5
1989 776 48.1 16.1 3
1990 852 46.1 18.4 1.6
1991 908 52.7 17.2 2.9
1992 980 59.0 16.6 3
1993 529 38.1 13.9 3.4
1994 528 33.3 15.9 4
1995 552 37.1 14.9 6
1996 552 37.1 14.9 6
1997 484 31.3 15.5 7
1998 508 31.4 16.2 8.7
1999 486 33.5 14.5 11.1
2000 495 33.6 14.7 12.7
2001 558 41.2 13.5 12.9
2002 553 46.7 11.8 18.4
2003 553 46.7 11.8 18.4
2004 523 46.1 11.3 15.9
2005 378 51.3 7.4 n/a
2006 604 49.2 12.3 n/a
2007 314 27.6 11.4 18.5
2008 318 26.0 12.2 20.4
2009 333 26.1 12.8 21.6
2010 457 36.8 12.3 35.2
2011 493 39.5 12.4 40.2
2012 483 37.5 12.8 38.3
2013 504 39.4 12.7 36.3
2014 523 39.4 13.2 44.4
2015 498 n/a n/a 41.8
2016 464 42.0 11.0 45.7
2017 493 42.2 11.6 46
2018 524 41.4 12.6 42.4
2019 515 41.1 12.5 40.6
2020 533 41.9 12.7 21.4
2021 644 47.4 13.5 28.4
2022 672 45.8 14.6 24.3
2023 680 48.3 14.0 26.5

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 Sugar Creek Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1069 54.5 19.6 3.5
1989 776 48.1 16.1 3
1990 852 46.1 18.4 1.6
1991 908 52.7 17.2 2.9
1992 980 59.0 16.6 3
1993 529 38.1 13.9 3.4
1994 528 33.3 15.9 4
1995 552 37.1 14.9 6
1996 552 37.1 14.9 6
1997 484 31.3 15.5 7
1998 508 31.4 16.2 8.7
1999 486 33.5 14.5 11.1
2000 495 33.6 14.7 12.7
2001 558 41.2 13.5 12.9
2002 553 46.7 11.8 18.4
2003 553 46.7 11.8 18.4
2004 523 46.1 11.3 15.9
2005 378 51.3 7.4 n/a
2006 604 49.2 12.3 n/a
2007 314 27.6 11.4 18.5
2008 318 26.0 12.2 20.4
2009 333 26.1 12.8 21.6
2010 457 36.8 12.3 35.2
2011 493 39.5 12.4 40.2
2012 483 37.5 12.8 38.3
2013 504 39.4 12.7 36.3
2014 523 39.4 13.2 44.4
2015 498 n/a n/a 41.8
2016 464 42.0 11.0 45.7
2017 493 42.2 11.6 46
2018 524 41.4 12.6 42.4
2019 515 41.1 12.5 40.6
2020 533 41.9 12.7 21.4
2021 644 47.4 13.5 28.4
2022 672 45.8 14.6 24.3
2023 680 48.3 14.0 26.5

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 Sugar Creek Elementary

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $519 (4.4%) $11,389 (95.6%) $11,908
2020 $390 (3.2%) $11,852 (96.8%) $12,242
2021 $439 (3.5%) $12,196 (96.5%) $12,636

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Sugar Creek Elementary

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 623rd of 1037 Elementary schoolsRanks 222nd of 1067 Elementary schools
 39.3%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Sugar Creek Elementary)48.758.1
 9.4%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Verona Area School District)45.750.8
 5.1%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)39.537.9
 1.6%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Sugar Creek Elementary)5066.7
 16.7%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Verona Area School District)48.561.5
 13%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)50.548.8
 1.7%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Sugar Creek Elementary)44.161
 16.9%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Verona Area School District)49.163.6
 14.6%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)43.945.8
 1.9%
4th Grade Mathematics (Sugar Creek Elementary)42.959.7
 16.8%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Verona Area School District)42.659.2
 16.6%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)46.246.5
 0.2%
4th Grade Social Studies (Sugar Creek Elementary)53.667.7
 14.2%
   4th Grade Social Studies (Verona Area School District)57.172.5
 15.4%
   4th Grade Social Studies (Wisconsin)53.459.7
 6.4%
4th Grade Science (Sugar Creek Elementary)54.860.5
 5.7%
   4th Grade Science (Verona Area School District)58.265.2
 7%
   4th Grade Science (Wisconsin)53.952.1
 1.8%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Sugar Creek Elementary)34.649.6
 15%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Verona Area School District)45.758
 12.3%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Wisconsin)40.939.2
 1.7%
5th Grade Mathematics (Sugar Creek Elementary)32.955.9
 23%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Verona Area School District)45.560.6
 15.1%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Wisconsin)47.848.4
 0.5%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students515680
 32%
African American2719
 29.6%
American Indian00
Asian1617
 6.3%
Hispanic170160
 5.9%
Pacific Islander00
White274435
 58.8%
Two or More Races2849
 75%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients40.6%26.5%
 14.1%


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Students who attend Sugar Creek Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Badger Ridge Middle
High : Verona Area High

Sugar Creek Elementary ranks 325th of 1061 Wisconsin elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Students at Sugar Creek Elementary are 64% White, 24% Hispanic, 7% Two or more races, 3% African American, 3% Asian.

In the 2022-23 school year, 680 students attended Sugar Creek 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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