Regular local school district · Sauk County
Sauk Prairie School District, WI: schools, enrollment and spending
Sauk Prairie School District runs 6 public schools with 2,658 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.4 students per teacher is about the same as the Wisconsin figure of 14.0.
At a glance
- Schools
- 6
- Students
- 2,658
- Teachers (FTE)
- 198
- Students per teacher
- 13.4
- WI: 14.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 440 13th St, Prairie du Sac, WI 53578
- Phone
- (608)643-5990
- County
- Sauk County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 5513410
- State district ID
- WI-5100
- Total staff (FTE)
- 380
- School counselors (FTE)
- 7.0About 380 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 9.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.4
Wisconsin14.0
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (2,720), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $47.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.4 million
- State revenue
- $16.6 million
- Local revenue
- $28.5 million
- Total spending
- $74.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $27,454
- Salaries
- $20.5 million27.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $86.7 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 5.1%
- State: 34.9%
- Local: 59.9%
Wisconsin overall
- Federal: 8.3%
- State: 45.0%
- Local: 46.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$27,454
Wisconsin$16,827
United States$16,826
Schools in Sauk Prairie School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 4 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Bridges Elementary | Elementary | PK to 2 | 458 | 12.7 |
| Grand Avenue Elementary | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 396 | 13.7 |
| Merrimac Community | Elementary | PK to 5 | 134 | 14.9 |
| Sauk Prairie High | High | 9 to 12 | 862 | 15.4 |
| Sauk Prairie Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 595 | 13.2 |
| Tower Rock Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 213 | 10.7 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Sauk County
- Baraboo School District 2,598 students
- Reedsburg School District 2,591 students
- Wisconsin Dells School District 1,790 students
- River Valley School District 1,055 students
- Weston School District 227 students
More in Wisconsin
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.