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Sparta Area School District is located in southwest Wisconsin. Sparta Area School District has 283.63 square miles of land area and 0.43 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Sparta Area School District population is 17,128. Sparta Area School District median household income is $51,210 in 2010-2014. Sparta Area School District median house value is $132,100 in 2010-2014. On average, Sparta Area School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (263 out of 376, bottom 30%) Elementary/Middle School: (382 out of 412, bottom 7%)* Rank: #357
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	11
Population	17,128 (2010-2014), rank #93
Population Growth	3.78% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	60.30/sq mi, rank #214
Median Household Income:	$51,210 at 2010-2014—11.95% increase since 2005-2009, rank #232
Median House Price:	$132,100 at 2010-2014—12.23% increase since 2005-2009, rank #319
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	283.63 sq mi, rank #39
Water Area:	0.43 sq mi (0.15%), rank #290
State:	Wisconsin
County:	Monroe County
City:	Sparta, Norwalk, Cashton, Cataract, Black River Falls
Zip:	54656, 54648, 54619, 54615

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Sparta Area School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

201 East Franklin St

Sparta WI, 54656, Monroe County

Phone: 608-269-3151

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	2,738	2,687	2,643	2,604	2,586	2,608	2,660
English Language Learner Students:	77	66	69	65	40	62	68
Total Teachers:	190.51	187.57	185.71	182.57	185.52	197.20	194.30
Prekindergarten:	9.05	9.07	10.08	10.15	10.00	9.50	9.50
Kindergarten:	12.00	11.00	9.07	9.00	8.00	11.50	9.00
Elementary:	76.82	75.47	74.51	70.22	71.90	73.50	70.60
Secondary:	92.60	92.01	92.05	93.20	95.62	102.70	105.20
Ungraded:	0.04	0.02	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total Other Staff:	150.76	148.50	151.53	150.70	152.20	153.40	150.00
Instructional Aides:	41.76	40.71	40.17	41.36	38.14	38.40	36.20
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	2.25	1.30	2.00	3.54	4.10	2.10	2.20
Total Guidance Counselors:	8.05	7.88	7.40	8.00	8.00	9.90	7.90
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	4.05	4.00	3.40	3.20	3.00	3.00	3.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	4.00	3.88	4.00	4.80	5.00	6.90	4.90
Other Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA	0.00	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	5.60	5.60	5.60	5.60	5.60	5.00	5.00
Library/Media Support:	1.42	1.42	1.43	1.43	1.41	3.10	3.50
District Administrators:	2.89	2.87	2.86	2.90	2.90	2.90	3.00
District Administrative Support:	8.06	8.08	8.14	8.93	8.97	11.40	10.90
School Administrators:	7.18	7.18	7.34	6.24	6.24	8.00	8.00
School Administrative Support:	10.91	10.86	10.77	10.87	11.82	11.00	11.20
Student Support Services:	15.34	15.59	14.33	14.51	16.24	14.90	15.30
Other Support Services:	47.30	47.01	51.49	47.32	48.78	46.70	46.80
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.37	14.33	14.23	14.26	13.94	13.23	13.69

Schools

Cataract Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 3	6070 State Hwy 27, Sparta WI 54656
Lakeview Montessori School	Prekindergarten to Grade 6	711 Pine St, Sparta WI 54656
Lawrence-Lawson Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 3	429 North Black River St, Sparta WI 54656
Maplewood Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 3	900 East Montgomery St, Sparta WI 54656
Southside Elementary	Kindergarten to Grade 3	1023 Walrath St, Sparta WI 54656
Sparta Alternative Independent Learning School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	201 East Franklin St, Sparta WI 54656
Sparta Charter Prekindergarten	Prekindergarten to Prekindergarten	201 East Franklin St, Sparta WI 54656
Sparta High	Grade 9 to Grade 12	506 North Black River St, Sparta WI 54656
Sparta High Point School	Grade 7 to Grade 12	201 East Franklin St, Sparta WI 54656
Sparta Meadowview Intermediate	Grade 4 to Grade 5	1225 North Water St, Sparta WI 54656
Sparta Meadowview Middle	Grade 6 to Grade 8	1225 North Water St, Sparta WI 54656

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
WKCE Test
2004	Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	63%	67%
2005	Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	72%	69%
2006	Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	75%	70%
2007	Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	67%	71%
2008	Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	72%	73%
2009	Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	79%	73%
2010	Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	75%	71%
2011	Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	73%	74%
2012	Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	67%	73%
2013	Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	69%	76%
2004	Math	10th Grade	% met std	70%	69%
2005	Math	10th Grade	% met std	71%	71%
2006	Math	10th Grade	% met std	76%	70%
2007	Math	10th Grade	% met std	67%	70%
2008	Math	10th Grade	% met std	73%	72%
2009	Math	10th Grade	% met std	75%	72%
2010	Math	10th Grade	% met std	74%	73%
2011	Math	10th Grade	% met std	73%	74%
2012	Math	10th Grade	% met std	75%	74%
2013	Math	10th Grade	% met std	42%	47%
2004	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	68%	69%
2005	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	77%	74%
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	81%	74%
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	68%	74%
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	78%	76%
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	79%	77%
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	80%	78%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	80%	77%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	79%	80%
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	35%	40%
2004	Science	10th Grade	% met std	73%	70%
2005	Science	10th Grade	% met std	71%	70%
2006	Science	10th Grade	% met std	77%	70%
2007	Science	10th Grade	% met std	72%	72%
2008	Science	10th Grade	% met std	81%	75%
2009	Science	10th Grade	% met std	77%	74%
2010	Science	10th Grade	% met std	75%	73%
2011	Science	10th Grade	% met std	84%	76%
2012	Science	10th Grade	% met std	74%	75%
2013	Science	10th Grade	% met std	80%	78%
2004	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	72%	73%
2005	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	78%	73%
2006	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	80%	74%
2007	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	77%	76%
2008	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	81%	79%
2009	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	79%	78%
2010	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	78%	77%
2011	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	82%	82%
2012	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	73%	78%
2013	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	86%	82%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	71%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	73%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	79%	75%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	78%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	68%	77%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	72%	75%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	78%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	49%	50%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	79%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	80%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	81%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83%	80%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	81%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	81%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	81%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	39%	35%
2004	Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	79%	78%
2005	Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	71%	78%
2006	Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	77%	78%
2007	Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	68%	76%
2008	Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	77%	77%
2009	Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	79%	78%
2010	Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	79%	78%
2011	Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	69%	77%
2012	Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	71%	78%
2013	Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	70%	77%
2004	Math	4th Grade	% met std	64%	73%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	58%	71%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	55%	72%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	73%	77%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	74%	78%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	79%	82%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	79%	81%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	71%	81%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	76%	81%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	39%	50%
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80%	81%
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75%	81%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80%	81%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78%	81%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88%	82%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82%	83%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75%	83%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78%	84%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78%	83%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	23%	33%
2004	Science	4th Grade	% met std	80%	80%
2005	Science	4th Grade	% met std	80%	78%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	74%	77%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	74%	77%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	78%	77%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	82%	77%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	78%	79%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	77%	79%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	72%	79%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% met std	69%	79%
2004	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	92%	90%
2005	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	93%	91%
2006	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	89%	91%
2007	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	86%	91%
2008	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	95%	92%
2009	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	92%	92%
2010	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	90%	93%
2011	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	88%	92%
2012	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	95%	93%
2013	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	90%	92%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	64%	71%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	58%	74%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	62%	77%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77%	79%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	73%	79%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	78%	80%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	76%	81%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	40%	52%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84%	82%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81%	83%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82%	85%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86%	82%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82%	81%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85%	85%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77%	81%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	30%	36%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	59%	72%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	61%	75%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	68%	77%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	61%	77%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	66%	79%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	73%	81%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	74%	79%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	46%	54%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81%	82%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	81%	84%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	85%	86%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	77%	84%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83%	84%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83%	87%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	77%	84%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	30%	35%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	73%	73%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	75%	78%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	75%	79%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	71%	80%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	66%	82%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	80%	80%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	75%	82%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	36%	49%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87%	83%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81%	84%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	88%	86%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87%	87%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	82%	87%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87%	87%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	85%	86%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	35%	38%
2004	Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	65%	67%
2005	Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	62%	64%
2006	Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	70%	65%
2007	Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	60%	61%
2008	Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	61%	64%
2009	Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	67%	65%
2010	Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	59%	66%
2011	Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	60%	63%
2012	Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	64%	66%
2013	Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	53%	61%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	61%	65%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	66%	72%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	73%	73%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77%	74%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	72%	78%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77%	80%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	74%	80%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	67%	80%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77%	81%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	34%	46%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77%	79%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83%	84%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88%	83%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83%	83%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86%	86%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88%	86%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81%	85%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84%	88%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85%	85%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	31%	42%
2004	Science	8th Grade	% met std	69%	69%
2005	Science	8th Grade	% met std	77%	73%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	82%	73%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	80%	74%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	79%	76%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	83%	78%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	83%	82%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	73%	79%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	80%	82%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	76%	79%
2004	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	87%	84%
2005	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	85%	83%
2006	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	92%	83%
2007	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	84%	82%
2008	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	90%	83%
2009	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	81%	83%
2010	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	80%	82%
2011	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	80%	83%
2012	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	79%	82%
2013	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	79%	83%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$33,805,000	$12,790		$33,935,000	$13,032		$34,308,000	$13,267
Federal:	$3,421,000	$1,294	10.1%	$3,072,000	$1,180	9.1%	$4,110,000	$1,589	12.0%
State:	$19,513,000	$7,383	57.7%	$20,758,000	$7,972	61.2%	$20,468,000	$7,915	59.7%
Local:	$10,871,000	$4,113	32.2%	$10,105,000	$3,881	29.8%	$9,730,000	$3,763	28.4%
Total Expenditures:	$32,160,000	$12,168		$31,870,000	$12,239		$31,827,000	$12,307
Total Current Expenditures:	$29,790,000	$11,271		$29,893,000	$11,480		$29,031,000	$11,226
Instructional Expenditures:	$16,788,000	$6,352	56.4%	$17,526,000	$6,730	58.6%	$17,199,000	$6,651	59.2%
Student and Staff Support:	$2,920,000	$1,105	9.8%	$2,985,000	$1,146	10.0%	$2,713,000	$1,049	9.3%
Administration:	$3,801,000	$1,438	12.8%	$3,566,000	$1,369	11.9%	$3,528,000	$1,364	12.2%
Operations, Food, Other:	$6,281,000	$2,376	21.1%	$5,816,000	$2,233	19.5%	$5,591,000	$2,162	19.3%
Total Capital Outlay:	$1,066,000	$403		$658,000	$253		$1,259,000	$487
Construction:	$122,000	$46		$1,000	$0		$0	$0
Total Other:	$20,000	$8		$21,000	$8		$17,000	$7
Interest on Debt:	$575,000	$218		$662,000	$254		$732,000	$283

Total Salary:	$15,113,000	$5,718		$15,345,000	$5,893		$15,727,000	$6,082
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$10,396,000	$3,933	68.8%	$10,539,000	$4,047	68.7%	$10,942,000	$4,231	69.6%
Other Salary:	$4,717,000	$1,785	31.2%	$4,806,000	$1,846	31.3%	$4,785,000	$1,850	30.4%
Total Benefit:	$8,102,000	$3,065		$8,580,000	$3,295		$7,908,000	$3,058
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$5,283,000	$1,999	65.2%	$5,919,000	$2,273	69.0%	$5,353,000	$2,070	67.7%
Other Benefit:	$2,819,000	$1,067	34.8%	$2,661,000	$1,022	31.0%	$2,555,000	$988	32.3%

* Sparta Area School District was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.