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Schools in Sturgeon Bay

Sturgeon Bay’s public schools

Southern Door County School District and Sevastopol School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Sturgeon Bay. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?5/6schools above Wisconsin’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 98% of students in Wisconsin’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
45%
2021–22
Math proficiency
53%
2021–22
Graduate on time
92%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$16.2K
▼ 2% vs WI $16.5K
FY2024 · Southern Door County
Students per teacher
11.9
WI 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,570 students on the public path
In brief

Sturgeon Bay’s schools, in brief

School by school

5 of Sturgeon Bay’s 6 district schools with test results score above the middle of Wisconsin’s 1,899 public schools. Sevastopol Middle places highest (better than 95%); Southern Door High lowest (33%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Sturgeon Bay, graded from A− to A, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools and two high schools: Southern Door High and Sevastopol High. See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Sturgeon Bay, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–52 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressA− to A
6–82 middle schoolsDepends on your addressB+ to A+
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your addressC to B

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Southern Door County School District.

Two districts serve Sturgeon Bay

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Southern Door County School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 991 students, down 1% since 2020–21 · 11.6 per teacher (WI 13.6)
$16,154WI $16,459 · FY2024
B+
Sevastopol School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 4 schools · 606 students, up 2% since 2020–21 · 12.3 per teacher (WI 13.6)
$19,316WI $16,459 · FY2024
A+
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Southern Door County School District45%
State average 38.1% · 474 students tested
Math · PK–12, Southern Door County School District53%
State average 38.7% · 476 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Sevastopol School District58%
State average 38.1% · 325 students tested
Math · PK–12, Sevastopol School District66%
State average 38.7% · 325 students tested

Sturgeon Bay vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Wisconsin towns that share Sturgeon Bay’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Sturgeon Bay—Southern Door County PK–12 · Sevastopol PK–12
Sturgeon Bay (city)B+Sturgeon Bay
SevastopolA+Sevastopol
Clay Banks—Southern Door County
NasewaupeeB+Southern Door County

2 of the 4 neighbors share Southern Door County with Sturgeon Bay for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.

Every school in Sturgeon Bay

6 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Wisconsin’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Sturgeon Bayin other towns
Southern Door Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Brussels
A−
482 students12:1Rate it →
Sevastopol Elementary
Elementary · Grades PK–5
A
230 students12:1Rate it →
Southern Door Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Brussels
B+
205 students10:1Rate it →
Sevastopol Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8
A+
140 students14:1Rate it →
Southern Door High
High · Grades 9–12 · Brussels
C
304 students12:1Rate it →
Sevastopol High
High · Grades 9–12
B
209 students12:1Rate it →

Questions about Sturgeon Bay’s schools

Are Sturgeon Bay’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Sturgeon Bay. Southern Door County School District and Sevastopol School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Sturgeon Bay. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 5 of its 6 district schools with test results score above the middle of Wisconsin’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Sturgeon Bay in?

Southern Door County School District and Sevastopol School District.

Where do Sturgeon Bay kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Southern Door High and Sevastopol High.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.