NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools WI

Best-Resourced Schools in Sussex, WI

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools. · Updated August 2026

6 public K-12 schools in Sussex from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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Schools

4,424

Students

48.7/100

Avg Resource Index

16.5:1

Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Sussex has more public-school enrollment than 49% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Hamilton High enrolls 35.6% of Sussex's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

3 of Sussex's 6 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 1 middle and 1 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

Sussex's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 83rd percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 38th percentile. The 45-point percentile gap is a reminder that the index is not a class-size score: counselors, gifted-program reporting, and attendance also affect it. Compare those components directly when two schools have similar index totals; the same headline score can arise from a different mix of reported resources.

City enrollment: Top 51%
School count: Top 79%
Resource Index average: 83rd percentile
Teacher staffing: 38th percentile

Hamilton High accounts for 35.6% of all Sussex public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Sussex-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Accessed 2026-08-26

Sussex school enrollment varies 3.8× across entities

Sussex school enrollment ranges from 410 students (lowest) to 1,577 students (highest), a spread of 1,167 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Accessed 2026-08-26

Sussex student-teacher ratio is 16.5:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Sussex is typically wider than the Sussex-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe Accessed 2026-08-26

#	School	Score	Enrollment	Level	District
1.	Richmond Elementary	57	410	Combined	Richmond School District
2.	Silver Spring Intermediate	53	758	elementary	Hamilton School District
3.	Woodside Elementary	52	456	elementary	Hamilton School District
4.	Templeton Middle	50	766	middle	Hamilton School District
5.	Hamilton High	45	1,577	high	Hamilton School District
6.	Maple Avenue Elementary	35	457	elementary	Hamilton School District

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Sussex

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

What do families ask about schools in Sussex?

Which Sussex school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Richmond Elementary has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Sussex schools in this federal-data comparison at 57/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Sussex, WI? ▼

Sussex has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,424 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 16.5:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.