Sevastopol Elementary, Sturgeon Bay WI

Original Research by School Decision on Sevastopol Elementary

Sevastopol Elementary is a regular public school serving kindergarten through fifth grade. It is part of the Sevastopol School District and shares the Sturgeon Bay address of the district's campus. Sturgeon Bay itself is the Door County seat, a working port with a shipbuilding and marine repair industry alongside a tourism-driven economy based on the Door Peninsula's scenic draws. The city has a walkable historic downtown along 3rd Avenue with shops, a professional theater, and the Door County Maritime Museum, while the broader residential areas are more auto-oriented. The area has seen relatively stable population levels and the city promotes new development opportunities.

State testing data, which is available and applicable for a school serving grades three through five, shows that Sevastopol Elementary's academic performance placed it among the highest-performing schools relative to other districts in Door County. The school's overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades ranked in the top quartile of that comparison group. In English language arts, proficiency rates were high across all three tested grades. In mathematics, rates were similarly high, and they climbed from third to fifth grade. Fourth-grade science and social studies results also showed strong proficiency. The school’s testing participation was complete for nearly every group tested.

Given the small enrollment, families should note the student body composition. The student population is predominantly white, with a notable share of Hispanic students and a small number of students identifying as two or more races. More than a quarter of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a common measure of household economic need. Data on the share of students receiving special education services or classified as English learners was not available, so a parent seeking information on support for those specific populations would need to contact the school directly.

Because the school serves only elementary grades, there is no graduation rate to report. No data on discipline incidents, chronic absenteeism, or course access was available. The school is not a charter or magnet school. The district did not have publicly reported recent strategic changes or referendums in the search results, though a notable capital outlay appears in a prior year.

For the housing context, home values in the area are comparable to national figures and somewhat above state-level medians. The local economy reflects a mix of manufacturing, tourism, and residential stability.

Sevastopol Elementary fits a family looking for a small elementary school with consistently strong test performance and a predominantly rural-near-town setting. The student body is relatively homogenous in racial and ethnic composition. The combination of high proficiency and a moderate rate of economic disadvantage may appeal to families seeking an environment where the general academic foundation is solid, though a parent with a child needing specific learning supports or language services would want to verify what is available, as key data points for those groups were not in the record.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 379%

School 79% · District 79%

▲ 22 pts above state median

Grade 489%

School 89% · District 89%

▲ 35 pts above state median

Grade 591%

School 91% · District 91%

▲ 39 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 390%

School 90% · District 90%

▲ 37 pts above state median

Grade 489%

School 89% · District 89%

▲ 37 pts above state median

Grade 579%

School 79% · District 79%

▲ 28 pts above state median

Science

Grade 482%

School 82% · District 82%

▲ 30 pts above state median

Social studies

Grade 493%

School 93% · District 93%

▲ 28 pts above state median

This schoolSevastopol School District, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income88%Higher-income91%3 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income100%Higher-income81%19 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income79%Higher-income79%0 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income30%Higher-income94%64 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income91%Higher-income88%3 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income86%Higher-income93%7 pp gap