Residents

Education

K-12

Sauk County K-12 public and private schools enjoy an excellent reputation throughout the state. The County is served by six school districts:

Baraboo School District
Reedsburg School District
River Valley School District (Spring Green & Plain)
Sauk Prairie School District (Prairie du Sac & Sauk City)
Wisconsin Dells School District (Lake Delton & Wisconsin Dells)
Weston School District (NW Sauk County)

Madison Area Technical College (MATC) – Reedsburg Campus
Enrollment: Over 3,000 students are served annually (320 FTEs)
MATC Reedsburg provides technical and workplace skills training. The college awards associate degrees, technical diplomas, certificates and apprenticeships, and offers classes that transfer to four-year degree programs. Programs are offered in accounting, administrative assistance, business mid-management, business software applications, childcare education, farm and production management, nursing and supervisory management. The college offers apprenticeships in electrical and machine maintenance, and tool & die. MATC – Reedsburg also offers customized labor training for area businesses.

Madison Area Technical College (MATC) – Truax and Downtown Madison Campuses
Founded in 1912 to teach vocational skills, today MATC is a nationally ranked community college. It is one of the largest of the Wisconsin Technical College System's 16 colleges and serves approximately 44,000 individuals, or about one in 12 district residents, annually. It provides a comprehensive curriculum of technical, liberal arts and sciences, adult basic education and continuing education, as well as customized employee training. The college awards associate degrees, technical diplomas and certificates and offers classes that transfer to four-year degree programs.

MATC is one of only three technical colleges in the state to offer a wide selection of liberal studies classes that transfer to four-year colleges and universities. MATC is the single largest source of students transferring to the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the UW System and is one of the state's leading providers of customized training for employers.

UW Baraboo/Sauk County

Enrollment: 650
Average Class Size: 22

UW-Baraboo/Sauk County is the best start to a bachelor's degree and unlimited career opportunities.  As a freshman/sophomore campus of the UW System, UW-BSC offers a wide variety of liberal studies and pre-professional degree courses, allowing students to begin virtually any major.  After building an academic foundation at UW-Baraboo/Sauk County, students can continue their work towards a bachelor's degree at a UW baccalaureate campus or another college of their choice.  Students can also earn a bachelor's degree at UW-Baraboo/Sauk County through collaborative degree programs with other University of Wisconsin schools, including UW-Milwaukee, and UW Oshkosh.

Most UW-BSC students live in or near Baraboo and commute to the campus. Please visit www.baraboo.uwc.edu for more information, or contact the Office of Student Services at 608-355-5230 to schedule an appointment with an academic advisor.

UW-BSC's continuing education program offers a variety of non-credit seminars, workshops and short courses. The programs range from computer applications and communications courses to theater and international trips. For more information or to receive a free brochure of courses, please contact Continuing Education Extension at 608-355-5220.

University of Wisconsin - Madison
Enrollment: 41,466
UW-Madison is the flagship research campus of the University of Wisconsin system. The world-class university offers 137 undergraduate programs, 157 Masters degree programs and 133 Doctoral degree programs. UW-Madison also has professional degree programs in law, medicine, pharmacy and veterinary medicine.

Health Care

Reedsburg Area Medical Center

Reedsburg Area Medical Center is an independent, nonprofit organization that is locally controlled. The modern facility has of 25 acute care beds,17 one day surgery beds, and in partnership with Reedsburg Area Senior Life Center, a 50 bed long term care and 24 apartment assisted living facility.

RAMC offers the most progressive techniques in medicine and state-of-the-art technology, while retaining warm, personalized care for each patient. The Emergency Department is staffed 24-hours a day with specially trained emergency room physicians. The Urgent Care Center is open weekday evenings, weekends and most holidays.

St. Clare Hospital – SSM Health Care

St.Clare Hospital, located in Baraboo, WI, is a leader in rural health care in south central Wisconsin. The hospital is a member of SSM Health Care, a St. Louis-based not-for-profit health system of hospitals and other health-related entities health care system. In the fall of 2002 – SSM Health Care (SSMHC) became the first health care organization in the country to be named a Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (MBNQA) winner. St. Clare was also the winner of the 2000 Wisconsin Forward Award - Governor's Award of Excellence.

In Wisconsin, SSMHC sponsors St. Clare Hospital and Health Services and St. Clare Meadows Care Center in Baraboo and St. Marys Hospital Medical Center and St. Marys Care Center in Madison. St. Clare Health Services, Baraboo, WI, includes a 100-bed acute care hospital, a 100-bed long-term care facility with a 20-bed assisted living wing, and a health care foundation. The hospital has a state of the art full-time emergency department and an urgent care clinic. Other services include a dialysis center and urgent care clinic in neighboring Lake Delton, WI.

The hospital has the benefit of more than 100 physicians who serve on its active and consulting medical staff. St. Clare offers acute care services as well as a wide range of other services including chemical dependency treatment, mental health services for older adults, occupational health, home health and hospice care; innovative ambulatory care programs, day surgery, and hemodialysis.

Sauk Prairie Memorial Hospital & Clinics

Sauk Prairie Memorial Hospital & Clinics (SPMH & C) is located in Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin and operates four primary care clinics in Lodi, Black Earth, Plain, and Spring Green. The hospital facility features 36 acute care beds and a full array of outpatient departments. The hospital has a full-time emergency department as well as an urgent care clinic.

Founded in 1956, SPMHC has continually challenged itself to surpass the expectations of a small rural hospital. Through careful planning, physician recruitment, investments in technology and good medicine, SPMHC has gained a regional reputation for excellence in orthopedics, general surgery, and gynecology.

Sauk Prairie Memorial hospital combines personalized care with the latest in medical technology. The hospital is a three-time award winner of "100 Top Hospitals: Benchmarks for Success" award for clinical effectiveness and operational efficiency from the Solucient Leadership Institute (formerly HCIA-Sachs).