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The lowest-performing public schools by test proficiency in Madison, Wisconsin

42 public schools in Madison, Wisconsin appear in this ranking of the lowest-performing public schools by test proficiency, ranked by the lowest composite state-assessment proficiency. Southside Elementary School leads the list at 19.0%, against a median of 41.3% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Madison, Wisconsin

Best % Proficient

19.0%

Median % Proficient

41.3%

LOWEST PROFICIENCY · MADISON, WISCONSIN

#	School	City	District	Level	% FRL	Students	% Proficient
1	Southside Elementary School	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Elementary	75.6%	336	19.0%
2	LaFollette High	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	High	58.3%	1,541	22.1%
3	Lindbergh Elementary	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Elementary	77.2%	180	24.4%
4	Sandburg Elementary	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Elementary	57.3%	410	25.3%
5	East High	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	High	57.9%	1,643	25.7%
6	Black Hawk Middle	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Middle	70.3%	300	26.9%
7	Leopold Elementary	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Elementary	56.2%	626	27.4%
8	Kennedy Elementary	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Elementary	61.5%	582	28.7%
9	Schenk Elementary	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Elementary	58.1%	394	30.3%
10	Hawthorne Elementary	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Elementary	66.7%	360	31.1%
11	Sherman Middle	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Middle	60.0%	400	32.1%
12	James Wright Middle	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Middle	68.2%	245	32.1%
13	Lake View Elementary	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Elementary	73.6%	292	32.4%
14	Sennett Middle	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Middle	52.6%	570	33.9%
15	Whitehorse Middle	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Middle	59.0%	415	34.6%
16	Dr Virginia Henderson Elementary School	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Elementary	58.7%	462	34.8%
17	Mendota Elementary	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Elementary	72.7%	282	36.8%
18	Milele Chikasa Anana Elementary School	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Elementary	50.8%	455	37.4%
19	Cherokee Heights Middle	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Middle	48.3%	526	38.6%
20	Vel Phillips Memorial High School	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	High	42.4%	2,004	40.4%
21	Ezekiel Gillespie Middle School	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Middle	53.2%	462	40.6%
22	West High	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	High	34.2%	2,222	42.0%
23	Orchard Ridge Elementary	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Elementary	52.1%	265	43.8%
24	Gompers Elementary	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Elementary	49.3%	217	45.1%
25	Cesar Chavez Elementary	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Elementary	32.3%	631	47.0%
26	Lincoln Elementary	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Elementary	46.8%	393	47.5%
27	Emerson Elementary	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Elementary	54.2%	297	49.1%
28	Toki Middle	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Middle	46.0%	487	50.3%
29	Stephens Elementary	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Elementary	44.1%	447	52.4%
30	Huegel Elementary	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Elementary	37.9%	417	52.8%
31	Muir Elementary	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Elementary	50.9%	377	54.0%
32	Lowell Elementary	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Elementary	44.7%	329	56.2%
33	Elvehjem Elementary	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Elementary	36.6%	415	56.2%
34	Thoreau Elementary	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Elementary	43.4%	403	60.0%
35	O'Keeffe Middle	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Middle	42.9%	434	60.4%
36	Crestwood Elementary	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Elementary	24.2%	293	65.7%
37	Marquette Elementary	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Elementary	36.1%	169	66.7%
38	Spring Harbor Middle	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Middle	27.5%	269	68.0%
39	Randall Elementary School	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Elementary	25.3%	320	71.0%
40	Hamilton Middle	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Middle	19.4%	790	72.5%
41	Van Hise Elementary	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Elementary	16.7%	396	76.5%
42	Shorewood Hills Elementary	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Elementary	24.2%	368	84.5%

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