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

127 public schools in Dane County, 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 58.9% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

127

Dane County, Wisconsin

Best % Proficient

19.0%

Median % Proficient

58.9%

LOWEST PROFICIENCY · DANE COUNTY, 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	Westside Elementary	Sun Prairie, WI	Sun Prairie Area School District	Elementary	66.1%	434	27.3%
8	Leopold Elementary	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Elementary	56.2%	626	27.4%
9	One City Elementary School	Monona, WI	One City Schools Inc	Elementary	68.0%	328	27.8%
10	Kennedy Elementary	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Elementary	61.5%	582	28.7%
11	Schenk Elementary	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Elementary	58.1%	394	30.3%
12	Hawthorne Elementary	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Elementary	66.7%	360	31.1%
13	C H Bird Elementary	Sun Prairie, WI	Sun Prairie Area School District	Elementary	44.1%	333	31.6%
14	Sherman Middle	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Middle	60.0%	400	32.1%
15	James Wright Middle	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Middle	68.2%	245	32.1%
16	Lake View Elementary	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Elementary	73.6%	292	32.4%
17	Sennett Middle	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Middle	52.6%	570	33.9%
18	Whitehorse Middle	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Middle	59.0%	415	34.6%
19	Dr Virginia Henderson Elementary School	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Elementary	58.7%	462	34.8%
20	Sun Prairie West High	Sun Prairie, WI	Sun Prairie Area School District	High	30.0%	1,325	36.2%
21	Mendota Elementary	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Elementary	72.7%	282	36.8%
22	Milele Chikasa Anana Elementary School	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Elementary	50.8%	455	37.4%
23	Cherokee Heights Middle	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Middle	48.3%	526	38.6%
24	Vel Phillips Memorial High School	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	High	42.4%	2,004	40.4%
25	Oregon High	Oregon, WI	Oregon School District	High	16.9%	1,339	40.5%
26	Ezekiel Gillespie Middle School	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Middle	53.2%	462	40.6%
27	Sun Prairie East High	Sun Prairie, WI	Sun Prairie Area School District	High	27.2%	1,340	40.8%
28	West High	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	High	34.2%	2,222	42.0%
29	Orchard Ridge Elementary	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Elementary	52.1%	265	43.8%
30	Northside Elementary	Sun Prairie, WI	Sun Prairie Area School District	Elementary	40.5%	439	44.1%
31	Marshall High	Marshall, WI	Marshall School District	High	34.9%	281	44.1%
32	Gompers Elementary	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Elementary	49.3%	217	45.1%
33	Creekside Elementary	Sun Prairie, WI	Sun Prairie Area School District	Elementary	43.9%	394	45.5%
34	Monona Grove High	Monona, WI	Monona Grove School District	High	19.3%	1,170	45.7%
35	Stoughton High	Stoughton, WI	Stoughton Area School District	High	26.4%	834	46.0%
36	Cesar Chavez Elementary	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Elementary	32.3%	631	47.0%
37	Lincoln Elementary	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Elementary	46.8%	393	47.5%
38	Marshall Middle	Marshall, WI	Marshall School District	Middle	39.8%	128	47.6%
39	Clark Street Community School	Middleton, WI	Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District	High	25.9%	108	48.7%
40	Glacial Drumlin School	Cottage Grove, WI	Monona Grove School District	Middle	20.0%	766	48.9%
41	Emerson Elementary	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Elementary	54.2%	297	49.1%
42	Nuestro Mundo	Monona, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Elementary	40.8%	311	49.5%
43	Verona Area High	Verona, WI	Verona Area School District	High	26.6%	1,820	49.6%
44	Toki Middle	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Middle	46.0%	487	50.3%
45	Marshall Elementary	Marshall, WI	Marshall School District	Elementary	45.9%	246	50.4%
46	River Bluff Middle	Stoughton, WI	Stoughton Area School District	Middle	28.3%	569	50.4%
47	Deerfield High	Deerfield, WI	Deerfield Community School District	High	21.3%	207	50.8%
48	Prairie View Middle	Sun Prairie, WI	Sun Prairie Area School District	Middle	35.9%	699	52.1%
49	Central Heights Middle	Sun Prairie, WI	Sun Prairie Area School District	Middle	33.9%	560	52.2%
50	Stephens Elementary	Madison, WI	Madison Metropolitan School District	Elementary	44.1%	447	52.4%

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