English Language Arts
78.9%
State avg 53.1%
District avg 66.9%
County avg 63.5%
-2.1pp since 2023-24
District avg 66.9%
County avg 63.5%
-2.1pp since 2023-24
Test scores
See how it ranks: all Wisconsin schools by score · St. Croix County schools by score
Forward Exam, SY 2024-25
All grades, all students. % Meeting or Advanced.Mathematics
79.8%
State avg 54.8%
District avg 72.4%
County avg 66.5%
-9.5pp since 2023-24
District avg 72.4%
County avg 66.5%
-9.5pp since 2023-24
Science
88.6%
State avg 50.8%
District avg 59.7%
County avg 62.3%
+1.5pp since 2023-24
District avg 59.7%
County avg 62.3%
+1.5pp since 2023-24
Social Studies
97.7%
State avg 57.0%
District avg 67.7%
County avg 67.3%
+7.4pp since 2023-24
District avg 67.7%
County avg 67.3%
+7.4pp since 2023-24
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level, about 80 of 100 do math at grade level, about 89 of 100 are at grade level in science, and about 98 of 100 are at grade level in social studies. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53, 55, 51, and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 10 points, science scores are up about 2 points, and social studies scores are up about 7 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
84.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.3%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Wisconsin's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
By grade, SY 2024-25
School score vs state average per tested grade.| Grade | English Language Arts | Mathematics | Science | Social Studies | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School | State | n tested | School | State | n tested | School | State | n tested | School | State | n tested | |
| Grade 3 | 72.7% | 52.6% | 33 | 57.6% | 55.9% | 33 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Grade 4 | 88.6% | 52.5% | 44 | 95.5% | 55.0% | 44 | 88.6% | 51.3% | 44 | 97.7% | 64.0% | 44 |
| Grade 5 | 71.9% | 51.6% | 32 | 81.3% | 53.7% | 32 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
2-year history
All grades, all students. Houlton Wisconsin avgEnglish Language Arts
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 78.9% | 66.9% | 63.5% | 53.1% |
| SY 2023-24 | 81.0% | 64.1% | 62.9% | 52.8% |
Mathematics
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 79.8% | 72.4% | 66.5% | 54.8% |
| SY 2023-24 | 89.3% | 70.1% | 65.6% | 55.4% |
Science
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 88.6% | 59.7% | 62.3% | 50.8% |
| SY 2023-24 | 87.1% | 60.4% | 61.5% | 51.7% |
Social Studies
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 97.7% | 67.7% | 67.3% | 57.0% |
| SY 2023-24 | 90.3% | 63.0% | 63.7% | 55.4% |
How to read these scores
What is Forward Exam?
Forward Exam is the statewide standardized test administered by Wisconsin public schools.
What does "% Meeting or Advanced" mean?
It is the share of students at the school who performed at grade level or above on the test, summed across the top two of four performance levels. A higher number is better.
What does 78.9% mean for English Language Arts at Houlton Elementary?
It means about 78.9 percent of students tested at Houlton Elementary performed at grade level or above on the Forward Exam English Language Arts test in 2024-25. The statewide average for Wisconsin that year was 53.1%. The other students fell into the lower performance levels.
How is the state average calculated?
It is a weighted average, not a simple average of each school's number. We multiply each public school's score by how many of its students tested, add those together for all schools in Wisconsin, and divide by the total students tested that year. This way a big school with 1,500 students counts more than a small school with 50 students, which is the right way to ask "how did the typical student do this year?". District and county averages on this page use the same method, just scoped to that district or county.
Where does this data come from?
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, Wisconsin Forward Exam. School-level All Students subgroup from the WISEdash Download Files. Headline metric is the cumulative "Meeting + Advanced" rate (top 2 of 4 Forward performance levels: Developing / Approaching / Meeting / Advanced).
How often is it updated?
Forward Exam is administered once a year (spring). Results are released by the state in the summer or early fall. We refresh this page after each annual release.