English Language Arts
57.8%
State avg 53.1%
District avg 53.0%
County avg 52.6%
-1.1pp since 2023-24
District avg 53.0%
County avg 52.6%
-1.1pp since 2023-24
Test scores
See how it ranks: all Wisconsin schools by score · Portage County schools by score
Forward Exam, SY 2024-25
All grades, all students. % Meeting or Advanced.Mathematics
57.3%
State avg 54.8%
District avg 55.3%
County avg 54.9%
-5.9pp since 2023-24
District avg 55.3%
County avg 54.9%
-5.9pp since 2023-24
Science
62.2%
State avg 50.8%
District avg 52.6%
County avg 53.1%
-1.8pp since 2023-24
District avg 52.6%
County avg 53.1%
-1.8pp since 2023-24
Social Studies
66.7%
State avg 57.0%
District avg 60.1%
County avg 60.5%
-13.3pp since 2023-24
District avg 60.1%
County avg 60.5%
-13.3pp since 2023-24
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
62.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.8%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.2pp
above demographic expectation
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 | 52.8% | 52.6% | 53 | 49.1% | 55.9% | 53 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Grade 4 | 66.7% | 52.5% | 45 | 62.2% | 55.0% | 45 | 62.2% | 51.3% | 45 | 66.7% | 64.0% | 45 |
| Grade 5 | 49.1% | 51.6% | 53 | 52.8% | 53.7% | 53 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Grade 6 | 64.6% | 53.9% | 48 | 66.7% | 53.9% | 48 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
2-year history
All grades, all students. Madison Wisconsin avgEnglish Language Arts
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 57.8% | 53.0% | 52.6% | 53.1% |
| SY 2023-24 | 58.9% | 53.7% | 53.6% | 52.8% |
Mathematics
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 57.3% | 55.3% | 54.9% | 54.8% |
| SY 2023-24 | 63.2% | 56.6% | 56.7% | 55.4% |
Science
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 62.2% | 52.6% | 53.1% | 50.8% |
| SY 2023-24 | 64.0% | 56.9% | 56.2% | 51.7% |
Social Studies
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 66.7% | 60.1% | 60.5% | 57.0% |
| SY 2023-24 | 80.0% | 61.2% | 60.9% | 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 57.8% mean for English Language Arts at Madison Elementary?
It means about 57.8 percent of students tested at Madison 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.