Wisconsin schools ranked by test score
Latest Forward Exam year (2024-25). 1,480 schools with reported English Language Arts scores. State average: 53.1%.
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leonardo da Vinci School for Gifted Learners Green Bay · Green Bay Area Public School District | Elementary | 96.8% | +43.7pp |
| 2 | Odyssey-Magellan Appleton · Appleton Area School District | Middle | 95.8% | +42.7pp |
| 3 | Swallow Elementary Hartland · Swallow School District | Elementary | 89.0% | +35.9pp |
| 4 | Richards Elementary Whitefish Bay · Whitefish Bay School District | Elementary | 87.8% | +34.7pp |
| 5 | Parkview Elementary Cedarburg · Cedarburg School District | Elementary | 87.4% | +34.3pp |
| 6 | Bayside Middle Milwaukee · Fox Point J2 School District | Middle | 87.2% | +34.1pp |
| 7 | Wauwatosa STEM Wauwatosa · Wauwatosa School District | Elementary | 86.8% | +33.7pp |
| 8 | Stormonth Elementary Milwaukee · Fox Point J2 School District | Elementary | 86.5% | +33.4pp |
| 9 | Viroqua Area Montessori School Viroqua · Viroqua Area School District | Elementary | 85.5% | +32.4pp |
| 10 | New Directions Learning Community Kaukauna · Kaukauna Area School District | Elementary | 85.2% | +32.1pp |
| 11 | Indian Hill School River Hills · Maple Dale-Indian Hill School District | Elementary | 85.0% | +31.9pp |
| 12 | Whitefish Bay Middle Whitefish Bay · Whitefish Bay School District | Middle | 85.0% | +31.9pp |
| 13 | Kohler Middle Kohler · Kohler School District | Middle | 84.5% | +31.4pp |
| 14 | Gibraltar Elementary Fish Creek · Gibraltar Area School District | Elementary | 84.2% | +31.1pp |
| 15 | Oostburg Middle Oostburg · Oostburg School District | Middle | 84.2% | +31.1pp |
| 16 | Brookfield Elementary Brookfield · Elmbrook School District | Elementary | 84.0% | +30.9pp |
| 17 | Webster Middle Cedarburg · Cedarburg School District | Middle | 84.0% | +30.9pp |
| 18 | Sevastopol Elementary Sturgeon Bay · Sevastopol School District | Elementary | 83.8% | +30.7pp |
| 19 | Tibbets Elementary Elkhorn · Elkhorn Area School District | Elementary | 83.6% | +30.5pp |
| 20 | Woodland Intermediate Appleton · Kimberly Area School District | Middle | 83.6% | +30.5pp |
| 21 | North Shore Middle Hartland · Hartland-Lakeside J3 School District | Middle | 83.4% | +30.3pp |
| 22 | Thorson Elementary Cedarburg · Cedarburg School District | Elementary | 83.4% | +30.3pp |
| 23 | Kohler Elementary Kohler · Kohler School District | Elementary | 83.3% | +30.2pp |
| 24 | Section Elementary Mukwonago · Mukwonago School District | Elementary | 83.1% | +30.0pp |
| 25 | Merton Intermediate Hartland · Merton Community School District | Middle | 83.0% | +29.9pp |
| 26 | Marcy Elementary Menomonee Falls · Hamilton School District | Elementary | 82.9% | +29.8pp |
| 27 | Summit Elementary Oconomowoc · Oconomowoc Area School District | Elementary | 82.7% | +29.6pp |
| 28 | Maple Avenue Elementary Sussex · Hamilton School District | Elementary | 82.4% | +29.3pp |
| 29 | Verona Area International School Verona · Verona Area School District | Elementary | 82.1% | +29.0pp |
| 30 | Westlawn Elementary Cedarburg · Cedarburg School District | Elementary | 82.0% | +28.9pp |
| 31 | Lakeshore Elementary Fond du Lac · Fond du Lac School District | Elementary | 81.9% | +28.8pp |
| 32 | ACE Alliance Charter Elementary Neenah · Neenah Joint School District | Elementary | 81.6% | +28.5pp |
| 33 | Elkhart Lake Elementary/Middle Elkhart Lake · Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah School District | Elementary | 81.6% | +28.5pp |
| 34 | Pilgrim Park Middle Elm Grove · Elmbrook School District | Middle | 81.5% | +28.4pp |
| 35 | Woodland School Appleton · Kimberly Area School District | Elementary | 81.2% | +28.1pp |
| 36 | Dunwiddie Elementary Port Washington · Port Washington-Saukville School District | Elementary | 81.0% | +27.9pp |
| 37 | Oakfield Elementary Oakfield · Oakfield School District | Elementary | 81.0% | +27.9pp |
| 38 | Pope Farm Elementary Middleton · Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District | Elementary | 80.9% | +27.8pp |
| 39 | Harmony Elementary Janesville · Milton School District | Elementary | 80.7% | +27.6pp |
| 40 | Richmond Elementary Sussex · Richmond School District | Elementary | 80.6% | +27.5pp |
| 41 | Burleigh Elementary Brookfield · Elmbrook School District | Elementary | 80.5% | +27.4pp |
| 42 | Susie C Altmayer Elementary De Pere · De Pere School District | Elementary | 80.5% | +27.4pp |
| 43 | Shorewood Hills Elementary Madison · Madison Metropolitan School District | Elementary | 80.4% | +27.3pp |
| 44 | White Rock School Waukesha · Waukesha School District | Elementary | 80.4% | +27.3pp |
| 45 | Cumberland Elementary Whitefish Bay · Whitefish Bay School District | Elementary | 79.9% | +26.8pp |
| 46 | Lake Country School Hartland · Lake Country School District | Elementary | 79.9% | +26.8pp |
| 47 | Saint Croix Falls Elementary Saint Croix Falls · Saint Croix Falls School District | Elementary | 79.9% | +26.8pp |
| 48 | Slinger Elementary Slinger · Slinger School District | Elementary | 79.9% | +26.8pp |
| 49 | Eisenhower Middle/High New Berlin · New Berlin School District | High | 79.8% | +26.7pp |
| 50 | Elmwood Middle Elmwood · Elmwood School District | Middle | 79.8% | +26.7pp |
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About this ranking
Schools are ranked by the percentage of students who scored at or above the Forward Exam % Meeting or Advanced threshold on the latest available Forward Exam English Language Arts test (school year 2024-25). A higher percentage is better.
Only public schools with a reasonable cohort size are included (at least 50 total students enrolled, since the source file does not include per-subject student counts), so very small programs and special-purpose centers are filtered out.
The state average shown above is enrollment-weighted: we multiply each school's score by how many of its students tested, sum those across every public school in Wisconsin, and divide by the total students tested. This way a big school counts more than a tiny one in the typical-student average.