Wisconsin schools ranked by test score
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1001 | Eighty-First Street Elementary Milwaukee · Milwaukee School District | Elementary | 6.9% | -46.2pp |
| 1002 | Keshena Primary Keshena · Menominee Indian School District | Elementary | 6.9% | -46.2pp |
| 1003 | Metcalfe Elementary Milwaukee · Milwaukee School District | Elementary | 6.7% | -46.4pp |
| 1004 | Mitchell Elementary Milwaukee · Milwaukee School District | Elementary | 6.4% | -46.7pp |
| 1005 | Hi-Mount Elementary Milwaukee · Milwaukee School District | Elementary | 6.1% | -47.0pp |
| 1006 | Hopkins Lloyd Community School Milwaukee · Milwaukee School District | Elementary | 5.9% | -47.2pp |
| 1007 | LaFollette Elementary Milwaukee · Milwaukee School District | Elementary | 5.6% | -47.5pp |
| 1008 | Townsend Street Elementary Milwaukee · Milwaukee School District | Elementary | 4.5% | -48.6pp |
| 1009 | Merrill Elementary Beloit · Beloit School District | Elementary | 4.4% | -48.7pp |
| 1010 | Milwaukee Environmental Science Academy Milwaukee · Milwaukee School District | Elementary | 4.3% | -48.8pp |
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.