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Wisconsin schools ranked by test score

Latest Forward Exam year (2024-25). 1,010 schools with reported English Language Arts scores. State average: 53.1%.
Subject:English Language ArtsMathematicsScienceSocial Studies
Order:Highest firstLowest first
Level:AllElementaryMiddleHighCombined
RankSchoolLevelEnglish Language Artsvs state
101Northside Elementary
Middleton · Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District
Elementary73.3%+20.2pp
102Hemlock Creek Elementary
De Pere · West De Pere School District
Elementary73.2%+20.1pp
103Prairie View Elementary
Beaver Dam · Beaver Dam Unified School District
Elementary73.2%+20.1pp
104County Line Elementary
Germantown · Germantown School District
Elementary73.1%+20.0pp
105Poplar Creek Elementary
New Berlin · New Berlin School District
Elementary73.1%+20.0pp
106Cornell Elementary
Cornell · Cornell School District
Elementary72.9%+19.8pp
107Lake Bluff Elementary
Shorewood · Shorewood School District
Elementary72.8%+19.7pp
108Monroe Elementary
Janesville · Janesville School District
Elementary72.7%+19.6pp
109Sugar Maple Nature School
Saukville · Northern Ozaukee School District
Elementary72.7%+19.6pp
110Fox River Academy
Appleton · Appleton Area School District
Elementary72.6%+19.5pp
111Hillcrest Elementary
Waukesha · Waukesha School District
Elementary72.6%+19.5pp
112McLane Elementary
West Bend · West Bend School District
Elementary72.6%+19.5pp
113Carollton Elementary
Oak Creek · Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District
Elementary72.4%+19.3pp
114Forest Edge Elementary School
Fitchburg · Oregon School District
Elementary72.4%+19.3pp
115Rosendale Primary
Rosendale · Rosendale-Brandon School District
Elementary72.3%+19.2pp
116Atwater Elementary
Shorewood · Shorewood School District
Elementary72.2%+19.1pp
117Chain Exploration Center
Waupaca · Waupaca School District
Elementary72.2%+19.1pp
118Farmington Elementary
Kewaskum · Kewaskum School District
Elementary72.2%+19.1pp
119Northwoods Community Elementary
Harshaw · Rhinelander School District
Elementary72.2%+19.1pp
120Horizon School
Pewaukee · Pewaukee School District
Elementary72.0%+18.9pp
121Donges Bay Elementary
Mequon · Mequon-Thiensville School District
Elementary71.9%+18.8pp
122Washington Elementary
Wauwatosa · Wauwatosa School District
Elementary71.9%+18.8pp
123Core Knowledge Charter School
Verona · Verona Area School District
Elementary71.8%+18.7pp
124Park Elementary
Cross Plains · Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District
Elementary71.8%+18.7pp
125Drought Elementary
Franksville · Norway J7 School District
Elementary71.7%+18.6pp
126Highland View Elementary
Greendale · Greendale School District
Elementary71.7%+18.6pp
127Prairie View Elementary
Oregon · Oregon School District
Elementary71.7%+18.6pp
128Kettle Moraine Explore
Wales · Kettle Moraine School District
Elementary71.4%+18.3pp
129Park Community Charter School
Kaukauna · Kaukauna Area School District
Elementary71.4%+18.3pp
130Waukesha STEM Academy
Waukesha · Waukesha School District
Elementary71.1%+18.0pp
131Classical School
Appleton · Appleton Area School District
Elementary70.9%+17.8pp
132Luxemburg-Casco Intermediate
Luxemburg · Luxemburg-Casco School District
Elementary70.9%+17.8pp
133Central - Denison Elementary
Lake Geneva · Lake Geneva J1 School District
Elementary70.8%+17.7pp
134Prairie View Elementary
North Prairie · Mukwonago School District
Elementary70.7%+17.6pp
135North Hudson Elementary
Hudson · Hudson School District
Elementary70.6%+17.5pp
136Rose Glen Elementary
Waukesha · Waukesha School District
Elementary70.6%+17.5pp
137Southwood Glen Elementary
Franklin · Franklin Public School District
Elementary70.3%+17.2pp
138South Elementary
Hartland · Hartland-Lakeside J3 School District
Elementary70.2%+17.1pp
139Forest Glen Elementary
Green Bay · Howard-Suamico School District
Elementary70.0%+16.9pp
140Barneveld Elementary
Barneveld · Barneveld School District
Elementary69.8%+16.7pp
141Oakwood Elementary
Oshkosh · Oshkosh Area School District
Elementary69.8%+16.7pp
142Pleasant View Elementary
Franklin · Franklin Public School District
Elementary69.8%+16.7pp
143Bristol Elementary
Bristol · Bristol #1 School District
Elementary69.6%+16.5pp
144Clarendon Avenue Elementary
Mukwonago · Mukwonago School District
Elementary69.6%+16.5pp
145Kennedy Elementary
Janesville · Janesville School District
Elementary69.6%+16.5pp
146Netherwood Knoll Elementary
Oregon · Oregon School District
Elementary69.6%+16.5pp
147Suamico Elementary
Green Bay · Howard-Suamico School District
Elementary69.6%+16.5pp
148Eagleville Charter School
Eagle · Mukwonago School District
Elementary69.5%+16.4pp
149Elmwood Elementary
New Berlin · New Berlin School District
Elementary69.5%+16.4pp
150Maryland Montessori
Milwaukee · Milwaukee School District
Elementary69.5%+16.4pp
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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.