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%.
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301 | Kewaskum Elementary Kewaskum · Kewaskum School District | Elementary | 62.2% | +9.1pp |
| 302 | River Falls Public Montessori Academy River Falls · River Falls School District | Elementary | 62.1% | +9.0pp |
| 303 | Colfax Elementary Colfax · Colfax School District | Elementary | 61.7% | +8.6pp |
| 304 | Fox Prairie Elementary Stoughton · Stoughton Area School District | Elementary | 61.7% | +8.6pp |
| 305 | Hillcrest Elementary Oneida · Pulaski Community School District | Elementary | 61.6% | +8.5pp |
| 306 | Quinney Elementary Kaukauna · Kaukauna Area School District | Elementary | 61.6% | +8.5pp |
| 307 | Drummond Elementary Drummond · Drummond Area School District | Elementary | 61.5% | +8.4pp |
| 308 | New Richmond Starr Elementary New Richmond · New Richmond School District | Elementary | 61.5% | +8.4pp |
| 309 | Dodgeville Elementary Dodgeville · Dodgeville School District | Elementary | 61.4% | +8.3pp |
| 310 | Greenville Elementary Greenville · Hortonville Area School District | Elementary | 61.3% | +8.2pp |
| 311 | Amery Intermediate Amery · Amery School District | Elementary | 61.2% | +8.1pp |
| 312 | Knapp Elementary Knapp · Menomonie Area School District | Elementary | 61.2% | +8.1pp |
| 313 | Rib Mountain Elementary Wausau · Wausau School District | Elementary | 61.2% | +8.1pp |
| 314 | Rocky Branch Elementary River Falls · River Falls School District | Elementary | 61.2% | +8.1pp |
| 315 | Sandhill Elementary Stoughton · Stoughton Area School District | Elementary | 61.2% | +8.1pp |
| 316 | South Shore Elementary Port Wing · South Shore School District | Elementary | 61.2% | +8.1pp |
| 317 | Woodfield Elementary Waterford · Waterford Graded J1 School District | Elementary | 61.2% | +8.1pp |
| 318 | Iola-Scandinavia Elementary Iola · Iola-Scandinavia School District | Elementary | 61.1% | +8.0pp |
| 319 | Northside Elementary Monroe · Monroe School District | Elementary | 61.1% | +8.0pp |
| 320 | Washington Elementary Waterford · Washington-Caldwell School District | Elementary | 61.1% | +8.0pp |
| 321 | Eagle Point Elementary DeForest · De Forest Area School District | Elementary | 61.0% | +7.9pp |
| 322 | Abraham Lincoln Elementary Monroe · Monroe School District | Elementary | 60.9% | +7.8pp |
| 323 | Eagle Bluff Elementary Onalaska · Onalaska School District | Elementary | 60.9% | +7.8pp |
| 324 | Washington Elementary Marshfield · Marshfield Unified School District | Elementary | 60.9% | +7.8pp |
| 325 | Halmstad Elementary Chippewa Falls · Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District | Elementary | 60.8% | +7.7pp |
| 326 | Somerset Elementary Somerset · Somerset School District | Elementary | 60.8% | +7.7pp |
| 327 | Cambridge Elementary Cambridge · Cambridge School District | Elementary | 60.7% | +7.6pp |
| 328 | Wausau Area Montessori Charter School Wausau · Wausau School District | Elementary | 60.7% | +7.6pp |
| 329 | Hayward Intermediate Hayward · Hayward Community School District | Elementary | 60.6% | +7.5pp |
| 330 | Grant Elementary Marshfield · Marshfield Unified School District | Elementary | 60.5% | +7.4pp |
| 331 | Aldo Leopold Community School K-8 Green Bay · Green Bay Area Public School District | Elementary | 60.4% | +7.3pp |
| 332 | Lake Mills Elementary Lake Mills · Lake Mills Area School District | Elementary | 60.4% | +7.3pp |
| 333 | Wheatland Center Elementary Burlington · Wheatland J1 School District | Elementary | 60.4% | +7.3pp |
| 334 | Black Hawk Elementary South Wayne · Black Hawk School District | Elementary | 60.3% | +7.2pp |
| 335 | Freedom Elementary Freedom · Freedom Area School District | Elementary | 60.3% | +7.2pp |
| 336 | Traeger Elementary Oshkosh · Oshkosh Area School District | Elementary | 60.2% | +7.1pp |
| 337 | Country View Elementary Verona · Verona Area School District | Elementary | 60.1% | +7.0pp |
| 338 | Denmark Elementary Denmark · Denmark School District | Elementary | 60.1% | +7.0pp |
| 339 | Cassville Elementary Cassville · Cassville School District | Elementary | 60.0% | +6.9pp |
| 340 | Fair Park Elementary West Bend · West Bend School District | Elementary | 60.0% | +6.9pp |
| 341 | Fairview Elementary Plymouth · Plymouth Joint School District | Elementary | 60.0% | +6.9pp |
| 342 | Kansasville Elementary Kansasville · Dover #1 School District | Elementary | 60.0% | +6.9pp |
| 343 | Plum City Elementary Plum City · Plum City School District | Elementary | 60.0% | +6.9pp |
| 344 | Union Grove Elementary Union Grove · Union Grove J1 School District | Elementary | 60.0% | +6.9pp |
| 345 | Greenfield Elementary Baldwin · Baldwin-Woodville Area School District | Elementary | 59.9% | +6.8pp |
| 346 | McAuliffe Elementary Green Bay · Green Bay Area Public School District | Elementary | 59.8% | +6.7pp |
| 347 | Raymond Elementary Franksville · Raymond #14 School District | Elementary | 59.8% | +6.7pp |
| 348 | Sunnyside Elementary Sobieski · Pulaski Community School District | Elementary | 59.8% | +6.7pp |
| 349 | Garden Prairie Intermediate School Beloit · Beloit Turner School District | Elementary | 59.7% | +6.6pp |
| 350 | Honor Elementary Neosho · Herman-Neosho-Rubicon School District | Elementary | 59.7% | +6.6pp |
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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.