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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 401 | Pleasant Prairie Elementary Pleasant Prairie · Kenosha School District | Elementary | 57.5% | +4.4pp |
| 402 | Washington Elementary Janesville · Janesville School District | Elementary | 57.5% | +4.4pp |
| 403 | Goodland Montessori Racine · Racine Unified School District | Elementary | 57.4% | +4.3pp |
| 404 | Howard Elementary Green Bay · Howard-Suamico School District | Elementary | 57.4% | +4.3pp |
| 405 | Shepard Hills Elementary Oak Creek · Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District | Elementary | 57.3% | +4.2pp |
| 406 | Barrie Elementary Fort Atkinson · Fort Atkinson School District | Elementary | 57.1% | +4.0pp |
| 407 | Spencer Elementary Spencer · Spencer School District | Elementary | 57.1% | +4.0pp |
| 408 | Cedar Hills Elementary Oak Creek · Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District | Elementary | 57.0% | +3.9pp |
| 409 | Jefferson Elementary Wauwatosa · Wauwatosa School District | Elementary | 57.0% | +3.9pp |
| 410 | Valley View Elementary Green Bay · Ashwaubenon School District | Elementary | 57.0% | +3.9pp |
| 411 | Park Falls Elementary Park Falls · Chequamegon School District | Elementary | 56.8% | +3.7pp |
| 412 | Sand Lake Elementary Holmen · Holmen School District | Elementary | 56.8% | +3.7pp |
| 413 | Green Lake Elementary Green Lake · Green Lake School District | Elementary | 56.7% | +3.6pp |
| 414 | Sauk Trail Elementary Middleton · Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District | Elementary | 56.7% | +3.6pp |
| 415 | Thomas Jefferson Elementary Wausau · Wausau School District | Elementary | 56.7% | +3.6pp |
| 416 | Lowell Elementary Madison · Madison Metropolitan School District | Elementary | 56.6% | +3.5pp |
| 417 | Stanley Elementary Stanley · Stanley-Boyd Area School District | Elementary | 56.6% | +3.5pp |
| 418 | Winkler Elementary Burlington · Burlington Area School District | Elementary | 56.6% | +3.5pp |
| 419 | Lakeview K-8 Academy Kenosha · Kenosha School District | Elementary | 56.5% | +3.4pp |
| 420 | Sugar Creek Elementary Verona · Verona Area School District | Elementary | 56.5% | +3.4pp |
| 421 | Westby Elementary Westby · Westby Area School District | Elementary | 56.4% | +3.3pp |
| 422 | Edgewood Elementary Oak Creek · Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District | Elementary | 56.3% | +3.2pp |
| 423 | Hilltop Elementary Rice Lake · Rice Lake Area School District | Elementary | 56.3% | +3.2pp |
| 424 | Huntley Elementary Appleton · Appleton Area School District | Elementary | 56.3% | +3.2pp |
| 425 | River Ridge Elementary Patch Grove · River Ridge School District | Elementary | 56.3% | +3.2pp |
| 426 | Southern Door Elementary Brussels · Southern Door County School District | Elementary | 56.2% | +3.1pp |
| 427 | Unity Elementary Balsam Lake · Unity School District | Elementary | 56.2% | +3.1pp |
| 428 | Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Roselawn Elementary Chetek · Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Area School District | Elementary | 56.1% | +3.0pp |
| 429 | Nash Elementary Kenosha · Kenosha School District | Elementary | 56.1% | +3.0pp |
| 430 | Dyer Elementary Burlington · Burlington Area School District | Elementary | 56.0% | +2.9pp |
| 431 | Boscobel Elementary Boscobel · Boscobel Area School District | Elementary | 55.9% | +2.8pp |
| 432 | Crivitz Elementary Crivitz · Crivitz School District | Elementary | 55.9% | +2.8pp |
| 433 | New Leaf Prep Academy Green Bay · New Leaf Prep Academy Inc | Elementary | 55.9% | +2.8pp |
| 434 | Oaklawn Elementary Menomonie · Menomonie Area School District | Elementary | 55.9% | +2.8pp |
| 435 | Lincoln Elementary Cudahy · Cudahy School District | Elementary | 55.8% | +2.7pp |
| 436 | Dousman Elementary Dousman · Kettle Moraine School District | Elementary | 55.7% | +2.6pp |
| 437 | Madison Elementary Wauwatosa · Wauwatosa School District | Elementary | 55.7% | +2.6pp |
| 438 | Clayton Elementary Clayton · Clayton School District | Elementary | 55.6% | +2.5pp |
| 439 | Elvehjem Elementary Madison · Madison Metropolitan School District | Elementary | 55.6% | +2.5pp |
| 440 | Madison Elementary Marshfield · Marshfield Unified School District | Elementary | 55.6% | +2.5pp |
| 441 | Augusta Elementary Augusta · Augusta School District | Elementary | 55.4% | +2.3pp |
| 442 | Davey Elementary Eau Claire · Eau Claire Area School District | Elementary | 55.4% | +2.3pp |
| 443 | Belmont Elementary Belmont · Belmont Community School District | Elementary | 55.3% | +2.2pp |
| 444 | Lincoln Elementary Watertown · Watertown Unified School District | Elementary | 55.3% | +2.2pp |
| 445 | Northern Lights Elementary Superior · Superior School District | Elementary | 55.3% | +2.2pp |
| 446 | Grand Avenue Elementary Prairie du Sac · Sauk Prairie School District | Elementary | 55.2% | +2.1pp |
| 447 | Lincoln Elementary Hartford · Hartford J1 School District | Elementary | 55.2% | +2.1pp |
| 448 | New Richmond Hillside Elementary New Richmond · New Richmond School District | Elementary | 55.2% | +2.1pp |
| 449 | Cooper Elementary Milwaukee · Milwaukee School District | Elementary | 55.1% | +2.0pp |
| 450 | Grant Elementary Wausau · Wausau School District | Elementary | 55.1% | +2.0pp |
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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.