Wisconsin schools ranked by test score
Latest Forward Exam year (2024-25). 68 schools with reported English Language Arts scores. State average: 53.1%.
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eisenhower Middle/High New Berlin · New Berlin School District | High | 79.8% | +26.7pp |
| 2 | Pecatonica High Blanchardville · Pecatonica Area School District | High | 75.6% | +22.5pp |
| 3 | Green Lake High Green Lake · Green Lake School District | High | 68.6% | +15.5pp |
| 4 | Fond du Lac STEM Academy Fond du Lac · Fond du Lac School District | High | 68.3% | +15.2pp |
| 5 | New Berlin West Middle/High New Berlin · New Berlin School District | High | 67.9% | +14.8pp |
| 6 | La Crosse Polytechnic School La Crosse · La Crosse School District | High | 65.9% | +12.8pp |
| 7 | Colfax High Colfax · Colfax School District | High | 64.1% | +11.0pp |
| 8 | Rio Middle/High Rio · Rio Community School District | High | 64.1% | +11.0pp |
| 9 | Belmont High Belmont · Belmont Community School District | High | 63.8% | +10.7pp |
| 10 | Shell Lake Junior/Senior High Shell Lake · Shell Lake School District | High | 63.0% | +9.9pp |
| 11 | Pembine High Pembine · Beecher-Dunbar-Pembine School District | High | 61.3% | +8.2pp |
| 12 | D C Everest Junior High Weston · D C Everest Area School District | High | 60.3% | +7.2pp |
| 13 | Frederic 6-12 School Frederic · Frederic School District | High | 60.0% | +6.9pp |
| 14 | Butternut High Butternut · Butternut School District | High | 57.5% | +4.4pp |
| 15 | Greenwood High Greenwood · Greenwood School District | High | 57.4% | +4.3pp |
| 16 | Laona High Laona · Laona School District | High | 57.4% | +4.3pp |
| 17 | Cochrane-Fountain City High Fountain City · Cochrane-Fountain City School District | High | 56.7% | +3.6pp |
| 18 | Cashton Middle/High Cashton · Cashton School District | High | 56.3% | +3.2pp |
| 19 | Hurley High Hurley · Hurley School District | High | 54.9% | +1.8pp |
| 20 | Durand Middle/High Durand · Durand-Arkansaw School District | High | 54.6% | +1.5pp |
| 21 | Harborside Academy Kenosha · Kenosha School District | High | 54.5% | +1.4pp |
| 22 | Brookwood High Ontario · Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton School District | High | 53.9% | +0.8pp |
| 23 | Spencer Junior High/High Spencer · Spencer School District | High | 53.7% | +0.6pp |
| 24 | Fall River High Fall River · Fall River School District | High | 53.5% | +0.4pp |
| 25 | Wild Rose High Wild Rose · Wild Rose School District | High | 52.1% | -1.0pp |
| 26 | Waupun Area Junior/Senior High School Waupun · Waupun School District | High | 51.4% | -1.7pp |
| 27 | Monona Grove Liberal Arts Monona · Monona Grove School District | High | 51.2% | -1.9pp |
| 28 | Kickapoo High Viola · Kickapoo Area School District | High | 49.5% | -3.6pp |
| 29 | Niagara High Niagara · Niagara School District | High | 49.0% | -4.1pp |
| 30 | Auburndale High Auburndale · Auburndale School District | High | 48.6% | -4.5pp |
| 31 | Iola-Scandinavia High Iola · Iola-Scandinavia School District | High | 48.1% | -5.0pp |
| 32 | Bangor Middle/High Bangor · Bangor School District | High | 47.9% | -5.2pp |
| 33 | Lincoln Jr/Sr High School Alma Center · Alma Center School District | High | 45.6% | -7.5pp |
| 34 | Montello Junior/Senior High Montello · Montello School District | High | 45.1% | -8.0pp |
| 35 | Melrose-Mindoro Junior/Senior High Melrose · Melrose-Mindoro School District | High | 44.9% | -8.2pp |
| 36 | Blair-Taylor Middle/High Blair · Blair-Taylor School District | High | 44.8% | -8.3pp |
| 37 | Richland Center High Richland Center · Richland School District | High | 44.8% | -8.3pp |
| 38 | Cambria Friesland Middle/High Cambria · Cambria-Friesland School District | High | 44.7% | -8.4pp |
| 39 | Marion High Marion · Marion School District | High | 44.7% | -8.4pp |
| 40 | Hustisford High Hustisford · Hustisford School District | High | 44.6% | -8.5pp |
| 41 | Brown Deer Middle/High Brown Deer · Brown Deer School District | High | 43.6% | -9.5pp |
| 42 | Northland Pines Middle and High School Eagle River · Northland Pines School District | High | 43.0% | -10.1pp |
| 43 | Royall High Elroy · Royall School District | High | 41.9% | -11.2pp |
| 44 | Gilman High Gilman · Gilman School District | High | 41.0% | -12.1pp |
| 45 | Hillsboro High Hillsboro · Hillsboro School District | High | 40.4% | -12.7pp |
| 46 | Mayville Junior-Senior High Mayville · Mayville School District | High | 40.4% | -12.7pp |
| 47 | Walden III High Racine · Racine Unified School District | High | 39.7% | -13.4pp |
| 48 | Whitehall Memorial Junior/Senior High Whitehall · Whitehall School District | High | 39.4% | -13.7pp |
| 49 | Algoma High Algoma · Algoma School District | High | 39.3% | -13.8pp |
| 50 | Gresham High Gresham · Gresham School District | High | 38.7% | -14.4pp |
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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.