Wisconsin schools ranked by test score
Latest Forward Exam year (2024-25). 391 schools with reported Social Studies scores. State average: 57.0%.
| Rank | School | Level | Social Studies | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 251 | Logan High La Crosse · La Crosse School District | High | 43.5% | -13.5pp |
| 252 | Freedom High Freedom · Freedom Area School District | High | 43.3% | -13.7pp |
| 253 | Boscobel High Boscobel · Boscobel Area School District | High | 43.2% | -13.8pp |
| 254 | Mondovi High Mondovi · Mondovi School District | High | 43.1% | -13.9pp |
| 255 | Oregon High Oregon · Oregon School District | High | 43.1% | -13.9pp |
| 256 | Walden III High Racine · Racine Unified School District | High | 43.1% | -13.9pp |
| 257 | The REAL Sch Sturtevant · Racine Unified School District | High | 43.0% | -14.0pp |
| 258 | Cumberland High Cumberland · Cumberland School District | High | 42.9% | -14.1pp |
| 259 | Oak Creek High Oak Creek · Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District | High | 42.9% | -14.1pp |
| 260 | West High West Bend · West Bend School District | High | 42.6% | -14.4pp |
| 261 | Dodgeland High Juneau · Dodgeland School District | High | 42.1% | -14.9pp |
| 262 | Hilbert High Hilbert · Hilbert School District | High | 41.9% | -15.1pp |
| 263 | Merrill High Merrill · Merrill Area School District | High | 41.7% | -15.3pp |
| 264 | Suring High Suring · Suring Public School District | High | 41.5% | -15.5pp |
| 265 | Fort Atkinson High Fort Atkinson · Fort Atkinson School District | High | 41.2% | -15.8pp |
| 266 | Monroe High Monroe · Monroe School District | High | 41.2% | -15.8pp |
| 267 | Baraboo High Baraboo · Baraboo School District | High | 40.9% | -16.1pp |
| 268 | Brown Deer Middle/High Brown Deer · Brown Deer School District | High | 40.6% | -16.4pp |
| 269 | Big Foot High Walworth · Big Foot UHS School District | High | 40.5% | -16.5pp |
| 270 | Chequamegon High Park Falls · Chequamegon School District | High | 40.5% | -16.5pp |
| 271 | Hustisford High Hustisford · Hustisford School District | High | 40.5% | -16.5pp |
| 272 | Northwood High/Middle Minong · Northwood School District | High | 40.5% | -16.5pp |
| 273 | Indian Trail High School and Academy Kenosha · Kenosha School District | High | 40.4% | -16.6pp |
| 274 | Black River Falls High Black River Falls · Black River Falls School District | High | 40.2% | -16.8pp |
| 275 | North High Sheboygan · Sheboygan Area School District | High | 40.2% | -16.8pp |
| 276 | Fond du Lac High Fond du Lac · Fond du Lac School District | High | 40.0% | -17.0pp |
| 277 | Turner High Beloit · Beloit Turner School District | High | 40.0% | -17.0pp |
| 278 | West High Madison · Madison Metropolitan School District | High | 40.0% | -17.0pp |
| 279 | Vel Phillips Memorial High School Madison · Madison Metropolitan School District | High | 39.8% | -17.2pp |
| 280 | East High Wausau · Wausau School District | High | 39.7% | -17.3pp |
| 281 | Marshall High Marshall · Marshall School District | High | 39.7% | -17.3pp |
| 282 | Sun Prairie East High Sun Prairie · Sun Prairie Area School District | High | 39.7% | -17.3pp |
| 283 | Menasha High Menasha · Menasha Joint School District | High | 39.6% | -17.4pp |
| 284 | Necedah High Necedah · Necedah Area School District | High | 39.6% | -17.4pp |
| 285 | Tomah High Tomah · Tomah Area School District | High | 39.6% | -17.4pp |
| 286 | Clintonville High Clintonville · Clintonville School District | High | 38.8% | -18.2pp |
| 287 | Kewaskum High Kewaskum · Kewaskum School District | High | 38.8% | -18.2pp |
| 288 | John Dewey Academy of Learning Green Bay · Green Bay Area Public School District | High | 38.7% | -18.3pp |
| 289 | Cameron High Cameron · Cameron School District | High | 38.4% | -18.6pp |
| 290 | Auburndale High Auburndale · Auburndale School District | High | 38.3% | -18.7pp |
| 291 | Whitewater High Whitewater · Whitewater Unified School District | High | 38.3% | -18.7pp |
| 292 | Wittenberg-Birnamwood High Wittenberg · Wittenberg-Birnamwood School District | High | 38.2% | -18.8pp |
| 293 | Hayward High Hayward · Hayward Community School District | High | 38.1% | -18.9pp |
| 294 | Southwest High Green Bay · Green Bay Area Public School District | High | 37.7% | -19.3pp |
| 295 | Blair-Taylor Middle/High Blair · Blair-Taylor School District | High | 37.5% | -19.5pp |
| 296 | East High Appleton · Appleton Area School District | High | 37.5% | -19.5pp |
| 297 | Osseo-Fairchild High Osseo · Osseo-Fairchild School District | High | 37.3% | -19.7pp |
| 298 | Eleva-Strum High Strum · Eleva-Strum School District | High | 37.2% | -19.8pp |
| 299 | Abbotsford Middle/Senior High Abbotsford · Abbotsford School District | High | 37.0% | -20.0pp |
| 300 | Randolph High Randolph · Randolph School District | High | 36.7% | -20.3pp |
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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 Social Studies 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.