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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301 | Milwaukee School of Languages Milwaukee · Milwaukee School District | High | 36.5% | -20.5pp |
| 302 | Craig High Janesville · Janesville School District | High | 36.4% | -20.6pp |
| 303 | Random Lake High Random Lake · Random Lake School District | High | 36.4% | -20.6pp |
| 304 | Thorp High Thorp · Thorp School District | High | 36.4% | -20.6pp |
| 305 | Sun Prairie West High Sun Prairie · Sun Prairie Area School District | High | 36.0% | -21.0pp |
| 306 | Cadott High Cadott · Cadott Community School District | High | 35.9% | -21.1pp |
| 307 | Owen-Withee High Owen · Owen-Withee School District | High | 35.9% | -21.1pp |
| 308 | Waterloo High Waterloo · Waterloo School District | High | 35.9% | -21.1pp |
| 309 | Palmyra-Eagle High Palmyra · Palmyra-Eagle Area School District | High | 35.5% | -21.5pp |
| 310 | Portage High Portage · Portage Community School District | High | 35.3% | -21.7pp |
| 311 | Sheboygan Falls High Sheboygan Falls · Sheboygan Falls School District | High | 35.2% | -21.8pp |
| 312 | Wautoma High Wautoma · Wautoma Area School District | High | 35.2% | -21.8pp |
| 313 | Greenfield High Greenfield · Greenfield School District | High | 35.1% | -21.9pp |
| 314 | Augusta High Augusta · Augusta School District | High | 35.0% | -22.0pp |
| 315 | Independence High Independence · Independence School District | High | 35.0% | -22.0pp |
| 316 | Ladysmith High Ladysmith · Ladysmith School District | High | 35.0% | -22.0pp |
| 317 | South High Sheboygan · Sheboygan Area School District | High | 35.0% | -22.0pp |
| 318 | Clinton Senior High Clinton · Clinton Community School District | High | 34.9% | -22.1pp |
| 319 | Pardeeville High Pardeeville · Pardeeville Area School District | High | 34.9% | -22.1pp |
| 320 | Berlin High Berlin · Berlin Area School District | High | 34.6% | -22.4pp |
| 321 | North High Waukesha · Waukesha School District | High | 34.3% | -22.7pp |
| 322 | Brodhead High Brodhead · Brodhead School District | High | 34.2% | -22.8pp |
| 323 | Nekoosa High Nekoosa · Nekoosa School District | High | 34.2% | -22.8pp |
| 324 | Shawano High Shawano · Shawano School District | High | 34.2% | -22.8pp |
| 325 | Loyal High Loyal · Loyal School District | High | 34.1% | -22.9pp |
| 326 | Seymour High Seymour · Seymour Community School District | High | 34.1% | -22.9pp |
| 327 | Delavan-Darien High Delavan · Delavan-Darien School District | High | 33.3% | -23.7pp |
| 328 | South Milwaukee High South Milwaukee · South Milwaukee School District | High | 33.0% | -24.0pp |
| 329 | Lincoln High Manitowoc · Manitowoc School District | High | 32.7% | -24.3pp |
| 330 | Bowler High Bowler · Bowler School District | High | 32.4% | -24.6pp |
| 331 | Peshtigo High Peshtigo · Peshtigo School District | High | 32.4% | -24.6pp |
| 332 | West High Appleton · Appleton Area School District | High | 32.1% | -24.9pp |
| 333 | Ashland High Ashland · Ashland School District | High | 31.7% | -25.3pp |
| 334 | Cudahy High Cudahy · Cudahy School District | High | 31.6% | -25.4pp |
| 335 | Tomahawk High Tomahawk · Tomahawk School District | High | 31.5% | -25.5pp |
| 336 | East High Madison · Madison Metropolitan School District | High | 31.4% | -25.6pp |
| 337 | Adams-Friendship High Adams · Adams-Friendship Area School District | High | 31.3% | -25.7pp |
| 338 | Medford High Medford · Medford Area Public School District | High | 31.1% | -25.9pp |
| 339 | Parker High Janesville · Janesville School District | High | 31.0% | -26.0pp |
| 340 | Watertown High Watertown · Watertown Unified School District | High | 31.0% | -26.0pp |
| 341 | Sparta High Sparta · Sparta Area School District | High | 30.4% | -26.6pp |
| 342 | Tremper High Kenosha · Kenosha School District | High | 29.9% | -27.1pp |
| 343 | Preble High Green Bay · Green Bay Area Public School District | High | 29.8% | -27.2pp |
| 344 | South High Waukesha · Waukesha School District | High | 29.8% | -27.2pp |
| 345 | North High Oshkosh · Oshkosh Area School District | High | 29.4% | -27.6pp |
| 346 | Nathan Hale High West Allis · West Allis-West Milwaukee School District | High | 29.3% | -27.7pp |
| 347 | Arcadia High Arcadia · Arcadia School District | High | 29.2% | -27.8pp |
| 348 | Kewaunee High Kewaunee · Kewaunee School District | High | 29.2% | -27.8pp |
| 349 | Marinette High Marinette · Marinette School District | High | 29.0% | -28.0pp |
| 350 | Case High Racine · Racine Unified School District | High | 28.6% | -28.4pp |
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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 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.