Wisconsin schools ranked by test score
Latest Forward Exam year (2024-25). 45 schools with reported Science scores. State average: 50.8%.
| Rank | School | Level | Science | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cochrane-Fountain City High Fountain City · Cochrane-Fountain City School District | High | 74.2% | +23.4pp |
| 2 | Eisenhower Middle/High New Berlin · New Berlin School District | High | 73.1% | +22.3pp |
| 3 | New Berlin West Middle/High New Berlin · New Berlin School District | High | 66.7% | +15.9pp |
| 4 | Hurley High Hurley · Hurley School District | High | 65.0% | +14.2pp |
| 5 | Shell Lake Junior/Senior High Shell Lake · Shell Lake School District | High | 59.1% | +8.3pp |
| 6 | Pecatonica High Blanchardville · Pecatonica Area School District | High | 58.8% | +8.0pp |
| 7 | Northland Pines Middle and High School Eagle River · Northland Pines School District | High | 57.7% | +6.9pp |
| 8 | Marion High Marion · Marion School District | High | 57.1% | +6.3pp |
| 9 | Auburndale High Auburndale · Auburndale School District | High | 55.9% | +5.1pp |
| 10 | Iola-Scandinavia High Iola · Iola-Scandinavia School District | High | 54.1% | +3.3pp |
| 11 | Whitehall Memorial Junior/Senior High Whitehall · Whitehall School District | High | 52.1% | +1.3pp |
| 12 | Kickapoo High Viola · Kickapoo Area School District | High | 51.5% | +0.7pp |
| 13 | Brookwood High Ontario · Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton School District | High | 51.2% | +0.4pp |
| 14 | Colfax High Colfax · Colfax School District | High | 50.0% | -0.8pp |
| 15 | Richland Center High Richland Center · Richland School District | High | 49.2% | -1.6pp |
| 16 | Cashton Middle/High Cashton · Cashton School District | High | 48.9% | -1.9pp |
| 17 | Mayville Junior-Senior High Mayville · Mayville School District | High | 48.8% | -2.0pp |
| 18 | Durand Middle/High Durand · Durand-Arkansaw School District | High | 48.7% | -2.1pp |
| 19 | Harborside Academy Kenosha · Kenosha School District | High | 48.1% | -2.7pp |
| 20 | D C Everest Junior High Weston · D C Everest Area School District | High | 47.7% | -3.1pp |
| 21 | Lincoln Jr/Sr High School Alma Center · Alma Center School District | High | 47.5% | -3.3pp |
| 22 | Wild Rose High Wild Rose · Wild Rose School District | High | 47.4% | -3.4pp |
| 23 | Wabeno High Wabeno · Wabeno Area School District | High | 46.9% | -3.9pp |
| 24 | Bangor Middle/High Bangor · Bangor School District | High | 46.7% | -4.1pp |
| 25 | Waupun Area Junior/Senior High School Waupun · Waupun School District | High | 45.4% | -5.4pp |
| 26 | Montello Junior/Senior High Montello · Montello School District | High | 45.0% | -5.8pp |
| 27 | Royall High Elroy · Royall School District | High | 42.4% | -8.4pp |
| 28 | Spencer Junior High/High Spencer · Spencer School District | High | 41.9% | -8.9pp |
| 29 | Fond du Lac STEM Academy Fond du Lac · Fond du Lac School District | High | 40.6% | -10.2pp |
| 30 | Algoma High Algoma · Algoma School District | High | 37.8% | -13.0pp |
| 31 | Hillsboro High Hillsboro · Hillsboro School District | High | 36.8% | -14.0pp |
| 32 | Melrose-Mindoro Junior/Senior High Melrose · Melrose-Mindoro School District | High | 36.2% | -14.6pp |
| 33 | Walden III High Racine · Racine Unified School District | High | 35.4% | -15.4pp |
| 34 | Blair-Taylor Middle/High Blair · Blair-Taylor School District | High | 35.3% | -15.5pp |
| 35 | The REAL Sch Sturtevant · Racine Unified School District | High | 34.6% | -16.2pp |
| 36 | New Lisbon Junior High/High New Lisbon · New Lisbon School District | High | 32.5% | -18.3pp |
| 37 | Reedsville Jr/Sr High School Reedsville · Reedsville School District | High | 32.3% | -18.5pp |
| 38 | Antigo High Antigo · Antigo Unified School District | High | 32.1% | -18.7pp |
| 39 | Brown Deer Middle/High Brown Deer · Brown Deer School District | High | 29.6% | -21.2pp |
| 40 | Abbotsford Middle/Senior High Abbotsford · Abbotsford School District | High | 23.5% | -27.3pp |
| 41 | Carmen Mid/Hi Northwest Campus Milwaukee · Milwaukee School District | High | 22.9% | -27.9pp |
| 42 | Milwaukee School of Languages Milwaukee · Milwaukee School District | High | 17.8% | -33.0pp |
| 43 | eAchieve Academy - Wisconsin Waukesha · Waukesha School District | High | 14.5% | -36.3pp |
| 44 | Dr Howard Fuller Collegiate Academy Milwaukee · Dr Howard Fuller Collegiate Academy Inc | High | 6.5% | -44.3pp |
| 45 | Green Tree Preparatory Academy Milwaukee · Milwaukee School District | High | 4.2% | -46.6pp |
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 Science 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.