Wisconsin schools ranked by test score
Latest Forward Exam year (2024-25). 380 schools with reported English Language Arts scores. State average: 53.1%.
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Odyssey-Magellan Appleton · Appleton Area School District | Middle | 95.8% | +42.7pp |
| 2 | Bayside Middle Milwaukee · Fox Point J2 School District | Middle | 87.2% | +34.1pp |
| 3 | Whitefish Bay Middle Whitefish Bay · Whitefish Bay School District | Middle | 85.0% | +31.9pp |
| 4 | Kohler Middle Kohler · Kohler School District | Middle | 84.5% | +31.4pp |
| 5 | Oostburg Middle Oostburg · Oostburg School District | Middle | 84.2% | +31.1pp |
| 6 | Webster Middle Cedarburg · Cedarburg School District | Middle | 84.0% | +30.9pp |
| 7 | Woodland Intermediate Appleton · Kimberly Area School District | Middle | 83.6% | +30.5pp |
| 8 | North Shore Middle Hartland · Hartland-Lakeside J3 School District | Middle | 83.4% | +30.3pp |
| 9 | Merton Intermediate Hartland · Merton Community School District | Middle | 83.0% | +29.9pp |
| 10 | Pilgrim Park Middle Elm Grove · Elmbrook School District | Middle | 81.5% | +28.4pp |
| 11 | Elmwood Middle Elmwood · Elmwood School District | Middle | 79.8% | +26.7pp |
| 12 | Shorewood Intermediate Shorewood · Shorewood School District | Middle | 79.1% | +26.0pp |
| 13 | New Glarus Middle New Glarus · New Glarus School District | Middle | 79.0% | +25.9pp |
| 14 | Winneconne Middle Winneconne · Winneconne Community School District | Middle | 78.9% | +25.8pp |
| 15 | Prescott Middle Prescott · Prescott School District | Middle | 78.1% | +25.0pp |
| 16 | Kettle Moraine Middle Dousman · Kettle Moraine School District | Middle | 77.9% | +24.8pp |
| 17 | Silver Spring Intermediate Sussex · Hamilton School District | Middle | 77.6% | +24.5pp |
| 18 | Templeton Middle Sussex · Hamilton School District | Middle | 77.5% | +24.4pp |
| 19 | Waunakee Intermediate Waunakee · Waunakee Community School District | Middle | 77.4% | +24.3pp |
| 20 | De Pere Middle De Pere · De Pere School District | Middle | 77.3% | +24.2pp |
| 21 | Luxemburg-Casco Middle Luxemburg · Luxemburg-Casco School District | Middle | 77.1% | +24.0pp |
| 22 | Spring Harbor Middle Madison · Madison Metropolitan School District | Middle | 76.5% | +23.4pp |
| 23 | Slinger Middle Slinger · Slinger School District | Middle | 76.4% | +23.3pp |
| 24 | Lake Denoon Middle Muskego · Muskego-Norway School District | Middle | 75.7% | +22.6pp |
| 25 | Brillion Middle Brillion · Brillion School District | Middle | 75.6% | +22.5pp |
| 26 | Cedar Grove-Belgium Middle Cedar Grove · Cedar Grove-Belgium Area School District | Middle | 75.4% | +22.3pp |
| 27 | Lake Shore Middle Mequon · Mequon-Thiensville School District | Middle | 75.1% | +22.0pp |
| 28 | Glacier Creek Middle Cross Plains · Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District | Middle | 74.9% | +21.8pp |
| 29 | Muskego Lakes Middle Muskego · Muskego-Norway School District | Middle | 74.9% | +21.8pp |
| 30 | John Long Middle Grafton · Grafton School District | Middle | 74.7% | +21.6pp |
| 31 | Foxview Intermediate De Pere · De Pere School District | Middle | 74.6% | +21.5pp |
| 32 | Maple Dale School Fox Point · Maple Dale-Indian Hill School District | Middle | 74.4% | +21.3pp |
| 33 | Walker Middle Sturgeon Bay · Sturgeon Bay School District | Middle | 74.3% | +21.2pp |
| 34 | Sevastopol Middle Sturgeon Bay · Sevastopol School District | Middle | 73.9% | +20.8pp |
| 35 | Silver Lake Intermediate Oconomowoc · Oconomowoc Area School District | Middle | 73.9% | +20.8pp |
| 36 | Wisconsin Hills Middle Brookfield · Elmbrook School District | Middle | 73.7% | +20.6pp |
| 37 | Longfellow Middle Wauwatosa · Wauwatosa School District | Middle | 73.5% | +20.4pp |
| 38 | Weyauwega Middle Weyauwega · Weyauwega-Fremont School District | Middle | 73.5% | +20.4pp |
| 39 | Little Chute Middle Little Chute · Little Chute Area School District | Middle | 73.3% | +20.2pp |
| 40 | Traeger Middle Oshkosh · Oshkosh Area School District | Middle | 73.2% | +20.1pp |
| 41 | Asa Clark Middle Pewaukee · Pewaukee School District | Middle | 72.7% | +19.6pp |
| 42 | Hamilton Middle Madison · Madison Metropolitan School District | Middle | 72.6% | +19.5pp |
| 43 | Mapleview Intermediate Kimberly · Kimberly Area School District | Middle | 72.5% | +19.4pp |
| 44 | Forest Park Middle Franklin · Franklin Public School District | Middle | 72.4% | +19.3pp |
| 45 | Gerritts Middle Kimberly · Kimberly Area School District | Middle | 72.4% | +19.3pp |
| 46 | Waunakee Middle Waunakee · Waunakee Community School District | Middle | 72.3% | +19.2pp |
| 47 | Oakfield Middle Oakfield · Oakfield School District | Middle | 72.0% | +18.9pp |
| 48 | Kromrey Middle Middleton · Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District | Middle | 71.9% | +18.8pp |
| 49 | Park View Middle Mukwonago · Mukwonago School District | Middle | 71.9% | +18.8pp |
| 50 | Wrightstown Middle Wrightstown · Wrightstown Community School District | Middle | 71.5% | +18.4pp |
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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.