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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Greendale Middle Greendale · Greendale School District | Middle | 70.7% | +17.6pp |
| 52 | Steffen Middle Mequon · Mequon-Thiensville School District | Middle | 70.6% | +17.5pp |
| 53 | Fox West Academy Hortonville · Hortonville Area School District | Middle | 70.3% | +17.2pp |
| 54 | Benton Middle Benton · Benton School District | Middle | 70.0% | +16.9pp |
| 55 | Kiel Middle Kiel · Kiel Area School District | Middle | 69.9% | +16.8pp |
| 56 | Southern Door Middle Brussels · Southern Door County School District | Middle | 69.9% | +16.8pp |
| 57 | Wisconsin Heights Middle Mazomanie · Wisconsin Heights School District | Middle | 69.7% | +16.6pp |
| 58 | Mount Horeb Middle Mount Horeb · Mount Horeb Area School District | Middle | 69.4% | +16.3pp |
| 59 | Ozaukee Middle Fredonia · Northern Ozaukee School District | Middle | 69.0% | +15.9pp |
| 60 | Hudson Middle Hudson · Hudson School District | Middle | 68.7% | +15.6pp |
| 61 | Kewaskum Middle Kewaskum · Kewaskum School District | Middle | 68.7% | +15.6pp |
| 62 | New Richmond Middle New Richmond · New Richmond School District | Middle | 68.7% | +15.6pp |
| 63 | Saint Croix Falls Middle Saint Croix Falls · Saint Croix Falls School District | Middle | 68.6% | +15.5pp |
| 64 | Spring Valley Middle Spring Valley · Spring Valley School District | Middle | 68.1% | +15.0pp |
| 65 | Edgerton Middle Edgerton · Edgerton School District | Middle | 67.7% | +14.6pp |
| 66 | Fox River Middle Waterford · Waterford Graded J1 School District | Middle | 67.7% | +14.6pp |
| 67 | Savanna Oaks Middle Fitchburg · Verona Area School District | Middle | 67.7% | +14.6pp |
| 68 | Somerset Middle Somerset · Somerset School District | Middle | 67.4% | +14.3pp |
| 69 | Holmen Middle Holmen · Holmen School District | Middle | 67.3% | +14.2pp |
| 70 | Elk Mound Middle Elk Mound · Elk Mound Area School District | Middle | 67.2% | +14.1pp |
| 71 | Greenville Middle Greenville · Hortonville Area School District | Middle | 67.2% | +14.1pp |
| 72 | Silverbrook Intermediate West Bend · West Bend School District | Middle | 67.1% | +14.0pp |
| 73 | West Salem Middle West Salem · West Salem School District | Middle | 66.9% | +13.8pp |
| 74 | Gibraltar Middle Fish Creek · Gibraltar Area School District | Middle | 66.7% | +13.6pp |
| 75 | Campbellsport Middle Campbellsport · Campbellsport School District | Middle | 66.5% | +13.4pp |
| 76 | Milton Middle Milton · Milton School District | Middle | 66.2% | +13.1pp |
| 77 | Mishicot Middle Mishicot · Mishicot School District | Middle | 66.2% | +13.1pp |
| 78 | Palmyra-Eagle Middle Palmyra · Palmyra-Eagle Area School District | Middle | 66.0% | +12.9pp |
| 79 | Seneca Junior High Seneca · Seneca Area School District | Middle | 66.0% | +12.9pp |
| 80 | Richfield Middle Richfield · Holy Hill Area School District | Middle | 65.9% | +12.8pp |
| 81 | Amery Middle Amery · Amery School District | Middle | 65.8% | +12.7pp |
| 82 | Poynette Middle Poynette · Poynette School District | Middle | 65.8% | +12.7pp |
| 83 | Hortonville Middle Hortonville · Hortonville Area School District | Middle | 65.6% | +12.5pp |
| 84 | Les Paul Middle Waukesha · Waukesha School District | Middle | 65.5% | +12.4pp |
| 85 | Oak Creek West Middle Oak Creek · Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District | Middle | 65.5% | +12.4pp |
| 86 | Platteville Middle Platteville · Platteville School District | Middle | 65.5% | +12.4pp |
| 87 | Lake Geneva Middle Lake Geneva · Lake Geneva J1 School District | Middle | 65.4% | +12.3pp |
| 88 | Prairie Farm Middle Prairie Farm · Prairie Farm Public School District | Middle | 65.3% | +12.2pp |
| 89 | Howards Grove Middle Howards Grove · Howards Grove School District | Middle | 65.1% | +12.0pp |
| 90 | Whitnall Middle Greenfield · Whitnall School District | Middle | 64.9% | +11.8pp |
| 91 | Indian Mound Middle McFarland · McFarland School District | Middle | 64.7% | +11.6pp |
| 92 | Nature Hill Intermediate Oconomowoc · Oconomowoc Area School District | Middle | 64.7% | +11.6pp |
| 93 | Lodi Middle Lodi · Lodi School District | Middle | 64.6% | +11.5pp |
| 94 | Edgar Middle Edgar · Edgar School District | Middle | 64.4% | +11.3pp |
| 95 | Horicon Middle School Horicon · Horicon School District | Middle | 64.3% | +11.2pp |
| 96 | Ellsworth Middle Ellsworth · Ellsworth Community School District | Middle | 64.2% | +11.1pp |
| 97 | Grantsburg Middle Grantsburg · Grantsburg School District | Middle | 64.2% | +11.1pp |
| 98 | Mineral Point Middle Mineral Point · Mineral Point Unified School District | Middle | 64.2% | +11.1pp |
| 99 | River Ridge Middle Patch Grove · River Ridge School District | Middle | 64.1% | +11.0pp |
| 100 | Rib Lake Middle Rib Lake · Rib Lake School District | Middle | 64.0% | +10.9pp |
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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.