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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 151 | Williams Bay Middle Williams Bay · Williams Bay School District | Middle | 59.2% | +6.1pp |
| 152 | Menomonie Middle Menomonie · Menomonie Area School District | Middle | 59.1% | +6.0pp |
| 153 | Omro Middle Omro · Omro School District | Middle | 58.8% | +5.7pp |
| 154 | O'Keeffe Middle Madison · Madison Metropolitan School District | Middle | 58.6% | +5.5pp |
| 155 | Amherst Middle Amherst · Tomorrow River School District | Middle | 58.5% | +5.4pp |
| 156 | East Troy Middle East Troy · East Troy Community School District | Middle | 58.5% | +5.4pp |
| 157 | Onalaska Middle Onalaska · Onalaska School District | Middle | 58.5% | +5.4pp |
| 158 | Viroqua Middle Viroqua · Viroqua Area School District | Middle | 58.3% | +5.2pp |
| 159 | Mondovi Middle Mondovi · Mondovi School District | Middle | 58.2% | +5.1pp |
| 160 | Hayward Middle Hayward · Hayward Community School District | Middle | 57.8% | +4.7pp |
| 161 | Stanley-Boyd Middle Stanley · Stanley-Boyd Area School District | Middle | 57.8% | +4.7pp |
| 162 | Wisconsin Dells Middle School Wisconsin Dells · Wisconsin Dells School District | Middle | 57.8% | +4.7pp |
| 163 | J C McKenna Middle Evansville · Evansville Community School District | Middle | 57.7% | +4.6pp |
| 164 | Parkview Junior High Orfordville · Parkview School District | Middle | 57.7% | +4.6pp |
| 165 | Einstein Middle Appleton · Appleton Area School District | Middle | 57.5% | +4.4pp |
| 166 | Elkhorn Area Middle Elkhorn · Elkhorn Area School District | Middle | 57.5% | +4.4pp |
| 167 | Marshfield Middle Marshfield · Marshfield Unified School District | Middle | 57.2% | +4.1pp |
| 168 | New Holstein Middle New Holstein · New Holstein School District | Middle | 57.0% | +3.9pp |
| 169 | Clayton Middle Clayton · Clayton School District | Middle | 56.8% | +3.7pp |
| 170 | Neenah Middle School Neenah · Neenah Joint School District | Middle | 56.7% | +3.6pp |
| 171 | Wonewoc-Center Junior High Wonewoc · Wonewoc-Union Center School District | Middle | 56.7% | +3.6pp |
| 172 | Westby Middle Westby · Westby Area School District | Middle | 56.3% | +3.2pp |
| 173 | Butler Middle Waukesha · Waukesha School District | Middle | 56.1% | +3.0pp |
| 174 | Rosendale-Brandon Middle Rosendale · Rosendale-Brandon School District | Middle | 56.0% | +2.9pp |
| 175 | Birchwood Middle Birchwood · Birchwood School District | Middle | 55.9% | +2.8pp |
| 176 | Antigo Middle Antigo · Antigo Unified School District | Middle | 55.8% | +2.7pp |
| 177 | Lancaster Middle Lancaster · Lancaster Community School District | Middle | 55.8% | +2.7pp |
| 178 | Monroe Middle Monroe · Monroe School District | Middle | 55.8% | +2.7pp |
| 179 | Honor Intermediate Rubicon · Herman-Neosho-Rubicon School District | Middle | 55.6% | +2.5pp |
| 180 | Spooner Middle Spooner · Spooner Area School District | Middle | 55.6% | +2.5pp |
| 181 | Sheboygan Falls Middle Sheboygan Falls · Sheboygan Falls School District | Middle | 55.4% | +2.3pp |
| 182 | New Auburn Middle New Auburn · New Auburn School District | Middle | 55.3% | +2.2pp |
| 183 | Ladysmith Middle Ladysmith · Ladysmith School District | Middle | 55.1% | +2.0pp |
| 184 | Lake Holcombe Middle Holcombe · Lake Holcombe School District | Middle | 55.1% | +2.0pp |
| 185 | Riverview Middle Plymouth · Plymouth Joint School District | Middle | 55.0% | +1.9pp |
| 186 | Northstar Middle Eau Claire · Eau Claire Area School District | Middle | 54.9% | +1.8pp |
| 187 | Patrick Marsh Middle Sun Prairie · Sun Prairie Area School District | Middle | 54.9% | +1.8pp |
| 188 | Clinton Junior High Clinton · Clinton Community School District | Middle | 54.8% | +1.7pp |
| 189 | Jefferson Middle Jefferson · Jefferson School District | Middle | 54.8% | +1.7pp |
| 190 | Little Chute Intermediate Little Chute · Little Chute Area School District | Middle | 54.5% | +1.4pp |
| 191 | Monticello Middle Monticello · Monticello School District | Middle | 54.5% | +1.4pp |
| 192 | D C Everest Middle Weston · D C Everest Area School District | Middle | 54.3% | +1.2pp |
| 193 | Altoona Middle Altoona · Altoona School District | Middle | 54.2% | +1.1pp |
| 194 | River Valley Middle Spring Green · River Valley School District | Middle | 54.2% | +1.1pp |
| 195 | Gillett Middle Gillett · Gillett School District | Middle | 54.0% | +0.9pp |
| 196 | Rice Lake Middle Rice Lake · Rice Lake Area School District | Middle | 54.0% | +0.9pp |
| 197 | Denmark Middle Denmark · Denmark School District | Middle | 53.8% | +0.7pp |
| 198 | Marshall Middle Marshall · Marshall School District | Middle | 53.8% | +0.7pp |
| 199 | Boscobel Junior High Boscobel · Boscobel Area School District | Middle | 53.7% | +0.6pp |
| 200 | Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Middle Chetek · Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Area School District | Middle | 53.6% | +0.5pp |
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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.