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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301 | John Edwards Middle Port Edwards · Port Edwards School District | Middle | 44.0% | -9.1pp |
| 302 | Random Lake Middle Random Lake · Random Lake School District | Middle | 44.0% | -9.1pp |
| 303 | Jack Young Middle Baraboo · Baraboo School District | Middle | 43.8% | -9.3pp |
| 304 | Potosi Middle Potosi · Potosi School District | Middle | 43.8% | -9.3pp |
| 305 | Clarke Middle Two Rivers · Two Rivers Public School District | Middle | 43.6% | -9.5pp |
| 306 | Cornell Middle Cornell · Cornell School District | Middle | 43.6% | -9.5pp |
| 307 | Oconto Middle Oconto · Oconto Unified School District | Middle | 43.3% | -9.8pp |
| 308 | Black River Falls Middle Black River Falls · Black River Falls School District | Middle | 43.1% | -10.0pp |
| 309 | Rosholt Middle Rosholt · Rosholt School District | Middle | 43.1% | -10.0pp |
| 310 | Peshtigo Middle Peshtigo · Peshtigo School District | Middle | 42.9% | -10.2pp |
| 311 | Riverview Middle Barron · Barron Area School District | Middle | 42.9% | -10.2pp |
| 312 | Waterloo Intermediate Waterloo · Waterloo School District | Middle | 42.7% | -10.4pp |
| 313 | Lena Middle Lena · Lena School District | Middle | 42.5% | -10.6pp |
| 314 | Ithaca Middle Richland Center · Ithaca School District | Middle | 42.4% | -10.7pp |
| 315 | Westfield Area Middle Westfield · Westfield School District | Middle | 42.4% | -10.7pp |
| 316 | Medford Middle Medford · Medford Area Public School District | Middle | 42.2% | -10.9pp |
| 317 | Owen-Withee Junior High Owen · Owen-Withee School District | Middle | 41.6% | -11.5pp |
| 318 | Beaver Dam Middle Beaver Dam · Beaver Dam Unified School District | Middle | 41.5% | -11.6pp |
| 319 | Webster Middle Webster · Webster School District | Middle | 41.5% | -11.6pp |
| 320 | Crivitz Middle Crivitz · Crivitz School District | Middle | 41.4% | -11.7pp |
| 321 | Maplewood Middle Menasha · Menasha Joint School District | Middle | 41.3% | -11.8pp |
| 322 | Ezekiel Gillespie Middle School Madison · Madison Metropolitan School District | Middle | 40.8% | -12.3pp |
| 323 | Drummond Junior High Drummond · Drummond Area School District | Middle | 40.4% | -12.7pp |
| 324 | La Farge Middle La Farge · La Farge School District | Middle | 40.0% | -13.1pp |
| 325 | Winter Middle Winter · Winter School District | Middle | 40.0% | -13.1pp |
| 326 | Sparta Meadowview Middle Sparta · Sparta Area School District | Middle | 39.5% | -13.6pp |
| 327 | Wilson Middle Appleton · Appleton Area School District | Middle | 38.9% | -14.2pp |
| 328 | James Williams Middle Rhinelander · Rhinelander School District | Middle | 38.8% | -14.3pp |
| 329 | Olson Middle Mauston · Mauston School District | Middle | 38.3% | -14.8pp |
| 330 | School of Options and Applied Research Middle Land O' Lakes · Northland Pines School District | Middle | 38.2% | -14.9pp |
| 331 | Carmen Middle School South Milwaukee · Carmen High School of Science and Technology Inc | Middle | 38.0% | -15.1pp |
| 332 | Farnsworth Middle Sheboygan · Sheboygan Area School District | Middle | 37.9% | -15.2pp |
| 333 | Marinette Middle Marinette · Marinette School District | Middle | 37.8% | -15.3pp |
| 334 | Phoenix Middle Delavan · Delavan-Darien School District | Middle | 37.0% | -16.1pp |
| 335 | South Milwaukee Middle South Milwaukee · South Milwaukee School District | Middle | 37.0% | -16.1pp |
| 336 | Whitehorse Middle Madison · Madison Metropolitan School District | Middle | 36.8% | -16.3pp |
| 337 | Ashland Middle Ashland · Ashland School District | Middle | 36.6% | -16.5pp |
| 338 | Chequamegon Middle Glidden · Chequamegon School District | Middle | 36.6% | -16.5pp |
| 339 | Crandon Middle Crandon · Crandon School District | Middle | 36.5% | -16.6pp |
| 340 | Elcho Middle Elcho · Elcho School District | Middle | 36.4% | -16.7pp |
| 341 | Neillsville Middle Neillsville · Neillsville School District | Middle | 36.3% | -16.8pp |
| 342 | Tri-County Middle Plainfield · Tri-County Area School District | Middle | 36.3% | -16.8pp |
| 343 | Cudahy Middle Cudahy · Cudahy School District | Middle | 36.0% | -17.1pp |
| 344 | James Wright Middle Madison · Madison Metropolitan School District | Middle | 35.9% | -17.2pp |
| 345 | Sennett Middle Madison · Madison Metropolitan School District | Middle | 35.4% | -17.7pp |
| 346 | Bessie Allen Middle North Fond du Lac · North Fond du Lac School District | Middle | 35.2% | -17.9pp |
| 347 | Augusta Middle Augusta · Augusta School District | Middle | 34.9% | -18.2pp |
| 348 | Prairie River Middle Merrill · Merrill Area School District | Middle | 34.6% | -18.5pp |
| 349 | West Milwaukee Intermediate West Milwaukee · West Allis-West Milwaukee School District | Middle | 34.5% | -18.6pp |
| 350 | Black Hawk Middle Madison · Madison Metropolitan School District | Middle | 34.3% | -18.8pp |
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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.