Wisconsin schools ranked by test score
Latest Forward Exam year (2024-25). 1,480 schools with reported English Language Arts scores. State average: 53.1%.
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 451 | Pembine High Pembine · Beecher-Dunbar-Pembine School District | High | 61.3% | +8.2pp |
| 452 | Viking Middle Woodville · Baldwin-Woodville Area School District | Middle | 61.3% | +8.2pp |
| 453 | Amery Intermediate Amery · Amery School District | Elementary | 61.2% | +8.1pp |
| 454 | Knapp Elementary Knapp · Menomonie Area School District | Elementary | 61.2% | +8.1pp |
| 455 | Rib Mountain Elementary Wausau · Wausau School District | Elementary | 61.2% | +8.1pp |
| 456 | Rocky Branch Elementary River Falls · River Falls School District | Elementary | 61.2% | +8.1pp |
| 457 | Sandhill Elementary Stoughton · Stoughton Area School District | Elementary | 61.2% | +8.1pp |
| 458 | South Shore Elementary Port Wing · South Shore School District | Elementary | 61.2% | +8.1pp |
| 459 | Woodfield Elementary Waterford · Waterford Graded J1 School District | Elementary | 61.2% | +8.1pp |
| 460 | Iola-Scandinavia Elementary Iola · Iola-Scandinavia School District | Elementary | 61.1% | +8.0pp |
| 461 | Northside Elementary Monroe · Monroe School District | Elementary | 61.1% | +8.0pp |
| 462 | Washington Elementary Waterford · Washington-Caldwell School District | Elementary | 61.1% | +8.0pp |
| 463 | Eagle Point Elementary DeForest · De Forest Area School District | Elementary | 61.0% | +7.9pp |
| 464 | Abraham Lincoln Elementary Monroe · Monroe School District | Elementary | 60.9% | +7.8pp |
| 465 | Eagle Bluff Elementary Onalaska · Onalaska School District | Elementary | 60.9% | +7.8pp |
| 466 | Washington Elementary Marshfield · Marshfield Unified School District | Elementary | 60.9% | +7.8pp |
| 467 | Halmstad Elementary Chippewa Falls · Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District | Elementary | 60.8% | +7.7pp |
| 468 | Somerset Elementary Somerset · Somerset School District | Elementary | 60.8% | +7.7pp |
| 469 | Washburn Middle Washburn · Washburn School District | Middle | 60.8% | +7.7pp |
| 470 | Cambridge Elementary Cambridge · Cambridge School District | Elementary | 60.7% | +7.6pp |
| 471 | Harvest Intermediate School DeForest · De Forest Area School District | Middle | 60.7% | +7.6pp |
| 472 | Wausau Area Montessori Charter School Wausau · Wausau School District | Elementary | 60.7% | +7.6pp |
| 473 | Columbus Middle Columbus · Columbus School District | Middle | 60.6% | +7.5pp |
| 474 | Hayward Intermediate Hayward · Hayward Community School District | Elementary | 60.6% | +7.5pp |
| 475 | Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau Middle Galesville · Galesville-Ettrick-Trempealeau School District | Middle | 60.5% | +7.4pp |
| 476 | Grant Elementary Marshfield · Marshfield Unified School District | Elementary | 60.5% | +7.4pp |
| 477 | Aldo Leopold Community School K-8 Green Bay · Green Bay Area Public School District | Elementary | 60.4% | +7.3pp |
| 478 | Kennedy Middle Germantown · Germantown School District | Middle | 60.4% | +7.3pp |
| 479 | Lake Mills Elementary Lake Mills · Lake Mills Area School District | Elementary | 60.4% | +7.3pp |
| 480 | North Middle Menomonee Falls · Menomonee Falls School District | Middle | 60.4% | +7.3pp |
| 481 | Wheatland Center Elementary Burlington · Wheatland J1 School District | Elementary | 60.4% | +7.3pp |
| 482 | Black Hawk Elementary South Wayne · Black Hawk School District | Elementary | 60.3% | +7.2pp |
| 483 | D C Everest Junior High Weston · D C Everest Area School District | High | 60.3% | +7.2pp |
| 484 | Freedom Elementary Freedom · Freedom Area School District | Elementary | 60.3% | +7.2pp |
| 485 | Traeger Elementary Oshkosh · Oshkosh Area School District | Elementary | 60.2% | +7.1pp |
| 486 | Country View Elementary Verona · Verona Area School District | Elementary | 60.1% | +7.0pp |
| 487 | De Forest Middle De Forest · De Forest Area School District | Middle | 60.1% | +7.0pp |
| 488 | Denmark Elementary Denmark · Denmark School District | Elementary | 60.1% | +7.0pp |
| 489 | Oak Creek East Middle Oak Creek · Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District | Middle | 60.1% | +7.0pp |
| 490 | Cassville Elementary Cassville · Cassville School District | Elementary | 60.0% | +6.9pp |
| 491 | Fair Park Elementary West Bend · West Bend School District | Elementary | 60.0% | +6.9pp |
| 492 | Fairview Elementary Plymouth · Plymouth Joint School District | Elementary | 60.0% | +6.9pp |
| 493 | Frederic 6-12 School Frederic · Frederic School District | High | 60.0% | +6.9pp |
| 494 | Kansasville Elementary Kansasville · Dover #1 School District | Elementary | 60.0% | +6.9pp |
| 495 | Plum City Elementary Plum City · Plum City School District | Elementary | 60.0% | +6.9pp |
| 496 | Union Grove Elementary Union Grove · Union Grove J1 School District | Elementary | 60.0% | +6.9pp |
| 497 | Greenfield Elementary Baldwin · Baldwin-Woodville Area School District | Elementary | 59.9% | +6.8pp |
| 498 | Lineville Intermediate Green Bay · Howard-Suamico School District | Middle | 59.9% | +6.8pp |
| 499 | Cuba City Middle Cuba City · Cuba City School District | Middle | 59.8% | +6.7pp |
| 500 | Fennimore Middle Fennimore · Fennimore Community School District | Middle | 59.8% | +6.7pp |
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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.