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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 601 | Cochrane-Fountain City High Fountain City · Cochrane-Fountain City School District | High | 56.7% | +3.6pp |
| 602 | Green Lake Elementary Green Lake · Green Lake School District | Elementary | 56.7% | +3.6pp |
| 603 | Neenah Middle School Neenah · Neenah Joint School District | Middle | 56.7% | +3.6pp |
| 604 | Sauk Trail Elementary Middleton · Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District | Elementary | 56.7% | +3.6pp |
| 605 | Thomas Jefferson Elementary Wausau · Wausau School District | Elementary | 56.7% | +3.6pp |
| 606 | Wonewoc-Center Junior High Wonewoc · Wonewoc-Union Center School District | Middle | 56.7% | +3.6pp |
| 607 | Lowell Elementary Madison · Madison Metropolitan School District | Elementary | 56.6% | +3.5pp |
| 608 | Stanley Elementary Stanley · Stanley-Boyd Area School District | Elementary | 56.6% | +3.5pp |
| 609 | Winkler Elementary Burlington · Burlington Area School District | Elementary | 56.6% | +3.5pp |
| 610 | Lakeview K-8 Academy Kenosha · Kenosha School District | Elementary | 56.5% | +3.4pp |
| 611 | Sugar Creek Elementary Verona · Verona Area School District | Elementary | 56.5% | +3.4pp |
| 612 | Westby Elementary Westby · Westby Area School District | Elementary | 56.4% | +3.3pp |
| 613 | Cashton Middle/High Cashton · Cashton School District | High | 56.3% | +3.2pp |
| 614 | Edgewood Elementary Oak Creek · Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District | Elementary | 56.3% | +3.2pp |
| 615 | Hilltop Elementary Rice Lake · Rice Lake Area School District | Elementary | 56.3% | +3.2pp |
| 616 | Huntley Elementary Appleton · Appleton Area School District | Elementary | 56.3% | +3.2pp |
| 617 | River Ridge Elementary Patch Grove · River Ridge School District | Elementary | 56.3% | +3.2pp |
| 618 | Westby Middle Westby · Westby Area School District | Middle | 56.3% | +3.2pp |
| 619 | Southern Door Elementary Brussels · Southern Door County School District | Elementary | 56.2% | +3.1pp |
| 620 | Unity Elementary Balsam Lake · Unity School District | Elementary | 56.2% | +3.1pp |
| 621 | Butler Middle Waukesha · Waukesha School District | Middle | 56.1% | +3.0pp |
| 622 | Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Roselawn Elementary Chetek · Chetek-Weyerhaeuser Area School District | Elementary | 56.1% | +3.0pp |
| 623 | Nash Elementary Kenosha · Kenosha School District | Elementary | 56.1% | +3.0pp |
| 624 | Dyer Elementary Burlington · Burlington Area School District | Elementary | 56.0% | +2.9pp |
| 625 | Elkhorn Options Virtual School Elkhorn · Elkhorn Area School District | Combined | 56.0% | +2.9pp |
| 626 | Rosendale-Brandon Middle Rosendale · Rosendale-Brandon School District | Middle | 56.0% | +2.9pp |
| 627 | Birchwood Middle Birchwood · Birchwood School District | Middle | 55.9% | +2.8pp |
| 628 | Boscobel Elementary Boscobel · Boscobel Area School District | Elementary | 55.9% | +2.8pp |
| 629 | Crivitz Elementary Crivitz · Crivitz School District | Elementary | 55.9% | +2.8pp |
| 630 | New Leaf Prep Academy Green Bay · New Leaf Prep Academy Inc | Elementary | 55.9% | +2.8pp |
| 631 | Oaklawn Elementary Menomonie · Menomonie Area School District | Elementary | 55.9% | +2.8pp |
| 632 | Antigo Middle Antigo · Antigo Unified School District | Middle | 55.8% | +2.7pp |
| 633 | Lancaster Middle Lancaster · Lancaster Community School District | Middle | 55.8% | +2.7pp |
| 634 | Lincoln Elementary Cudahy · Cudahy School District | Elementary | 55.8% | +2.7pp |
| 635 | Monroe Middle Monroe · Monroe School District | Middle | 55.8% | +2.7pp |
| 636 | Dousman Elementary Dousman · Kettle Moraine School District | Elementary | 55.7% | +2.6pp |
| 637 | Madison Elementary Wauwatosa · Wauwatosa School District | Elementary | 55.7% | +2.6pp |
| 638 | Clayton Elementary Clayton · Clayton School District | Elementary | 55.6% | +2.5pp |
| 639 | Elvehjem Elementary Madison · Madison Metropolitan School District | Elementary | 55.6% | +2.5pp |
| 640 | Honor Intermediate Rubicon · Herman-Neosho-Rubicon School District | Middle | 55.6% | +2.5pp |
| 641 | Madison Elementary Marshfield · Marshfield Unified School District | Elementary | 55.6% | +2.5pp |
| 642 | Spooner Middle Spooner · Spooner Area School District | Middle | 55.6% | +2.5pp |
| 643 | Augusta Elementary Augusta · Augusta School District | Elementary | 55.4% | +2.3pp |
| 644 | Davey Elementary Eau Claire · Eau Claire Area School District | Elementary | 55.4% | +2.3pp |
| 645 | Sheboygan Falls Middle Sheboygan Falls · Sheboygan Falls School District | Middle | 55.4% | +2.3pp |
| 646 | Belmont Elementary Belmont · Belmont Community School District | Elementary | 55.3% | +2.2pp |
| 647 | Lincoln Elementary Watertown · Watertown Unified School District | Elementary | 55.3% | +2.2pp |
| 648 | New Auburn Middle New Auburn · New Auburn School District | Middle | 55.3% | +2.2pp |
| 649 | Northern Lights Elementary Superior · Superior School District | Elementary | 55.3% | +2.2pp |
| 650 | Grand Avenue Elementary Prairie du Sac · Sauk Prairie School District | Elementary | 55.2% | +2.1pp |
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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.