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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1151 | Bose Elementary Kenosha · Kenosha School District | Elementary | 39.6% | -13.5pp |
| 1152 | Dodgeland Elementary Juneau · Dodgeland School District | Elementary | 39.6% | -13.5pp |
| 1153 | Flambeau Elementary Tony · Flambeau School District | Elementary | 39.5% | -13.6pp |
| 1154 | Martin Elementary Green Bay · Green Bay Area Public School District | Elementary | 39.5% | -13.6pp |
| 1155 | Sparta Meadowview Middle Sparta · Sparta Area School District | Middle | 39.5% | -13.6pp |
| 1156 | Tri-County Elementary Plainfield · Tri-County Area School District | Elementary | 39.5% | -13.6pp |
| 1157 | Franklin Elementary Manitowoc · Manitowoc School District | Elementary | 39.4% | -13.7pp |
| 1158 | MacDowell Montessori School K3-12 Milwaukee · Milwaukee School District | Combined | 39.4% | -13.7pp |
| 1159 | Whitehall Memorial Junior/Senior High Whitehall · Whitehall School District | High | 39.4% | -13.7pp |
| 1160 | Algoma High Algoma · Algoma School District | High | 39.3% | -13.8pp |
| 1161 | Pier Elementary Fond du Lac · Fond du Lac School District | Elementary | 39.3% | -13.8pp |
| 1162 | Grove Elementary Wisconsin Rapids · Wisconsin Rapids School District | Elementary | 39.2% | -13.9pp |
| 1163 | Hawthorn Hills Elementary Wausau · Wausau School District | Elementary | 39.1% | -14.0pp |
| 1164 | Al Behrman Elementary Baraboo · Baraboo School District | Elementary | 38.9% | -14.2pp |
| 1165 | Wilson Middle Appleton · Appleton Area School District | Middle | 38.9% | -14.2pp |
| 1166 | James Williams Middle Rhinelander · Rhinelander School District | Middle | 38.8% | -14.3pp |
| 1167 | Gresham High Gresham · Gresham School District | High | 38.7% | -14.4pp |
| 1168 | IDEAL Milwaukee · Milwaukee School District | Elementary | 38.7% | -14.4pp |
| 1169 | Bridges Virtual Academy Merrill · Merrill Area School District | Combined | 38.6% | -14.5pp |
| 1170 | Hadfield Elementary Waukesha · Waukesha School District | Elementary | 38.6% | -14.5pp |
| 1171 | Northside Elementary Sun Prairie · Sun Prairie Area School District | Elementary | 38.6% | -14.5pp |
| 1172 | Antigo High Antigo · Antigo Unified School District | High | 38.4% | -14.7pp |
| 1173 | Milele Chikasa Anana Elementary School Madison · Madison Metropolitan School District | Elementary | 38.3% | -14.8pp |
| 1174 | Muir Elementary Portage · Portage Community School District | Elementary | 38.3% | -14.8pp |
| 1175 | Olson Middle Mauston · Mauston School District | Middle | 38.3% | -14.8pp |
| 1176 | Oxford Elementary Oxford · Westfield School District | Elementary | 38.2% | -14.9pp |
| 1177 | School of Options and Applied Research Middle Land O' Lakes · Northland Pines School District | Middle | 38.2% | -14.9pp |
| 1178 | Honey Creek Elementary Milwaukee · Milwaukee School District | Elementary | 38.1% | -15.0pp |
| 1179 | Carmen Middle School South Milwaukee · Carmen High School of Science and Technology Inc | Middle | 38.0% | -15.1pp |
| 1180 | New Lisbon Elementary New Lisbon · New Lisbon School District | Elementary | 38.0% | -15.1pp |
| 1181 | Cleveland Elementary Cleveland · Sheboygan Area School District | Elementary | 37.9% | -15.2pp |
| 1182 | Farnsworth Middle Sheboygan · Sheboygan Area School District | Middle | 37.9% | -15.2pp |
| 1183 | Grewenow Elementary Kenosha · Kenosha School District | Elementary | 37.9% | -15.2pp |
| 1184 | Marinette Middle Marinette · Marinette School District | Middle | 37.8% | -15.3pp |
| 1185 | N-Vision Learning Center Necedah · Necedah Area School District | Elementary | 37.8% | -15.3pp |
| 1186 | Pepin High Pepin · Pepin Area School District | High | 37.8% | -15.3pp |
| 1187 | Red Creek Elementary Black River Falls · Black River Falls School District | Elementary | 37.8% | -15.3pp |
| 1188 | Roosevelt Elementary Racine · Racine Unified School District | Elementary | 37.7% | -15.4pp |
| 1189 | Shullsburg Elementary Shullsburg · Shullsburg School District | Elementary | 37.7% | -15.4pp |
| 1190 | Central Oaks Academy Wisconsin Rapids · Wisconsin Rapids School District | Elementary | 37.5% | -15.6pp |
| 1191 | Wabeno High Wabeno · Wabeno Area School District | High | 37.5% | -15.6pp |
| 1192 | Westfield Elementary Westfield · Westfield School District | Elementary | 37.4% | -15.7pp |
| 1193 | E Cook Elementary Oshkosh · Oshkosh Area School District | Elementary | 37.3% | -15.8pp |
| 1194 | Maple Grove Elementary Greenfield · Greenfield School District | Elementary | 37.3% | -15.8pp |
| 1195 | McKinley Elementary Appleton · Appleton Area School District | Elementary | 37.2% | -15.9pp |
| 1196 | Friendship Learning Elementary North Fond du Lac · North Fond du Lac School District | Elementary | 37.1% | -16.0pp |
| 1197 | Katherine Johnson Academy of Enriched Virtual Learning Green Bay · Green Bay Area Public School District | Elementary | 37.1% | -16.0pp |
| 1198 | Lake Superior Elementary Ashland · Ashland School District | Elementary | 37.1% | -16.0pp |
| 1199 | King Elementary Green Bay · Green Bay Area Public School District | Elementary | 37.0% | -16.1pp |
| 1200 | Phoenix Middle Delavan · Delavan-Darien School District | Middle | 37.0% | -16.1pp |
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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.