Wisconsin schools ranked by test score
Latest Forward Exam year (2024-25). 1,544 schools with reported Social Studies scores. State average: 57.0%.
| Rank | School | Level | Social Studies | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1251 | E Cook Elementary Oshkosh · Oshkosh Area School District | Elementary | 41.9% | -15.1pp |
| 1252 | Hilbert High Hilbert · Hilbert School District | High | 41.9% | -15.1pp |
| 1253 | Merrill High Merrill · Merrill Area School District | High | 41.7% | -15.3pp |
| 1254 | Boscobel Junior High Boscobel · Boscobel Area School District | Middle | 41.5% | -15.5pp |
| 1255 | Kennedy Elementary Madison · Madison Metropolitan School District | Elementary | 41.5% | -15.5pp |
| 1256 | Orchard Ridge Elementary Madison · Madison Metropolitan School District | Elementary | 41.5% | -15.5pp |
| 1257 | Starbuck International School Racine · Racine Unified School District | Elementary | 41.5% | -15.5pp |
| 1258 | Suring High Suring · Suring Public School District | High | 41.5% | -15.5pp |
| 1259 | Milwaukee College Preparatory School: Lola Rowe North Campus Milwaukee · Milwaukee School District | Elementary | 41.4% | -15.6pp |
| 1260 | Fort Atkinson High Fort Atkinson · Fort Atkinson School District | High | 41.2% | -15.8pp |
| 1261 | Monroe High Monroe · Monroe School District | High | 41.2% | -15.8pp |
| 1262 | Crandon Elementary Crandon · Crandon School District | Elementary | 41.1% | -15.9pp |
| 1263 | La Casa de Esperanza Charter School Waukesha · La Casa De Esperanza Inc | Elementary | 41.0% | -16.0pp |
| 1264 | Necedah Middle Necedah · Necedah Area School District | Middle | 41.0% | -16.0pp |
| 1265 | Baraboo High Baraboo · Baraboo School District | High | 40.9% | -16.1pp |
| 1266 | Roosevelt Elementary Oshkosh · Oshkosh Area School District | Elementary | 40.9% | -16.1pp |
| 1267 | Bessie Allen Middle North Fond du Lac · North Fond du Lac School District | Middle | 40.6% | -16.4pp |
| 1268 | Brown Deer Middle/High Brown Deer · Brown Deer School District | High | 40.6% | -16.4pp |
| 1269 | Big Foot High Walworth · Big Foot UHS School District | High | 40.5% | -16.5pp |
| 1270 | Chequamegon High Park Falls · Chequamegon School District | High | 40.5% | -16.5pp |
| 1271 | Flambeau Middle Tony · Flambeau School District | Middle | 40.5% | -16.5pp |
| 1272 | Hustisford High Hustisford · Hustisford School District | High | 40.5% | -16.5pp |
| 1273 | Irving Elementary West Allis · West Allis-West Milwaukee School District | Elementary | 40.5% | -16.5pp |
| 1274 | Northwood High/Middle Minong · Northwood School District | High | 40.5% | -16.5pp |
| 1275 | Pershing Elementary West Milwaukee · West Allis-West Milwaukee School District | Elementary | 40.5% | -16.5pp |
| 1276 | Friendship Learning Elementary North Fond du Lac · North Fond du Lac School District | Elementary | 40.4% | -16.6pp |
| 1277 | Indian Trail High School and Academy Kenosha · Kenosha School District | High | 40.4% | -16.6pp |
| 1278 | Nikolay Middle Cambridge · Cambridge School District | Middle | 40.3% | -16.7pp |
| 1279 | Black River Falls High Black River Falls · Black River Falls School District | High | 40.2% | -16.8pp |
| 1280 | North High Sheboygan · Sheboygan Area School District | High | 40.2% | -16.8pp |
| 1281 | Alcott Elementary Milwaukee · Milwaukee School District | Elementary | 40.0% | -17.0pp |
| 1282 | Fond du Lac High Fond du Lac · Fond du Lac School District | High | 40.0% | -17.0pp |
| 1283 | Hayward Ctr for Individualized Learning Hayward · Hayward Community School District | Combined | 40.0% | -17.0pp |
| 1284 | Turner High Beloit · Beloit Turner School District | High | 40.0% | -17.0pp |
| 1285 | West High Madison · Madison Metropolitan School District | High | 40.0% | -17.0pp |
| 1286 | Medford Middle Medford · Medford Area Public School District | Middle | 39.8% | -17.2pp |
| 1287 | Vel Phillips Memorial High School Madison · Madison Metropolitan School District | High | 39.8% | -17.2pp |
| 1288 | East High Wausau · Wausau School District | High | 39.7% | -17.3pp |
| 1289 | Marshall High Marshall · Marshall School District | High | 39.7% | -17.3pp |
| 1290 | Sennett Middle Madison · Madison Metropolitan School District | Middle | 39.7% | -17.3pp |
| 1291 | Sun Prairie East High Sun Prairie · Sun Prairie Area School District | High | 39.7% | -17.3pp |
| 1292 | Menasha High Menasha · Menasha Joint School District | High | 39.6% | -17.4pp |
| 1293 | Necedah High Necedah · Necedah Area School District | High | 39.6% | -17.4pp |
| 1294 | Tomah High Tomah · Tomah Area School District | High | 39.6% | -17.4pp |
| 1295 | Julian Thomas Elementary Racine · Racine Unified School District | Elementary | 39.5% | -17.5pp |
| 1296 | Leopold Elementary Madison · Madison Metropolitan School District | Elementary | 39.3% | -17.7pp |
| 1297 | Northern Lights Elementary Superior · Superior School District | Elementary | 39.1% | -17.9pp |
| 1298 | Ferber Elementary Appleton · Appleton Area School District | Elementary | 39.0% | -18.0pp |
| 1299 | Clintonville High Clintonville · Clintonville School District | High | 38.8% | -18.2pp |
| 1300 | Cooper Elementary Sheboygan · Sheboygan Area School District | Elementary | 38.8% | -18.2pp |
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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 Social Studies 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.