Wisconsin schools ranked by test score
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1451 | Lincoln Middle Milwaukee · Milwaukee School District | Middle | 8.9% | -44.2pp |
| 1452 | Kagel Elementary Milwaukee · Milwaukee School District | Elementary | 8.7% | -44.4pp |
| 1453 | King International Baccalaureate Middle Milwaukee · Milwaukee School District | Middle | 8.6% | -44.5pp |
| 1454 | River Trail School of Agricultural Science Milwaukee · Milwaukee School District | Elementary | 8.5% | -44.6pp |
| 1455 | Milwaukee Sign Language Elementary Milwaukee · Milwaukee School District | Elementary | 8.4% | -44.7pp |
| 1456 | Starms Discovery Milwaukee · Milwaukee School District | Elementary | 8.4% | -44.7pp |
| 1457 | Jackson Elementary Milwaukee · Milwaukee School District | Elementary | 8.3% | -44.8pp |
| 1458 | Lancaster Elementary Milwaukee · Milwaukee School District | Elementary | 8.3% | -44.8pp |
| 1459 | Franklin Elementary Milwaukee · Milwaukee School District | Elementary | 7.9% | -45.2pp |
| 1460 | Elm Creative Arts Elementary Milwaukee · Milwaukee School District | Elementary | 7.8% | -45.3pp |
| 1461 | Fifty-Third Street Elementary Milwaukee · Milwaukee School District | Elementary | 7.8% | -45.3pp |
| 1462 | Auer Avenue Elementary Milwaukee · Milwaukee School District | Elementary | 7.7% | -45.4pp |
| 1463 | Clemens Elementary Milwaukee · Milwaukee School District | Elementary | 7.7% | -45.4pp |
| 1464 | Mitchell School Racine · Racine Unified School District | Elementary | 7.7% | -45.4pp |
| 1465 | Emerson Elementary Milwaukee · Milwaukee School District | Elementary | 7.5% | -45.6pp |
| 1466 | Brown Street Academy Milwaukee · Milwaukee School District | Elementary | 7.2% | -45.9pp |
| 1467 | Gaenslen Elementary Milwaukee · Milwaukee School District | Elementary | 7.0% | -46.1pp |
| 1468 | Eighty-First Street Elementary Milwaukee · Milwaukee School District | Elementary | 6.9% | -46.2pp |
| 1469 | Keshena Primary Keshena · Menominee Indian School District | Elementary | 6.9% | -46.2pp |
| 1470 | Metcalfe Elementary Milwaukee · Milwaukee School District | Elementary | 6.7% | -46.4pp |
| 1471 | Mitchell Elementary Milwaukee · Milwaukee School District | Elementary | 6.4% | -46.7pp |
| 1472 | Obama School of Career and Technical Education Milwaukee · Milwaukee School District | Combined | 6.3% | -46.8pp |
| 1473 | Hi-Mount Elementary Milwaukee · Milwaukee School District | Elementary | 6.1% | -47.0pp |
| 1474 | Hopkins Lloyd Community School Milwaukee · Milwaukee School District | Elementary | 5.9% | -47.2pp |
| 1475 | Andrew S Douglas Middle Milwaukee · Milwaukee School District | Middle | 5.8% | -47.3pp |
| 1476 | LaFollette Elementary Milwaukee · Milwaukee School District | Elementary | 5.6% | -47.5pp |
| 1477 | Green Tree Preparatory Academy Milwaukee · Milwaukee School District | High | 5.5% | -47.6pp |
| 1478 | Townsend Street Elementary Milwaukee · Milwaukee School District | Elementary | 4.5% | -48.6pp |
| 1479 | Merrill Elementary Beloit · Beloit School District | Elementary | 4.4% | -48.7pp |
| 1480 | Milwaukee Environmental Science Academy Milwaukee · Milwaukee School District | Elementary | 4.3% | -48.8pp |
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.