Wisconsin schools ranked by test score
Latest Forward Exam year (2024-25). 1,190 schools with reported Science scores. State average: 50.8%.
| Rank | School | Level | Science | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nasonville Elementary Marshfield · Marshfield Unified School District | Elementary | 93.5% | +42.7pp |
| 2 | Odyssey-Magellan Appleton · Appleton Area School District | Middle | 92.6% | +41.8pp |
| 3 | Leonardo da Vinci School for Gifted Learners Green Bay · Green Bay Area Public School District | Elementary | 91.1% | +40.3pp |
| 4 | Meadowbrook Elementary Waukesha · Waukesha School District | Elementary | 88.9% | +38.1pp |
| 5 | Houlton Elementary Houlton · Hudson School District | Elementary | 88.6% | +37.8pp |
| 6 | Richards Elementary Whitefish Bay · Whitefish Bay School District | Elementary | 87.3% | +36.5pp |
| 7 | Spring Valley Elementary Spring Valley · Spring Valley School District | Elementary | 87.2% | +36.4pp |
| 8 | Merton Intermediate Hartland · Merton Community School District | Middle | 86.6% | +35.8pp |
| 9 | Spence Elementary La Crosse · La Crosse School District | Elementary | 86.4% | +35.6pp |
| 10 | North Shore Middle Hartland · Hartland-Lakeside J3 School District | Middle | 84.8% | +34.0pp |
| 11 | Big Bend Elementary Big Bend · Mukwonago School District | Elementary | 83.1% | +32.3pp |
| 12 | Prescott Middle Prescott · Prescott School District | Middle | 83.0% | +32.2pp |
| 13 | Elm Lawn Elementary Middleton · Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District | Elementary | 82.5% | +31.7pp |
| 14 | Forest Edge Elementary School Fitchburg · Oregon School District | Elementary | 82.5% | +31.7pp |
| 15 | Sevastopol Middle Sturgeon Bay · Sevastopol School District | Middle | 82.2% | +31.4pp |
| 16 | Kohler Elementary Kohler · Kohler School District | Elementary | 82.0% | +31.2pp |
| 17 | Ronald Reagan Elementary New Berlin · New Berlin School District | Elementary | 81.7% | +30.9pp |
| 18 | Richmond Elementary Sussex · Richmond School District | Elementary | 81.5% | +30.7pp |
| 19 | Shorewood Hills Elementary Madison · Madison Metropolitan School District | Elementary | 81.5% | +30.7pp |
| 20 | Pope Farm Elementary Middleton · Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District | Elementary | 81.3% | +30.5pp |
| 21 | Swallow Elementary Hartland · Swallow School District | Elementary | 81.1% | +30.3pp |
| 22 | Brookfield Elementary Brookfield · Elmbrook School District | Elementary | 80.9% | +30.1pp |
| 23 | Merton Primary Hartland · Merton Community School District | Elementary | 80.6% | +29.8pp |
| 24 | Parkview Elementary Cedarburg · Cedarburg School District | Elementary | 80.3% | +29.5pp |
| 25 | Traeger Middle Oshkosh · Oshkosh Area School District | Middle | 80.1% | +29.3pp |
| 26 | Erin Elementary Hartford · Erin School District | Elementary | 80.0% | +29.2pp |
| 27 | Maple Avenue Elementary Sussex · Hamilton School District | Elementary | 80.0% | +29.2pp |
| 28 | Ozaukee Elementary Fredonia · Northern Ozaukee School District | Elementary | 80.0% | +29.2pp |
| 29 | Parkview Elementary New London · New London School District | Elementary | 80.0% | +29.2pp |
| 30 | Lakeshore Elementary Fond du Lac · Fond du Lac School District | Elementary | 79.7% | +28.9pp |
| 31 | Bayside Middle Milwaukee · Fox Point J2 School District | Middle | 79.3% | +28.5pp |
| 32 | Thorson Elementary Cedarburg · Cedarburg School District | Elementary | 79.2% | +28.4pp |
| 33 | Mineral Point Elementary Mineral Point · Mineral Point Unified School District | Elementary | 79.1% | +28.3pp |
| 34 | New Directions Learning Community Kaukauna · Kaukauna Area School District | Elementary | 79.1% | +28.3pp |
| 35 | Lincoln Elementary Marshfield · Marshfield Unified School District | Elementary | 79.0% | +28.2pp |
| 36 | Amherst Elementary Amherst · Tomorrow River School District | Elementary | 78.9% | +28.1pp |
| 37 | Cedar Grove-Belgium Middle Cedar Grove · Cedar Grove-Belgium Area School District | Middle | 78.8% | +28.0pp |
| 38 | Saint Croix Falls Elementary Saint Croix Falls · Saint Croix Falls School District | Elementary | 78.8% | +28.0pp |
| 39 | Webster Middle Cedarburg · Cedarburg School District | Middle | 78.8% | +28.0pp |
| 40 | Friess Lake Elementary Hubertus · Holy Hill Area School District | Elementary | 78.7% | +27.9pp |
| 41 | Kiel Middle Kiel · Kiel Area School District | Middle | 78.5% | +27.7pp |
| 42 | Lake Country School Hartland · Lake Country School District | Elementary | 78.4% | +27.6pp |
| 43 | Riverside Elementary Ringle · D C Everest Area School District | Elementary | 78.4% | +27.6pp |
| 44 | White Rock School Waukesha · Waukesha School District | Elementary | 78.4% | +27.6pp |
| 45 | Farmington Elementary Kewaskum · Kewaskum School District | Elementary | 78.3% | +27.5pp |
| 46 | Donges Bay Elementary Mequon · Mequon-Thiensville School District | Elementary | 78.2% | +27.4pp |
| 47 | North Hudson Elementary Hudson · Hudson School District | Elementary | 78.1% | +27.3pp |
| 48 | Elkhart Lake Elementary/Middle Elkhart Lake · Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah School District | Elementary | 78.0% | +27.2pp |
| 49 | Clayton Elementary Neenah · Neenah Joint School District | Elementary | 77.8% | +27.0pp |
| 50 | Hilbert Elementary Hilbert · Hilbert School District | Elementary | 77.8% | +27.0pp |
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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 Science 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.