Best Elementary Schools in Wisconsin

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Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Wisconsin test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the Forward Exam test scores by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. The most recent update was on Tuesday, October 8, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 1061)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
550960002601	991	Rogers Street Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	2430 W Rogers St	Milwaukee	53204	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 902-1100	529	37	14.2	89.2%	9 (1.7%)	31 (5.9%)	473 (89.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	13 (2.5%)	$14,140			$2,175			$11,965	4.8	6.3	988	3
550011302942	992	Woodlands School - State Street Campus	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	3121 W State St	Milwaukee	53208	Milwaukee County	Woodlands School Inc	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(414) 937-2000	257	14	18.3	20.2%	26 (10.1%)	163 (63.4%)	22 (8.6%)	5 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (16.0%)								4.7	10.4	947	45
550960001209	993	Longfellow Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	1021 S 21st St	Milwaukee	53204	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 902-9800	673	48	14.1	85.9%	23 (3.4%)	110 (16.3%)	512 (76.1%)	13 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	14 (2.1%)	$14,570			$2,298			$12,271	4.6	8.2	963	30
550732000813	994	Jefferson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1832 43rd St	Kenosha	53140	Kenosha County	Kenosha School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 359-6390	214	15	14.2	91.1%	54 (25.2%)	58 (27.1%)	86 (40.2%)	2 (0.9%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (0.9%)	11 (5.1%)	$13,133			$989			$12,143	4.5	4.7	1012	18
550960001122	995	Allen-Field Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	730 W Lapham Blvd	Milwaukee	53204	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 902-9200	488	37	13	90.8%	11 (2.3%)	50 (10.2%)	410 (84.0%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	12 (2.5%)	$17,112			$2,796			$14,316	4.4	4.6	1013	18
550105000142	996	Hackett Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	625 Eighth St	Beloit	53511	Rock County	Beloit School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 361-2405	287	27	10.8	80.5%	57 (19.9%)	65 (22.6%)	127 (44.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (12.5%)	$16,920			$1,740			$15,180	4.4			(n/a)
550960001256	997	Bethune Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	1535 N 35th St	Milwaukee	53208	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 934-4600	549	30	18.3	93.6%	5 (0.9%)	323 (58.8%)	16 (2.9%)	194 (35.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.0%)	$14,666			$2,860			$11,806	4.3	5.5	1001	4
550004202234	998	Milwaukee Academy of Science	Public, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	2000 W Kilbourn Ave	Milwaukee	53233	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee Science Education Consortium Inc	Yes	No	No	Yes	(414) 933-0302	1,401	70	20	92.1%	4 (0.3%)	1,341 (95.7%)	33 (2.4%)	6 (0.4%)	14 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.2%)	$18,154			$2,954			$15,198	4.2	6.8	981	17
550960001134	999	Bryant Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	8718 W Thurston Ave	Milwaukee	53225	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 393-6500	202	19	10.4	93.6%	2 (1.0%)	171 (84.7%)	13 (6.4%)	10 (5.0%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.0%)	$18,526			$3,101			$15,425	4.2	3.3	1040	41
550960001157	1000	Emerson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	9025 W Lawrence Ave	Milwaukee	53225	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 393-4300	207	15	14	88.4%	1 (0.5%)	164 (79.2%)	13 (6.3%)	9 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	19 (9.2%)	$18,994			$3,427			$15,567	4.1	4.1	1024	24

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on Forward Exam English Language Arts, Forward Exam Mathematics, Forward Exam Social Studies, Forward Exam Science test scores released by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
These rankings were last updated on October 8, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.