Best Elementary Schools in Wisconsin

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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)
551164000226	91	Horizon School	Public	3-5	458 Lake St	Pewaukee	53072	Waukesha County	Pewaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 695-5051	622	41	15.1	12.9%	494 (79.4%)	14 (2.3%)	33 (5.3%)	46 (7.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (5.5%)	$11,233			$321			$10,912	84.8	86.2	87	4
550930002268	92	North Lake Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	N75W31283 Highway VV	North Lake	53064	Waukesha County	North Lake School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 966-2033	331	27	12.4	1.2%	299 (90.3%)	3 (0.9%)	8 (2.4%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.4%)	$13,422			$445			$12,977	84.5	88.6	60	32
551632002726	93	Hemlock Creek Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	1900 Williams Grant Dr	De Pere	54115	Brown County	West De Pere School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 425-1900	825	53	15.6	12.1%	657 (79.6%)	1 (0.1%)	27 (3.3%)	62 (7.5%)	26 (3.2%)	3 (0.4%)	49 (5.9%)	$10,749			$429			$10,319	84.5	82.2	134	41
550732000821	94	Prairie Lane Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	10717 47th Ave	Pleasant Prairie	53158	Kenosha County	Kenosha School District	No	No	No	No	(262) 359-3600	378	26	14.3	26.5%	292 (77.2%)	9 (2.4%)	49 (13.0%)	6 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (5.8%)	$12,499			$661			$11,838	84.4	89.4	52	42
551032003366	95	ACE Alliance Charter Elementary	Public, Charter	PK, KG-6	920 Higgins Ave	Neenah	54956	Winnebago County	Neenah Joint School District	Yes	No	No	No	(920) 751-6995	121	6	18.9	9.1%	108 (89.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	6 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (5.0%)	$8,768			$287			$8,481	84.4	92.2	25	70
550039002582	96	Fox River Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	1000 S Mason St	Appleton	54914	Outagamie County	Appleton Area School District	Yes	No	No	No	(920) 852-5500	96	6	16.6	20.8%	77 (80.2%)	3 (3.1%)	7 (7.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (9.4%)	$11,105			$911			$10,194	84.4	94.4	14	82
551110003134	97	Forest Edge Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	4848 Brassica Rd	Fitchburg	53711	Dane County	Oregon School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 835-4600	385	37	10.5	12.7%	314 (81.6%)	11 (2.9%)	23 (6.0%)	8 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (7.5%)	$13,432			$268			$13,164	84.3	79.5	164	67
550255000288	98	Stillson Elementary	Public	K-5	16556 50th Ave	Chippewa Falls	54729	Chippewa County	Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District	No	No	No	No	(715) 726-2412	334	22	15.1	23.4%	308 (92.2%)	4 (1.2%)	9 (2.7%)	2 (0.6%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.7%)	$12,357			$327			$12,030	84.3	87.3	73	25
550657000711	99	Horicon Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	841 Gray St	Horicon	53032	Dodge County	Horicon School District	No	No	No	Yes	(920) 485-2898	349	26	13.4	48.7%	266 (76.2%)	12 (3.4%)	38 (10.9%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (8.3%)	$15,369			$1,312			$14,057	84.2	84.9	102	3
550951001105	100	Elm Lawn Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	6701 Woodgate Rd	Middleton	53562	Dane County	Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 829-9070	355	29	12.1	19.7%	257 (72.4%)	22 (6.2%)	28 (7.9%)	32 (9.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.5%)	$13,491			$309			$13,182	84.1	81.3	143	43

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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.