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)
551575001998	101	LEAP Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	W4712 County Road O	Watertown	53098	Dodge County	Watertown Unified School District	No	No	No	Yes	(920) 925-3712	52	3	16.2	51.9%	39 (75.0%)	1 (1.9%)	6 (11.5%)	1 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.9%)	4 (7.7%)	$15,035			$909			$14,125	84.1	71	278	177
551533002849	102	Verona Area International School	Public, Charter	K-5	400 N Main Street	Verona	53593	Dane County	Verona Area School District	Yes	No	No	(n/a)	(608) 845-4200	125	8	15.8	4.0%	73 (58.4%)	2 (1.6%)	11 (8.8%)	13 (10.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (20.8%)	$13,085			$271			$12,813	84	90.3	43	59
550747000732	103	Sunrise Elementary	Public	K-4	N9363 Exploration Dr	Appleton	54915	Outagamie County	Kimberly Area School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 954-1822	467	30	15.5	13.1%	415 (88.9%)	3 (0.6%)	20 (4.3%)	10 (2.1%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.4%)	$10,082			$527			$9,555	84	86.3	83	20
550351002914	104	Kettle Moraine Explore	Public, Charter	K-5	219 N Oak Crest Dr	Wales	53183	Waukesha County	Kettle Moraine School District	Yes	No	No	No	(262) 968-6400	127	8	16.9	9.4%	119 (93.7%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.9%)	2 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	$12,008			$256			$11,753	83.9	87.7	69	35
550614002258	105	South Elementary	Public	3-5	651 E Imperial Dr	Hartland	53029	Waukesha County	Hartland-Lakeside J3 School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 369-6720	329	21	15.6	16.7%	277 (84.2%)	3 (0.9%)	27 (8.2%)	7 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.6%)	$12,118			$187			$11,931	83.9	91	37	68
551590001409	106	South Mountain Elementary	Public	K-5	5400 Bittersweet Rd	Wausau	54401	Marathon County	Wausau School District	No	No	No	No	(715) 261-0235	233	21	11	21.9%	183 (78.5%)	1 (0.4%)	7 (3.0%)	30 (12.9%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (4.3%)	$14,679			$723			$13,956	83.9	87.5	71	35
551032001340	107	Clayton Elementary	Public	K-4	2916 W Fairview Rd	Neenah	54956	Winnebago County	Neenah Joint School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 751-6950	251	18	14.2	13.1%	217 (86.5%)	4 (1.6%)	11 (4.4%)	12 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.8%)	$11,776			$299			$11,477	83.9	83.5	121	14
550177002367	108	Dixon Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2400 Pilgrim Square Dr	Brookfield	53005	Waukesha County	Elmbrook School District	No	No	No	No	(262) 785-3970	663	40	16.5	7.1%	507 (76.5%)	20 (3.0%)	32 (4.8%)	66 (10.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	36 (5.4%)	$12,211			$451			$11,761	83.8	88	66	42
550591002252	109	Canterbury Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	7000 Enfield Ave	Greendale	53129	Milwaukee County	Greendale School District	No	No	No	No	(414) 423-2770	367	31	11.7	19.9%	270 (73.6%)	3 (0.8%)	61 (16.6%)	12 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (5.7%)	$13,015			$611			$12,404	83.8	83.2	126	17
550177000218	110	Burleigh Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	16185 Burleigh Pl	Brookfield	53005	Waukesha County	Elmbrook School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 781-5280	879	55	15.9	10.1%	564 (64.2%)	21 (2.4%)	53 (6.0%)	187 (21.3%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (5.7%)	$11,385			$474			$10,911	83.8	87.7	68	42

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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.