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)
550007603046	921	Stellar Collegiate Charter School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-5	2431 S 10th St	Milwaukee	53215	Milwaukee County	Carmen High School of Science and Technology Inc	Yes	No	No	Yes	(414) 210-2507	233	18	12.9	97.4%	7 (3.0%)	17 (7.3%)	204 (87.6%)	2 (0.9%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	$8,632			$240			$8,392	15.3	6.7	983	62
550582000613	922	Beaumont Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1505 Gatewood St	Green Bay	54304	Brown County	Green Bay Area Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(920) 492-2690	229	20	11.3	73.8%	94 (41.0%)	22 (9.6%)	49 (21.4%)	12 (5.2%)	10 (4.4%)	1 (0.4%)	41 (17.9%)	$17,200			$1,485			$15,715	15.1	13.8	933	11
550732000825	923	Southport Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	723 76th St	Kenosha	53143	Kenosha County	Kenosha School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 359-6309	285	22	12.9	70.5%	133 (46.7%)	38 (13.3%)	79 (27.7%)	2 (0.7%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (10.9%)	$14,248			$973			$13,276	14.7	19.6	893	30
550960001250	924	Stuart Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	7001 N 86th St	Milwaukee	53224	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 393-3700	256	15	16.9	94.9%	3 (1.2%)	146 (57.0%)	13 (5.1%)	73 (28.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (8.2%)	$17,060			$3,349			$13,712	14.6	9.2	957	33
551074003125	925	Treffert Way for the Exceptional Mind	Public, Charter	K-8	705 Minnesota Ave	North Fond du Lac	54937	Fond du Lac County	North Fond du Lac School District	Yes	No	No	No	(920) 266-8199	60	4	15	38.3%	52 (86.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (5.0%)	2 (3.3%)	1 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.3%)	$21,483			$4,648			$16,835	14.4	17.1	907	18
550008102969	926	Rocketship Southside Community Prep	Public, Charter	PK, KG-5	3003 W Cleveland Ave	Milwaukee	53215	Milwaukee County	Rocketship Education Wisconsin Inc	Yes	No	No	Yes	(414) 455-3539	444	20	22.2	81.3%	17 (3.8%)	30 (6.8%)	389 (87.6%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.9%)	$10,581			$1,899			$8,682	13.8	11.4	943	17
550852000939	927	Kennedy Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	221 Meadowlark Dr	Madison	53714	Dane County	Madison Metropolitan School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 204-3420	524	37	14.2	51.9%	198 (37.8%)	153 (29.2%)	69 (13.2%)	41 (7.8%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	61 (11.6%)	$13,952			$444			$13,509	13.8	23.9	871	56
550852000921	928	Lindbergh Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4500 Kennedy Rd	Madison	53704	Dane County	Madison Metropolitan School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 204-6500	180	18	10.1	71.1%	34 (18.9%)	62 (34.4%)	32 (17.8%)	24 (13.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (15.6%)	$18,334			$1,271			$17,064	13.7	7	979	51
550852000935	929	Schenk Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	230 Schenk St	Madison	53714	Dane County	Madison Metropolitan School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 204-1500	390	39	9.9	59.0%	123 (31.5%)	78 (20.0%)	110 (28.2%)	30 (7.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (12.3%)	$16,915			$1,377			$15,539	13.5	20.7	883	46
550852000944	930	Leopold Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2602 Post Rd	Madison	53713	Dane County	Madison Metropolitan School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 204-4240	624	59	10.5	59.0%	141 (22.6%)	151 (24.2%)	264 (42.3%)	19 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (7.7%)	$15,747			$1,146			$14,602	13.4	18.2	902	28

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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.