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)
551449001872	381	Jefferson Elementary	Public	K-6	1800 East Ave	Stevens Point	54481	Portage County	Stevens Point Area Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 345-5418	265	24	11	54.0%	202 (76.2%)	5 (1.9%)	29 (10.9%)	16 (6.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.5%)	$16,405			$1,368			$15,039	66.7	69.7	301	80
551716002227	382	Arbor Vitae-Woodruff Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	11065 Old Highway 51 N	Arbor Vitae	54568	Oneida County	Woodruff J1 School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 356-3282	509	45	11.2	42.8%	407 (80.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.1%)	3 (0.6%)	48 (9.4%)	2 (0.4%)	28 (5.5%)	$13,420			$666			$12,754	66.7	65.6	366	16
550663000718	383	Meadowbrook Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	720 Hillcrest Hts	Green Bay	54313	Brown County	Howard-Suamico School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 662-5000	486	40	12.1	21.6%	406 (83.5%)	9 (1.9%)	25 (5.1%)	17 (3.5%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (5.6%)	$12,022			$362			$11,661	66.5	65.8	364	19
551629002130	384	Green Tree Elementary	Public	K-4	1330 Green Tree Rd	West Bend	53090	Washington County	West Bend School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 335-5521	354	28	12.6	44.4%	243 (68.6%)	20 (5.6%)	47 (13.3%)	12 (3.4%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (8.5%)	$13,132			$572			$12,561	66.4	65.8	363	21
550987001302	385	Forest Lane Community School	Public	PK, KG-6	222 Forest Ln	Montello	53949	Marquette County	Montello School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 297-2128	270	26	10.2	46.3%	242 (89.6%)	3 (1.1%)	13 (4.8%)	2 (0.7%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.0%)	$20,476			$2,130			$18,345	66.3	66.7	343	42
551404001827	386	E W Luther Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	718 Hawthorne Ave	South Milwaukee	53172	Milwaukee County	South Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 766-5326	210	16	13.2	48.1%	137 (65.2%)	7 (3.3%)	55 (26.2%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.3%)	$14,894			$1,189			$13,705	66.3	53.2	565	179
550081000106	387	Willson Elementary	Public	K-5	146 Berkley Blvd	Baraboo	53913	Sauk County	Baraboo School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 355-3925	292	25	11.6	50.0%	241 (82.5%)	3 (1.0%)	22 (7.5%)	3 (1.0%)	9 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.8%)	$12,367			$898			$11,469	66.2	57.2	497	110
550915001092	388	Mercer School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	2690 W Margaret St	Mercer	54547	Iron County	Mercer School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 388-8266	105	15	7	60.0%	87 (82.9%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (9.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.8%)	$20,658			$1,443			$19,216	66.2	37.3	741	353
550960001155	389	Milwaukee German Immersion	Public	PK, KG-5	3778 N 82nd St	Milwaukee	53222	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 393-5600	549	27	20.7	32.2%	281 (51.2%)	146 (26.6%)	49 (8.9%)	6 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	67 (12.2%)	$11,994			$1,929			$10,064	66.2	65.3	372	17
550474002416	390	Luther Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	205 Park St	Fort Atkinson	53538	Jefferson County	Fort Atkinson School District	No	No	No	Yes	(920) 568-4465	247	24	10.5	48.2%	170 (68.8%)	2 (0.8%)	58 (23.5%)	4 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.9%)	$17,088			$681			$16,405	66.1	59.4	466	76

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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.