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)
550732000814	171	Jeffery Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4011 87th St	Kenosha	53142	Kenosha County	Kenosha School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 359-2100	272	21	12.9	41.9%	175 (64.3%)	10 (3.7%)	69 (25.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (6.6%)	$14,599			$948			$13,651	79.2	77.3	201	30
550288000323	172	Cornell Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	111 S 4th St	Cornell	54732	Chippewa County	Cornell School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 861-6947	214	16	13	64.5%	202 (94.4%)	1 (0.5%)	6 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.4%)	$15,611			$3,101			$12,510	79.1	79	172
551395002540	173	Addison Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	5050 Indian Rd	Hartford	53027	Washington County	Slinger School District	No	No	No	No	(262) 644-8037	454	26	17.1	16.1%	404 (89.0%)	9 (2.0%)	18 (4.0%)	8 (1.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.1%)	$10,750			$201			$10,549	79	85.5	94	79
550039001619	174	Classical School	Public, Charter	K-8	3310 N Durkee St	Appleton	54911	Outagamie County	Appleton Area School District	Yes	No	No	No	(920) 852-5525	487	25	19.8	19.7%	317 (65.1%)	17 (3.5%)	26 (5.3%)	106 (21.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.3%)	$11,399			$911			$10,488	78.9	83.5	120	54
551101001445	175	Eagle Bluff Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	200 Eagle Bluff Ct	Onalaska	54650	La Crosse County	Onalaska School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 783-2453	466	35	13.4	20.6%	329 (70.6%)	4 (0.9%)	25 (5.4%)	64 (13.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (9.2%)	$12,903			$352			$12,551	78.8	79.3	168	7
550921002927	176	Bridges Virtual Academy	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	1201 N Sales St	Merrill	54452	Lincoln County	Merrill Area School District	Yes	No	Yes	No	(715) 536-9593	731	40	18.2	30.0%	598 (81.8%)	14 (1.9%)	41 (5.6%)	18 (2.5%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	57 (7.8%)	$9,183			$176			$9,007	78.8	72.2	260	84
550096000129	177	Washington Elementary	Public	K-5	600 Grove St	Beaver Dam	53916	Dodge County	Beaver Dam Unified School District	No	No	No	Yes	(920) 885-7376	220	17	12.7	44.5%	168 (76.4%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (14.1%)	3 (1.4%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (7.7%)	$15,002			$550			$14,451	78.8	76.3	210	33
550351000374	178	Cushing Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	227 N Genesee St	Delafield	53018	Waukesha County	Kettle Moraine School District	No	No	No	No	(262) 646-6700	339	24	14.3	14.2%	297 (87.6%)	5 (1.5%)	21 (6.2%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.5%)	$13,315			$454			$12,862	78.7	83.7	118	60
550483000151	179	Southwood Glen Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	9090 S 35th St	Franklin	53132	Milwaukee County	Franklin Public School District	No	No	No	No	(414) 761-1181	413	24	17.1	11.9%	271 (65.6%)	7 (1.7%)	43 (10.4%)	66 (16.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (6.3%)	$11,098			$551			$10,546	78.7	79	171	8
551305001722	180	Greenwood Elementary	Public	K-5	982 E Division St	River Falls	54022	Pierce County	River Falls School District	No	No	No	No	(715) 425-1810	392	28	13.9	18.4%	345 (88.0%)	7 (1.8%)	20 (5.1%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.6%)	$12,259			$658			$11,601	78.7	78.3	187	7

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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.