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)
551566002509	321	Trailside Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	615 N Milwaukee St	Waterford	53185	Racine County	Waterford Graded J1 School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 514-8220	338	24	14	29.3%	294 (87.0%)	3 (0.9%)	27 (8.0%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	10 (3.0%)	$15,122			$788			$14,334	70.1	72.8	255	66
551101001449	322	Pertzsch Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	524 Main St	Onalaska	54650	La Crosse County	Onalaska School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 783-5644	374	29	13.1	44.4%	246 (65.8%)	8 (2.1%)	26 (7.0%)	52 (13.9%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (10.2%)	$12,624			$463			$12,161	70	60.1	456	134
550255000284	323	Halmstad Elementary	Public	K-5	565 E South Ave	Chippewa Falls	54729	Chippewa County	Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 726-2415	379	29	13	53.0%	304 (80.2%)	4 (1.1%)	17 (4.5%)	31 (8.2%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	21 (5.5%)	$12,618			$803			$11,815	69.9	68.3	324	1
551233001598	324	Hillcrest Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4193 Hillcrest Rd	Oneida	54155	Brown County	Pulaski Community School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 272-6900	393	24	16.1	21.1%	309 (78.6%)	6 (1.5%)	16 (4.1%)	9 (2.3%)	25 (6.4%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (7.1%)	$9,868			$386			$9,483	69.8	68.5	321	3
551533001971	325	Sugar Creek Elementary	Public	K-5	740 N Main Street	Verona	53593	Dane County	Verona Area School District	No	No	No	(n/a)	(608) 845-4700	680	48	14	26.5%	435 (64.0%)	19 (2.8%)	160 (23.5%)	17 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (7.2%)	$12,636			$439			$12,196	69.8	74.9	222	103
550723000784	326	Juda Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	N2385 Spring St	Juda	53550	Green County	Juda School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 934-5251	184	15	12	52.2%	177 (96.2%)	1 (0.5%)	3 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.6%)	$14,370			$867			$13,503	69.6	60.4	451	125
551590002629	327	Wausau Area Montessori Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	3101 N 13th St	Wausau	54403	Marathon County	Wausau School District	Yes	No	No	No	(715) 261-0795	94	7	13.6	34.0%	76 (80.9%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.3%)	4 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (10.6%)	$13,096			$244			$12,852	69.6	53.3	562	235
550057003145	328	Maple Grove School	Public, Charter	K-5	135594 County Road L	Athens	54411	Marathon County	Athens School District	Yes	No	No	(n/a)	(715) 257-7511	90	7	12.3	38.9%	81 (90.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (5.6%)								69.6	48.2	625	297
551095001066	329	Oconto Falls Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	415 E Maria Volk Dr	Oconto Falls	54154	Oconto County	Oconto Falls Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(920) 848-4476	519	40	12.9	46.6%	449 (86.5%)	2 (0.4%)	23 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (6.6%)	$13,092			$737			$12,356	69.5	68.8	319	10
550816002959	330	Flex Academy	Public, Virtual, Charter	K-8	325 Meulemans St	Little Chute	54140	Outagamie County	Little Chute Area School District	Yes	No	Yes	(n/a)	(920) 788-7605	61	5	12.2	23.0%	55 (90.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (9.8%)	$8,530			$245			$8,285	69.5	78.3	186	144

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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.