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)
551365002716	331	Etude Elementary	Public, Charter	PK, KG-5	3508 N 21st St	Sheboygan	53083	Sheboygan County	Sheboygan Area School District	Yes	No	No	No	(920) 459-0947	172	11	15.9	38.4%	132 (76.7%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (11.6%)	2 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (10.5%)	$11,201			$1,262			$9,939	69.4	64.5	388	57
551570001993	332	Washington Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	8937 Big Bend Rd	Waterford	53185	Racine County	Washington-Caldwell School District	No	No	No	No	(262) 662-3466	194	15	12.6	14.4%	176 (90.7%)	3 (1.5%)	5 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (4.1%)	$14,381			$1,206			$13,175	69.3	70.2	292	40
551242001650	333	Randolph Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	110 Meadowood Dr	Randolph	53956	Dodge County	Randolph School District	No	No	No	Yes	(920) 326-2431	220	17	12.9	37.3%	190 (86.4%)	2 (0.9%)	23 (10.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.3%)	$11,769			$779			$10,990	69.3	54.5	547	214
551116001073	334	Osceola Intermediate	Public	3-5	949 Education Ave	Osceola	54020	Polk County	Osceola School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 294-2800	307	23	13.4	29.3%	279 (90.9%)	1 (0.3%)	14 (4.6%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.6%)	$12,285			$334			$11,951	69.3	63.9	397	63
550279000315	335	Colfax Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	601 University Ave	Colfax	54730	Dunn County	Colfax School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 962-3676	393	30	13.1	42.0%	369 (93.9%)	2 (0.5%)	6 (1.5%)	3 (0.8%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.3%)	$11,624			$899			$10,725	69.2	72.2	259	76
550318003152	336	Harvest Intermediate School	Public	4-6	6781 North Towne Rd	DeForest	53532	Dane County	De Forest Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 842-6100	914	63	14.4	19.8%	743 (81.3%)	18 (2.0%)	64 (7.0%)	32 (3.5%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (6.0%)								69.1	70.2	293	43
551401001824	337	Somerset Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	635 Sunrise Dr	Somerset	54025	St. Croix County	Somerset School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 247-3311	563	38	14.8	25.4%	500 (88.8%)	5 (0.9%)	27 (4.8%)	8 (1.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (3.9%)	$13,161			$485			$12,676	69	72.1	264	73
551467000687	338	Great Lakes Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	129 N 28th St E	Superior	54880	Douglas County	Superior School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 395-8500	388	23	16.6	40.2%	317 (81.7%)	15 (3.9%)	7 (1.8%)	4 (1.0%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	41 (10.6%)	$11,604			$646			$10,958	69	71.2	274	64
550030000075	339	Amery Intermediate	Public	3-5	543 Minneapolis Ave S	Amery	54001	Polk County	Amery School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 268-9771	285	26	10.9	43.2%	259 (90.9%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.6%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.5%)	$14,040			$713			$13,327	68.9	69.8	298	41
550582000610	340	Aldo Leopold Community School K-8	Public	PK, KG-8	622 Eliza St	Green Bay	54301	Brown County	Green Bay Area Public School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 448-2140	557	37	15	37.5%	382 (68.6%)	18 (3.2%)	56 (10.1%)	26 (4.7%)	6 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	69 (12.4%)	$11,201			$970			$10,231	68.8	59.1	470	130

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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.