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)
551470001921	891	Suring Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	411 Algoma St	Suring	54174	Oconto County	Suring Public School District	No	No	No	(n/a)	(920) 842-2181	208	19	11.1	67.8%	173 (83.2%)	2 (1.0%)	5 (2.4%)	1 (0.5%)	10 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (8.2%)	$16,753			$1,125			$15,629	19	34.8	773	118
550852000931	892	Dr Virginia Henderson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1201 Tompkins Dr	Madison	53716	Dane County	Madison Metropolitan School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 204-2400	479	45	10.7	55.3%	124 (25.9%)	83 (17.3%)	181 (37.8%)	25 (5.2%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	61 (12.7%)	$17,788			$1,074			$16,715	18.7	20.5	887	5
550582000628	893	Kennedy Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1754 Ninth St	Green Bay	54304	Brown County	Green Bay Area Public School District	No	No	No	Yes	(920) 492-2640	277	28	9.7	74.0%	109 (39.4%)	23 (8.3%)	47 (17.0%)	52 (18.8%)	15 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (11.2%)	$17,359			$1,399			$15,960	18.6	21	880	13
550732000807	894	Frank Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1816 57th St	Kenosha	53140	Kenosha County	Kenosha School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 359-6324	326	28	11.4	92.0%	26 (8.0%)	129 (39.6%)	141 (43.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	29 (8.9%)	$14,256			$1,315			$12,941	18.5	12.1	938	44
550960002415	895	Milwaukee Parkside School	Public	PK, KG-8	2969 S Howell Ave	Milwaukee	53207	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 294-1600	838	45	18.4	74.3%	170 (20.3%)	154 (18.4%)	338 (40.3%)	96 (11.5%)	9 (1.1%)	1 (0.1%)	70 (8.4%)	$14,912			$2,245			$12,668	18.5	22.8	876	19
551596002072	896	Redgranite Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	513 Bonnell Ave	Redgranite	54970	Waushara County	Wautoma Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(920) 566-2357	119	10	11.9	65.5%	95 (79.8%)	9 (7.6%)	11 (9.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.4%)	$14,438			$2,472			$11,966	18.4	32.3	793	103
550960001270	897	Whitman Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	4200 S 54th St	Milwaukee	53220	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 604-7700	319	21	15.3	73.7%	86 (27.0%)	58 (18.2%)	131 (41.1%)	26 (8.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (5.3%)	$15,043			$2,774			$12,270	18.4	24.4	865	32
550960001161	898	Milwaukee Spanish Immersion	Public	PK, KG-5	2765 S 55th St	Milwaukee	53219	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 604-7600	716	36	19.8	72.6%	72 (10.1%)	179 (25.0%)	419 (58.5%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (5.7%)	$13,538			$2,505			$11,033	18.3	19.2	895	3
550039000050	899	Columbus Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	913 N Oneida St	Appleton	54911	Outagamie County	Appleton Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(920) 852-5450	132	13	10	78.0%	71 (53.8%)	7 (5.3%)	22 (16.7%)	17 (12.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	14 (10.6%)	$12,460			$911			$11,549	18.3	17.7	904	5
550702000776	900	Wilson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	465 Rockport Rd	Janesville	53548	Rock County	Janesville School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 743-7300	272	30	8.9	96.3%	90 (33.1%)	61 (22.4%)	48 (17.6%)	13 (4.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (21.7%)	$16,461			$1,201			$15,260	18.3	16.4	911	11

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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.