Best Elementary Schools in Wisconsin for Special Education Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Wisconsin!

Every year, the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Special Education students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Wisconsin test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

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 (Special Education vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 790)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Special Education)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Special Education)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
551006002307	1	Section Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	W318S8430 County Road EE	Mukwonago	53149	Waukesha County	Mukwonago School District	No	No	No	No	(262) 363-6260	458	30	15.2	7.0%	413 (90.2%)	2 (0.4%)	30 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.8%)	$10,702			$311			$10,391	99.9%	96.8%	3.08%
551032001340	2	Clayton Elementary	Public	K-4	2916 W Fairview Rd	Neenah	54956	Winnebago County	Neenah Joint School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 751-6950	251	18	14.2	13.1%	217 (86.5%)	4 (1.6%)	11 (4.4%)	12 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.8%)	$11,776			$299			$11,477	99.7%	89.9%	9.83%
551395001818	3	Allenton Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	228 Weis St	Allenton	53002	Washington County	Slinger School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 629-5546	447	26	17.5	18.3%	416 (93.1%)	2 (0.4%)	14 (3.1%)	6 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.8%)	$9,455			$321			$9,134	99.6%	98.1%	1.51%
551194001559	4	Fairview Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	300 Salem Dr	Plymouth	53073	Sheboygan County	Plymouth Joint School District	No	No	No	Yes	(920) 892-2621	246	17	14.7	39.4%	203 (82.5%)	2 (0.8%)	19 (7.7%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (8.5%)	$12,139			$797			$11,341	99.5%	95.4%	4.11%
551578002023	5	Waukesha STEM Academy	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	114 S Charles St	Waukesha	53186	Waukesha County	Waukesha School District	Yes	No	No	No	(262) 970-2305	646	42	15.3	24.6%	459 (71.1%)	20 (3.1%)	84 (13.0%)	52 (8.0%)	5 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (4.0%)	$11,554			$357			$11,197	99.4%	85.6%	13.79%
551467001906	6	Bryant Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1423 Central Ave	Superior	54880	Douglas County	Superior School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 394-8785	291	19	15.4	53.6%	257 (88.3%)	7 (2.4%)	11 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.1%)	$13,664			$1,092			$12,572	99.2%	55.4%	43.82%
550603000667	7	Marcy Elementary	Public	K-4	W180N4851 Marcy Rd	Menomonee Falls	53051	Waukesha County	Hamilton School District	No	No	No	No	(262) 781-8283	508	32	15.9	13.2%	305 (60.0%)	28 (5.5%)	28 (5.5%)	113 (22.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (6.3%)	$11,881			$170			$11,711	99.1%	98.9%	0.24%
551662002166	8	Cumberland Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4780 N Marlborough Dr	Whitefish Bay	53211	Milwaukee County	Whitefish Bay School District	No	No	No	No	(414) 963-3943	636	38	16.9	2.2%	475 (74.7%)	32 (5.0%)	35 (5.5%)	39 (6.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	54 (8.5%)	$11,182			$355			$10,828	99.0%	98.7%	0.31%
550405000559	9	Northwoods Elementary	Public	K-5	3600 Northwoods Ln	Eau Claire	54703	Eau Claire County	Eau Claire Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 852-4100	318	27	11.8	48.4%	239 (75.2%)	7 (2.2%)	13 (4.1%)	28 (8.8%)	6 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (7.9%)	$15,175			$377			$14,799	98.9%	78.5%	20.35%
550246002403	10	Westlawn Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	W64N319 Madison Ave	Cedarburg	53012	Ozaukee County	Cedarburg School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 376-6900	293	20	14.4	18.8%	260 (88.7%)	1 (0.3%)	13 (4.4%)	13 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.0%)	$12,333			$493			$11,840	98.7%	98.8%	0.04%

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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.

Educational resources:

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

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.