Best Elementary Schools in Wisconsin for General 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, General 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 (General Education vs All Students - 2024)					ID
Rank (of 822)	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 (General Education)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (General Education)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
1	Wauwatosa STEM	Public, Charter	K-5	1060 N Glenview Ave	Wauwatosa	53213	Milwaukee County	Wauwatosa School District	Yes	No	No	No	(414) 773-1900	131	6	21.8	2.3%	111 (84.7%)	2 (1.5%)	6 (4.6%)	5 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (5.3%)	$12,569			$381			$12,187	99.9%	99.7%	0.16%			551599002728
2	Accelerated Advanced Learning Program	Public, Charter	4-8	325 S Eagle St	Oshkosh	54902	Winnebago County	Oshkosh Area School District	Yes	No	No	No	(920) 424-0320	59	4	14.3	5.1%	55 (93.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,303			$494			$11,809	99.8%	99.9%	0.15%			551119003364
3	Eagleville Charter School	Public, Charter	K-6	S101W34511 Hwy LO	Eagle	53119	Waukesha County	Mukwonago School District	Yes	No	No	Yes	(262) 363-6258	109	9	12.6	14.7%	95 (87.2%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (6.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (6.4%)	$12,652			$320			$12,332	99.6%	87.1%	12.55%			551006003354
4	Richards Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	5812 N Santa Monica Blvd	Whitefish Bay	53217	Milwaukee County	Whitefish Bay School District	No	No	No	No	(414) 963-3951	680	38	18	0.9%	537 (79.0%)	4 (0.6%)	34 (5.0%)	29 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	76 (11.2%)	$11,208			$360			$10,848	99.5%	99.5%	0.02%			551662002169
5	Parkview Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	W72N853 Harrison Ave	Cedarburg	53012	Ozaukee County	Cedarburg School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 376-6800	498	33	14.9	7.8%	428 (85.9%)	3 (0.6%)	29 (5.8%)	8 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (6.0%)	$10,739			$506			$10,233	99.4%	99.4%	0.04%			550246000271
6	Saint Croix Falls Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	651 E Louisiana St	Saint Croix Falls	54024	Polk County	Saint Croix Falls School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 483-9823	322	28	11.7	43.5%	293 (91.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.7%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.7%)	$14,480			$655			$13,825	99.3%	98.5%	0.78%			551323001745
7	Maple Avenue Elementary	Public	K-4	W240N6059 Maple Ave	Sussex	53089	Waukesha County	Hamilton School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 246-4220	426	29	14.4	17.8%	295 (69.2%)	16 (3.8%)	27 (6.3%)	68 (16.0%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	16 (3.8%)	$14,348			$235			$14,113	99.1%	97.7%	1.41%			550603000666
8	Westlawn Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	W64N319 Madison Ave	Cedarburg	53012	Ozaukee County	Cedarburg School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 376-6900	291	21	13.7	16.2%	258 (88.7%)	1 (0.3%)	14 (4.8%)	12 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.1%)	$12,333			$493			$11,840	99.0%	98.8%	0.25%			550246002403
9	New Directions Learning Community	Public, Charter	PK, KG-4	2601 Sullivan Ave	Kaukauna	54130	Outagamie County	Kaukauna Area School District	Yes	No	No	No	(920) 766-6116	260	15	16.9	16.2%	241 (92.7%)	2 (0.8%)	11 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.3%)	$9,720			$255			$9,465	98.9%	99.0%	0.06%			550729002878
10	Kohler Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	333 Upper Rd	Kohler	53044	Sheboygan County	Kohler School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 803-7206	345	24	14.5	1.4%	257 (74.5%)	6 (1.7%)	38 (11.0%)	29 (8.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.3%)	$10,205			$271			$9,934	98.8%	99.2%	0.46%			550750000852

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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.