Best Elementary Schools in Wisconsin for African American 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, African American 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 (African American vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 137)	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 (African American)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (African American)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
550054000085	1	Valley View Elementary	Public	K-5	2200 True Ln	Green Bay	54304	Brown County	Ashwaubenon School District	No	No	No	Yes	(920) 492-2930	713	52	13.7	44.3%	508 (71.2%)	22 (3.1%)	67 (9.4%)	27 (3.8%)	16 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	73 (10.2%)	$11,706			$776			$10,931	99.3%	56.6%	42.72%
550732002653	2	Nash Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	6801 99th Ave	Kenosha	53142	Kenosha County	Kenosha School District	No	No	No	No	(262) 359-3500	544	35	15.5	30.1%	326 (59.9%)	53 (9.7%)	102 (18.8%)	23 (4.2%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	36 (6.6%)	$12,841			$661			$12,180	98.5%	78.8%	19.75%
551380001810	3	Lake Bluff Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	1600 E Lake Bluff Blvd	Shorewood	53211	Milwaukee County	Shorewood School District	No	No	No	No	(414) 963-6972	508	38	13.4	21.9%	321 (63.2%)	43 (8.5%)	49 (9.6%)	37 (7.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (11.4%)	$13,427			$352			$13,075	97.8%	95.6%	2.24%
551365001786	4	Jackson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2530 Weeden Creek Rd	Sheboygan	53081	Sheboygan County	Sheboygan Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(920) 459-3573	312	30	10.4	58.7%	157 (50.3%)	32 (10.3%)	36 (11.5%)	48 (15.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (12.5%)	$13,626			$954			$12,672	97.1%	45.4%	51.65%
550960001166	5	Fratney Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3255 N Fratney St	Milwaukee	53212	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 267-1100	483	28	17.5	71.2%	52 (10.8%)	102 (21.1%)	310 (64.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.7%)	$15,670			$2,766			$12,905	96.4%	11.9%	84.47%
550732000820	6	Pleasant Prairie Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	9208 Wilmot Rd	Pleasant Prairie	53158	Kenosha County	Kenosha School District	No	No	No	No	(262) 359-2104	504	31	16.2	31.2%	322 (63.9%)	33 (6.5%)	88 (17.5%)	34 (6.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (5.4%)	$11,745			$661			$11,084	95.6%	58.0%	37.66%
550960001210	7	Lowell International Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4360 S 20th St	Milwaukee	53221	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 304-6600	213	15	14	89.2%	26 (12.2%)	37 (17.4%)	116 (54.5%)	22 (10.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (5.6%)	$17,182			$3,034			$14,148	94.9%	36.0%	58.89%
550960001164	8	Golda Meir School	Public, Alternative	3-12	1615 N Martin Luther King Dr	Milwaukee	53212	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 758-2500	1,174	61	19.2	47.8%	208 (17.7%)	687 (58.5%)	165 (14.1%)	47 (4.0%)	3 (0.3%)	3 (0.3%)	59 (5.0%)	$12,984			$2,201			$10,783	94.2%	45.1%	49.01%
551599002087	9	Roosevelt Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2535 N 73rd St	Wauwatosa	53213	Milwaukee County	Wauwatosa School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 773-1600	414	28	14.5	22.5%	277 (66.9%)	58 (14.0%)	36 (8.7%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (9.7%)	$11,710			$572			$11,136	93.4%	95.1%	1.67%
550951001113	10	West Middleton Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	7627 W Mineral Point Rd	Verona	53593	Dane County	Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 829-9360	364	33	10.8	22.0%	253 (69.5%)	41 (11.3%)	27 (7.4%)	22 (6.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	19 (5.2%)	$14,017			$643			$13,374	92.7%	89.4%	3.26%

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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:

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

State-Administered Standardized Tests: A Comprehensive Guide

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.