Best Public Schools in Janesville, WI

Summary:

The city of Janesville, Wisconsin is home to a diverse array of 25 schools, including 15 elementary schools, 3 middle schools, 5 high schools, and 2 alternative schools. The data reveals a mix of high-performing and struggling schools, with standout institutions like Monroe Elementary, Harrison Elementary, and Rock University High leading the way in academic achievement and student outcomes.

The data highlights significant disparities in performance across the Janesville School District, with some schools like Madison Elementary and Lincoln Elementary struggling to meet state and district averages, while others like Harmony Elementary and ARISE Virtual Academy excel. This disparity appears to be correlated with socioeconomic factors, as schools with higher rates of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch tend to underperform their more affluent counterparts.

The district also offers unique educational options, such as the project-based Rock University High and the virtual ARISE Virtual Academy, which may be better suited to meet the needs of specific student populations. Overall, the Janesville school data highlights both areas of strength and opportunities for improvement, as the community works to ensure all students have access to a high-quality education.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2023)				Ranking (2022)				ACT English Language Arts (2023)	ACT Mathematics (2023)	ACT Science (2023)	Forward Exam English Language Arts (2023)						Forward Exam Mathematics (2023)						Forward Exam Social Studies (2023)			Forward Exam Science (2023)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	SchoolDigger Rating (2023)	Average Standard Score (2022)	Statewide Rank (2022)	State Percentile (2022)	Rank Change from Previous Year	ACT English Language Arts 10th Grade	ACT Mathematics 10th Grade	ACT Science 10th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 3rd Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 4th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 5th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 6th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 7th Grade	Forward Exam English Language Arts 8th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 3rd Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 4th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 5th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 6th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 7th Grade	Forward Exam Mathematics 8th Grade	Forward Exam Social Studies 4th Grade	Forward Exam Social Studies 8th Grade	Forward Exam Social Studies 10th Grade	Forward Exam Science 4th Grade	Forward Exam Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired	Public, Alternative	1-12	1700 W State St	Janesville	53546	Rock County	Wisconsin Dept of Public Instruction	No	No	No	No	(608) 758-6100	0	12	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Adams Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1138 E Memorial Dr	Janesville	53545	Rock County	Janesville School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 743-6300	295	26	11.5	76.6%	190 (64.4%)	17 (5.8%)	54 (18.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (10.8%)	34.6	775^th of 1067 public elementary schools	27.4%		21.5	890^th of 1067 public elementary schools	16.6%	115				26.8	40.0	16.2				26.8	32.5	18.4				62.5			62.5		$12,312	$927	$11,384
Craig High	Public	9-12	401 S Randall Ave	Janesville	53545	Rock County	Janesville School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 743-5200	1,522	112	13.5	37.3%	1,095 (71.9%)	58 (3.8%)	226 (14.8%)	56 (3.7%)	8 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	75 (4.9%)	32.5	301^st of 415 public high schools	27.5%		41	228^th of 391 public high schools	41.7%	73	34.0	20.6	29.3															44.1			$12,952	$839	$12,113
Edison Middle	Public	6-8	1649 S Chatham St	Janesville	53546	Rock County	Janesville School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 743-5900	611	46	13.2	60.6%	420 (68.7%)	20 (3.3%)	120 (19.6%)	11 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (6.5%)	44.7	376^th of 640 public middle schools	41.3%		46.2	355^th of 617 public middle schools	42.5%	21							37.8	39.5	31.9				30.6	32.8	25.6		56.9			46.0	$11,408	$1,063	$10,345
Franklin Middle	Public	6-8	450 N Crosby Ave	Janesville	53548	Rock County	Janesville School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 743-6000	539	48	11.1	67.5%	310 (57.5%)	65 (12.1%)	86 (16.0%)	13 (2.4%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	61 (11.3%)	28.2	488^th of 640 public middle schools	23.8%		41.6	397^th of 617 public middle schools	35.7%	91							23.1	26.6	31.2				17.9	16.7	14.3		54.2			40.5	$12,459	$506	$11,953
Harrison Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	760 Princeton Rd	Janesville	53546	Rock County	Janesville School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 743-6400	258	23	11.1	32.6%	205 (79.5%)	7 (2.7%)	31 (12.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (5.4%)	74.5	227^th of 1067 public elementary schools	78.7%		69.8	289^th of 1067 public elementary schools	72.9%	62				41.2	58.1	48.5				82.4	60.5	66.7				72.1			58.1		$12,056	$323	$11,733
Jackson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	441 W Burbank Ave	Janesville	53546	Rock County	Janesville School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 743-6500	325	35	9.2	81.5%	195 (60.0%)	6 (1.8%)	100 (30.8%)	4 (1.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (5.8%)	43	684^th of 1067 public elementary schools	35.9%		37.9	744^th of 1067 public elementary schools	30.3%	60				36.4	34.0	56.1				40.9	29.4	54.8				47.1			41.2		$14,267	$1,003	$13,264
Jefferson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1831 Mount Zion Ave	Janesville	53545	Rock County	Janesville School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 743-6600	294	27	11.0	63.9%	197 (67.0%)	13 (4.4%)	58 (19.7%)	6 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (6.8%)	60.2	455^th of 1067 public elementary schools	57.4%		59	469^th of 1067 public elementary schools	56.0%	14				44.8	55.9	45.0				57.9	52.9	35.0				57.6			52.9		$13,667	$926	$12,741
Lincoln Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1821 Conde St	Janesville	53546	Rock County	Janesville School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 743-6700	313	28	11.3	73.8%	179 (57.2%)	16 (5.1%)	84 (26.8%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (10.2%)	30.2	817^th of 1067 public elementary schools	23.4%		32.3	796^th of 1067 public elementary schools	25.4%	21				28.9	34.0	20.5				41.3	14.0	22.7				58.0			46.0		$12,744	$895	$11,849
Madison Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	331 N Grant Ave	Janesville	53548	Rock County	Janesville School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 743-6800	329	27	12.3	73.3%	199 (60.5%)	24 (7.3%)	64 (19.5%)	7 (2.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (10.3%)	29.5	819^th of 1067 public elementary schools	23.2%		35	763^rd of 1067 public elementary schools	28.5%	56				18.2	31.4	23.7				18.2	31.4	31.6				49.0			58.8		$12,260	$1,130	$11,130
Marshall Middle	Public	6-8	25 S Pontiac Dr	Janesville	53545	Rock County	Janesville School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 743-6200	733	54	13.6	45.8%	533 (72.7%)	27 (3.7%)	97 (13.2%)	10 (1.4%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	61 (8.3%)	55.3	271^st of 640 public middle schools	57.7%		51.7	311^th of 617 public middle schools	49.6%	40							42.4	38.2	38.0				39.6	39.9	27.8		70.4			49.5	$11,129	$527	$10,602
Monroe Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	55 S Pontiac Dr	Janesville	53545	Rock County	Janesville School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 743-6900	354	26	13.5	52.5%	249 (70.3%)	17 (4.8%)	50 (14.1%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	33 (9.3%)	85	99^th of 1067 public elementary schools	90.7%		81.3	146^th of 1067 public elementary schools	86.3%	47				59.3	64.4	52.7				86.4	75.6	61.8				73.3			73.3		$11,418	$323	$11,095
Parker High	Public	9-12	3125 Mineral Point Ave	Janesville	53548	Rock County	Janesville School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 743-5600	1,250	97	12.8	51.4%	883 (70.6%)	69 (5.5%)	161 (12.9%)	40 (3.2%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	91 (7.3%)	15.3	385^th of 415 public high schools	7.2%		14.3	373^rd of 391 public high schools	4.6%	12	25.9	11.0	22.8															32.0			$14,641	$923	$13,718
Roosevelt Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	316 S Ringold St	Janesville	53545	Rock County	Janesville School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 743-7000	354	28	12.6	55.6%	260 (73.4%)	22 (6.2%)	39 (11.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (8.8%)	78.8	176^th of 1067 public elementary schools	83.5%		84.4	108^th of 1067 public elementary schools	89.9%	68				53.7	62.3	55.6				62.7	67.9	65.1				71.7			60.4		$12,460	$950	$11,510
Van Buren Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1515 Lapham St	Janesville	53546	Rock County	Janesville School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 743-7100	401	28	14.2	48.4%	312 (77.8%)	9 (2.2%)	39 (9.7%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (9.2%)	62.3	423^rd of 1067 public elementary schools	60.4%		56.3	499^th of 1067 public elementary schools	53.2%	76				25.4	54.0	43.3				59.3	58.7	33.3				74.6			71.4		$10,785	$323	$10,462
Washington Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	811 N Pine St	Janesville	53548	Rock County	Janesville School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 743-7200	400	28	14.3	59.3%	297 (74.3%)	15 (3.8%)	41 (10.3%)	5 (1.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	40 (10.0%)	69.4	307^th of 1067 public elementary schools	71.2%		76.5	200^th of 1067 public elementary schools	81.3%	107				45.5	51.1	55.0				54.6	53.2	63.3				70.2			55.3		$11,683	$798	$10,885
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%)	16.4	911^th of 1067 public elementary schools	14.6%		18.3	915^th of 1067 public elementary schools	14.2%	4				17.1	12.8	13.5				40.0	18.0	15.1				35.9			41.0		$16,461	$1,201	$15,260
Kennedy Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3901 Randolph Rd	Janesville	53546	Rock County	Janesville School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 743-7500	372	28	13.3	48.4%	264 (71.0%)	23 (6.2%)	41 (11.0%)	13 (3.5%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	29 (7.8%)	70.3	291^st of 1067 public elementary schools	72.7%		63.8	382^nd of 1067 public elementary schools	64.2%	91				48.2	80.0	28.8				58.9	75.4	35.6				78.7			67.2		$12,162	$323	$11,839
Rock River Charter School	Public, Charter	6-12	31 W Milwaukee St	Janesville	53548	Rock County	Janesville School District	Yes	No	No	Yes	(608) 752-8273	249	16	15.7	78.3%	154 (61.8%)	29 (11.6%)	39 (15.7%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (10.0%)								(n/a)																		5.6			$10,906	$1,456	$9,450
Youth Services Center	Public, Alternative	4-12	210 E US Highway 14	Janesville	53545	Rock County	Janesville School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 757-5930	11	3	4.0	72.7%	3 (27.3%)	7 (63.6%)	1 (9.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																					$31,725	$6,468	$25,257
Rock University High	Public, Charter	9-12	6004 S County Road G	Janesville	53546	Rock County	Janesville School District	Yes	No	No	No	(608) 743-7425	91	6	15.5	39.6%	68 (74.7%)	5 (5.5%)	12 (13.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (6.6%)	81.4	58^th of 415 public high schools	86.0%		57	153^rd of 391 public high schools	60.9%	95	65.0	35.0	40.0															81.0			$12,279	$323	$11,956
ARISE Virtual Academy	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	450 N Crosby Ave	Janesville	53548	Rock County	Janesville School District	Yes	No	Yes	No	(608) 743-6016	147	12	12.0	55.8%	95 (64.6%)	9 (6.1%)	13 (8.8%)	13 (8.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (11.6%)								(n/a)						0.0		41.7	31.3			0.0		25.0	18.8		50.0	33.3		50.0	$12,871	$4,086	$8,785
Consolidated Elementary	Public	K-3	4838 N County Road F	Janesville	53545	Rock County	Milton School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 868-9595	86	5	17.3	10.5%	80 (93.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.2%)								(n/a)				71.4						81.0											$11,816	$89	$11,726
Harmony Elementary	Public	PK, KG-3	4243 E Rotamer Rd	Janesville	53546	Rock County	Milton School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 868-9360	308	19	16.4	17.5%	286 (92.9%)	3 (1.0%)	7 (2.3%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.9%)								(n/a)				62.9						69.4											$11,136	$178	$10,958

Cities Near Janesville

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Milton	7.6 mi	5	133^rd
Footville	8.12 mi	1
Beloit	8.93 mi	19	453^rd
Edgerton	9.28 mi	4	172^nd
Orfordville	11.2 mi	4	174^th

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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.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.