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Best Public Schools in Buffalo County, WI

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At a glance

Schools

1,850

Students

Districts

Top rankedGilmanton Elementary128^th of 1,039 Wisconsin elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Gilmanton Elementary up 521 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Cochrane-Fountain City Elementary 11.6 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

Gilmanton High

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				ACT English Language Arts (2026)	ACT Mathematics (2026)	ACT Science (2026)	Forward Exam English Language Arts (2026)						Forward Exam Mathematics (2026)						Forward Exam Social Studies (2026)			Forward Exam Science (2026)		Vaccination (2025-26)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	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	Vaccination: Kindergartners meeting all minimum immunization requirements	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Alma Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	S1610 High School Rd	Alma	54610	Buffalo County	Alma School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 685-4416	184	14	13.3	33.7%	178 (96.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.1%)	66.4	370^th of 1039 public elementary schools	64.4%		74.2	249^th of 1044 public elementary schools	76.1%	121				66.7	80.0	78.3	41.7	57.1	40.9	76.2	33.3	60.9	50.0	50.0	40.9	73.3	59.1		73.3	50.0	88%		$14,210	$821	$13,388
Alma High	Public	9-12	S1610 High School Rd	Alma	54610	Buffalo County	Alma School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 685-4416	80	7	11.8	33.8%	74 (92.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.3%)	51.4	280^th of 533 public high schools	47.5%		23.5	362^nd of 431 public high schools	16.0%	82	45.5	27.3	36.4															72.2					$17,870	$1,024	$16,846
Cochrane-Fountain City Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	S2770 State Road 35	Fountain City	54629	Buffalo County	Cochrane-Fountain City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 687-4171	271	23	11.6	36.2%	245 (90.4%)	1 (0.4%)	12 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.8%)	55	532^nd of 1039 public elementary schools	48.8%		64.2	397^th of 1044 public elementary schools	62.0%	135				60.0	51.2	47.2	71.9			71.4	41.9	36.1	65.6			60.5			58.1		93%		$14,475	$585	$13,891
Cochrane-Fountain City High	Public	7-12	S2770 State Road 35	Fountain City	54629	Buffalo County	Cochrane-Fountain City School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 687-4391	244	19	13.1	29.1%	229 (93.9%)	2 (0.8%)	6 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.9%)	44.7	323^rd of 533 public high schools	39.4%		57.1	186^th of 431 public high schools	56.8%	137	41.7	16.7	30.6					50.0	47.4					33.3	34.2		55.3	69.2		39.5			$15,211	$393	$14,818
Gilmanton Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	W756 County Road Z	Gilmanton	54743	Buffalo County	Gilmanton School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 946-3158	52	5	10.8	30.8%	48 (92.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (5.8%)	81.7	128^th of 1039 public elementary schools	87.7%		45.6	649^th of 1044 public elementary schools	37.8%	521				66.7	87.5					55.6	87.5					87.5			75.0				$15,465	$877	$14,588
Gilmanton High	Public	9-12	S889 Larson Rd	Gilmanton	54743	Buffalo County	Gilmanton School District	No	No	No	No	(715) 946-3158	39	6	6.7	48.7%	38 (97.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29.7	409^th of 533 public high schools	23.3%					(n/a)	0.0	11.1	33.3															54.6					$31,439	$698	$30,742
Gilmanton Middle	Public	5-8	S889 Larson Rd	Gilmanton	54743	Buffalo County	Gilmanton School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 946-3158	37	4	9.4	54.1%	35 (94.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (5.4%)	56.5	297^th of 643 public middle schools	53.8%		26.3	488^th of 628 public middle schools	22.3%	191						28.6	66.7	40.0	66.7			0.0	33.3	46.7	55.6		100.0			66.7			$21,161	$1,448	$19,713
Mondovi Middle	Public	6-8	337 N Jackson St	Mondovi	54755	Buffalo County	Mondovi School District	No	No	No	No	(715) 926-3457	197	13	14.6	35.5%	183 (92.9%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.6%)	51.8	347^th of 643 public middle schools	46.0%		52.4	331^st of 628 public middle schools	47.3%	16							46.6	64.7	45.0				50.0	69.1	58.3		56.7			40.0			$13,655	$518	$13,137
Mondovi Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	337 N Jackson St	Mondovi	54755	Buffalo County	Mondovi School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 926-3645	491	35	13.8	40.1%	439 (89.4%)	3 (0.6%)	32 (6.5%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	12 (2.4%)	42	697^th of 1039 public elementary schools	32.9%		43.5	674^th of 1044 public elementary schools	35.4%	23				46.9	47.4	53.0				48.4	43.4	43.9				56.6			47.4		88%		$12,441	$857	$11,584
Mondovi High	Public	9-12	337 N Jackson St	Mondovi	54755	Buffalo County	Mondovi School District	No	No	No	No	(715) 926-3656	255	18	14.1	33.7%	238 (93.3%)	3 (1.2%)	8 (3.1%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	4 (1.6%)	63.9	192^nd of 533 public high schools	64.0%		43.3	264^th of 431 public high schools	38.7%	72	53.7	52.2	47.8															42.9					$15,965	$615	$15,350

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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.

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