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Best Public Schools in Grant County, WI

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Schools

6,838

Students

Districts

Top rankedFennimore High51^st of 431 Wisconsin high schools

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Biggest riser

Fennimore Elementary up 227 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Potosi High 8.9 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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3 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				ACT English Language Arts (2025)	ACT Mathematics (2025)	ACT Science (2025)	Forward Exam English Language Arts (2025)						Forward Exam Mathematics (2025)						Forward Exam Social Studies (2025)			Forward Exam Science (2025)		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/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	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
River Ridge Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	11165 County Highway P	Patch Grove	53817	Grant County	River Ridge School District	No	No	No	(n/a)	(608) 994-2715	190	16	11.5	46.8%	172 (90.5%)	1 (0.5%)	13 (6.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.6%)	67.5	354^th of 1044 public elementary schools	66.1%		72.3	283^rd of 1061 public elementary schools	73.3%	71				52.8	60.0					61.1	74.3					82.9			51.4		$19,737	$830	$18,908
River Ridge Middle	Public	5-8	11165 County Highway P	Patch Grove	53817	Grant County	River Ridge School District	No	No	No	(n/a)	(608) 994-2715	124	12	10.4	42.7%	110 (88.7%)	2 (1.6%)	7 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (4.0%)	77.6	106^th of 628 public middle schools	83.1%		88.6	34^th of 641 public middle schools	94.7%	72						48.0	60.7	79.0	61.5			52.0	71.4	79.0	76.9		65.4			57.7	$19,032	$736	$18,296
River Ridge High	Public	9-12	11165 County Highway P	Patch Grove	53817	Grant County	River Ridge School District	No	No	No	(n/a)	(608) 994-2715	167	13	12.6	31.1%	157 (94.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.4%)	57.2	185^th of 431 public high schools	57.1%		49.7	228^th of 431 public high schools	47.1%	43	51.5	57.6	39.4															50.0			$20,010	$736	$19,274
DOC: Wisconsin Secure Program Facility	Public	12	1101 Morrison Dr	Boscobel	53805	Grant County	Wisconsin Department of Corrections	No	No	No	No	(608) 375-5656	2	2	1.0		0 (0.0%)	2 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Boscobel Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	200 Buchanan St	Boscobel	53805	Grant County	Boscobel Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 375-4165	311	30	10.3	58.8%	288 (92.6%)	5 (1.6%)	7 (2.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.9%)	66.7	365^th of 1044 public elementary schools	65.0%		73.1	266^th of 1061 public elementary schools	74.9%	99				52.1	54.8	63.9				56.3	66.7	75.0				73.8			59.5		$18,682	$1,218	$17,463
Boscobel High	Public	9-12	300 Brindley St	Boscobel	53805	Grant County	Boscobel Area School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 375-4161	182	16	11.5	48.4%	171 (94.0%)	2 (1.1%)	3 (1.6%)	4 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.1%)	22.3	366^th of 431 public high schools	15.1%		15.4	393^rd of 431 public high schools	8.8%	27	37.0	23.9	32.6															44.4			$16,552	$393	$16,159
Boscobel Junior High	Public	6-8	300 Brindley St	Boscobel	53805	Grant County	Boscobel Area School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 375-4161	158	14	11.4	50.6%	148 (93.7%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.9%)	48.4	363^rd of 628 public middle schools	42.2%		48.7	374^th of 641 public middle schools	41.7%	11							59.3	59.5	43.4				63.0	52.4	52.8		41.5			39.6	$14,688	$356	$14,332
Cassville Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	412 Crawford St	Cassville	53806	Grant County	Cassville School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 725-5307	92	11	8.3	47.8%	90 (97.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	73.9	252^nd of 1044 public elementary schools	75.9%		74.2	245^th of 1061 public elementary schools	76.9%	7				55.6	53.9	55.6	71.4			66.7	69.2	100.0	78.6			61.5			76.9		$20,651	$1,178	$19,473
Cassville High	Public	7-12	715 E Amelia St	Cassville	53806	Grant County	Cassville School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 725-5116	79	12	6.8	44.3%	76 (96.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.3%)	1 (1.3%)	60.3	160^th of 431 public high schools	62.9%		55.6	185^th of 431 public high schools	57.1%	25	72.7							42.9	38.5					42.9	38.5		46.2	40.0		53.9	$24,098	$387	$23,710
Cuba City Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	518 W Roosevelt St	Cuba City	53807	Grant County	Cuba City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 744-2174	288	25	11.4	30.9%	267 (92.7%)	1 (0.3%)	15 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.7%)	52.3	560^th of 1044 public elementary schools	46.4%		53.6	586^th of 1061 public elementary schools	44.8%	26				68.6	56.0	29.0				85.7	52.0	36.8				56.0			52.0		$15,209	$446	$14,763
Cuba City High	Public	9-12	101 N School St	Cuba City	53807	Grant County	Cuba City School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 744-8888	262	21	12.4	22.9%	246 (93.9%)	2 (0.8%)	8 (3.1%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	3 (1.1%)	81.5	54^th of 431 public high schools	87.5%		68.4	109^th of 431 public high schools	74.7%	55	50.0	66.1	71.0															66.7			$15,068	$581	$14,487
Cuba City Middle	Public	6-8	101 N School St	Cuba City	53807	Grant County	Cuba City School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 744-8888	129	11	12.1	28.7%	118 (91.5%)	1 (0.8%)	8 (6.2%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	75.2	121^st of 628 public middle schools	80.7%		75.6	119^th of 641 public middle schools	81.4%	2							62.9	60.4	56.4				65.7	66.7	82.1		79.5			69.2	$14,232	$169	$14,063
Fennimore Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	830 Madison St	Fennimore	53809	Grant County	Fennimore Community School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 822-3285	380	32	11.7	46.6%	342 (90.0%)	1 (0.3%)	32 (8.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.3%)	81.6	140^th of 1044 public elementary schools	86.6%		67.4	367^th of 1061 public elementary schools	65.4%	227				72.3	65.3	70.6				74.5	77.6	59.6				81.6			75.5		$15,165	$1,091	$14,074
Fennimore High	Public	9-12	510 7th St	Fennimore	53809	Grant County	Fennimore Community School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 822-3245	255	17	15.3	40.0%	230 (90.2%)	2 (0.8%)	19 (7.5%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.8%)	81.9	51^st of 431 public high schools	88.2%		64	138^th of 431 public high schools	68.0%	87	67.8	57.6	57.6															60.0			$15,586	$350	$15,235
Fennimore Middle	Public	6-8	510 7th St	Fennimore	53809	Grant County	Fennimore Community School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 822-3245	186	13	13.9	41.9%	165 (88.7%)	1 (0.5%)	14 (7.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	3 (1.6%)	71.1	168^th of 628 public middle schools	73.2%		66.2	206^th of 641 public middle schools	67.9%	38							61.5	62.0	56.7				76.9	68.0	74.6		61.2			62.7	$13,062	$273	$12,788
Southwestern Wisconsin Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1415 Fairplay St	Hazel Green	53811	Grant County	Southwestern Wisconsin School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 854-2261	281	25	11.1	28.8%	269 (95.7%)	1 (0.4%)	11 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	59.9	461^st of 1044 public elementary schools	55.8%		67.8	358^th of 1061 public elementary schools	66.3%	103				68.8	46.7	53.1				84.4	51.1	67.4				62.2			46.7		$15,593	$924	$14,670
Southwestern Wisconsin High	Public	9-12	1105 Maple St	Hazel Green	53811	Grant County	Southwestern Wisconsin School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 854-2261	151	15	10.1	27.2%	141 (93.4%)	3 (2.0%)	5 (3.3%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	69.2	106^th of 431 public high schools	75.4%		69.4	106^th of 431 public high schools	75.4%		56.1	53.7	61.0															46.2			$18,068	$228	$17,840
Southwestern Wisconsin Community Middle	Public	6-8	1105 Maple St	Hazel Green	53811	Grant County	Southwestern Wisconsin School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 854-2261	96	9	10.5	30.2%	87 (90.6%)	4 (4.2%)	5 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	42.7	415^th of 628 public middle schools	33.9%		39.9	428^th of 641 public middle schools	33.2%	13							58.1	47.1	26.9				35.5	52.9	46.2		57.7			53.9	$16,123	$116	$16,006
Lancaster Middle	Public	6-8	802 E Elm St	Lancaster	53813	Grant County	Lancaster Community School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 723-6425	231	15	15.7	38.5%	216 (93.5%)	2 (0.9%)	12 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	67.7	203^rd of 628 public middle schools	67.7%		56.6	290^th of 641 public middle schools	54.8%	87							60.9	57.0	50.7				71.0	61.6	75.4		71.0			56.5	$10,693	$383	$10,310
Lancaster High	Public	9-12	806 E Elm St	Lancaster	53813	Grant County	Lancaster Community School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 723-2173	325	26	12.4	32.0%	299 (92.0%)	6 (1.8%)	10 (3.1%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.2%)	66.9	121^st of 431 public high schools	71.9%		67.8	111^th of 431 public high schools	74.2%	10	58.5	52.3	50.8															51.3			$16,815	$655	$16,161
Winskill Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	861 W Maple St	Lancaster	53813	Grant County	Lancaster Community School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 723-4066	435	37	11.7	38.6%	411 (94.5%)	3 (0.7%)	16 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.1%)	81.2	143^rd of 1044 public elementary schools	86.3%		76	216^th of 1061 public elementary schools	79.6%	73				56.5	64.9	86.2				78.3	75.4	86.4				71.9			71.9		$16,804	$688	$16,117
Riverdale Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	800 N 6th St	Muscoda	53573	Grant County	Riverdale School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 739-3101	337	28	12.1	56.4%	308 (91.4%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (1.8%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.9%)	61.1	442^nd of 1044 public elementary schools	57.7%		64.1	417^th of 1061 public elementary schools	60.7%	25				65.7	58.2	63.9	52.3			71.4	60.0	58.3	50.0			67.3			45.5		$16,231	$739	$15,492
Riverdale Junior High	Public	7-8	235 E Elm St	Muscoda	53573	Grant County	Riverdale School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 739-3116	88	5	16.3	53.4%	80 (90.9%)	3 (3.4%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.5%)	57.8	282^nd of 628 public middle schools	55.1%		48	381^st of 641 public middle schools	40.6%	99								58.5	43.9					53.7	65.9		63.4			56.1	$15,954	$739	$15,215
Riverdale High	Public	9-12	235 E Elm St	Muscoda	53573	Grant County	Riverdale School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 739-3116	192	14	13.6	44.3%	170 (88.5%)	1 (0.5%)	5 (2.6%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (7.3%)	35	315^th of 431 public high schools	26.9%		47.7	234^th of 431 public high schools	45.7%	81		21.3	23.4															72.3			$19,080	$1,263	$17,817
Riverdale Academy	Public	6-12	800 N 6th St	Muscoda	53573	Grant County	Riverdale School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 739-3101	14	1	15.5	71.4%	13 (92.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (7.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																					$15,471	$1,811	$13,660
Neal Wilkins Early Learning Center	Public	PK-K	425 Broadway St	Platteville	53818	Grant County	Platteville School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 342-4040	205	17	11.8	47.8%	153 (74.6%)	14 (6.8%)	21 (10.2%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (7.8%)								(n/a)																					$15,734	$873	$14,861
Platteville High	Public	9-12	710 E Madison St	Platteville	53818	Grant County	Platteville School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 342-4020	479	31	15.7	39.0%	372 (77.7%)	22 (4.6%)	43 (9.0%)	12 (2.5%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (5.4%)	68.9	109^th of 431 public high schools	74.7%		80.5	53^rd of 431 public high schools	87.7%	56	57.0	54.4	48.3															57.4			$15,863	$292	$15,571
Platteville Middle	Public	5-8	40 E Madison St	Platteville	53818	Grant County	Platteville School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 342-4010	417	35	11.8	41.2%	334 (80.1%)	20 (4.8%)	37 (8.9%)	6 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.6%)	75.4	119^th of 628 public middle schools	81.1%		82.3	68^th of 641 public middle schools	89.4%	51						61.3	67.7	78.4	59.2			78.5	71.1	80.6	56.6		71.0			58.0	$14,874	$667	$14,208
Westview Elementary	Public	1-4	1201 W Camp St	Platteville	53818	Grant County	Platteville School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 342-4050	443	32	13.8	43.8%	332 (74.9%)	25 (5.6%)	48 (10.8%)	8 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (6.8%)	76.4	214^th of 1044 public elementary schools	79.5%		82.5	125^th of 1061 public elementary schools	88.2%	89				64.2	71.8					61.3	73.9					78.4			64.9		$14,091	$1,041	$13,050
Potosi Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	128 Highway 61 N	Potosi	53820	Grant County	Potosi School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 763-2163	166	14	11.5	24.1%	162 (97.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.2%)	73.9	251^st of 1044 public elementary schools	76.0%		81.2	146^th of 1061 public elementary schools	86.2%	105				83.3	68.2	50.0				79.2	72.7	77.8				63.6			50.0		$16,286	$865	$15,420
Potosi High	Public	9-12	128 Highway 61 N	Potosi	53820	Grant County	Potosi School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 763-2161	107	12	8.9	35.5%	102 (95.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	63.8	141^st of 431 public high schools	67.3%		71.6	91^st of 431 public high schools	78.9%	50			62.5															46.4			$21,579	$282	$21,297
Potosi Middle	Public	6-8	128 Highway 61 N	Potosi	53820	Grant County	Potosi School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 763-2161	66	6	10.4	27.3%	61 (92.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (6.1%)	46.1	381^st of 628 public middle schools	39.3%		50.7	354^th of 641 public middle schools	44.8%	27							48.2	31.6	50.0				51.9	26.3	61.1		77.8			50.0	$17,549	$259	$17,291

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