Best Elementary Schools in Wisconsin

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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 Thursday, September 25, 2025.

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 1044)	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	Average Standard Score (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
251	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%)	$16,069			$958			$15,110	73.9	81.2	146	105		551209001575
252	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%)	$17,869			$2,123			$15,746	73.9	74.2	245	7		550240000264
253	Meadowbrook Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	720 Hillcrest Hts	Green Bay	54313	Brown County	Howard-Suamico School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 662-5000	478	38	12.6	23.2%	395 (82.6%)	12 (2.5%)	32 (6.7%)	16 (3.3%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.0%)	$12,022			$362			$11,661	73.8	66.5	383	130		550663000718
254	Harrison Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	760 Princeton Rd	Janesville	53546	Rock County	Janesville School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 743-6400	266	23	11.8	32.3%	199 (74.8%)	12 (4.5%)	37 (13.9%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (6.0%)	$12,056			$323			$11,733	73.7	77.5	198	56		550702000761
255	Rocky Branch Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1415 Bartosh Ln	River Falls	54022	Pierce County	River Falls School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 425-1819	441	34	13.1	22.9%	367 (83.2%)	10 (2.3%)	23 (5.2%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	35 (7.9%)	$11,335			$572			$10,763	73.7	68.2	354	99		551305002448
256	Northland Pines Elementary-Land O' Lakes	Public	PK, KG-4	6485 Town Hall Rd	Land O Lakes	54540	Vilas County	Northland Pines School District	No	No	No	No	(715) 547-3619	51	5	10.5	45.1%	46 (90.2%)	1 (2.0%)	3 (5.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$28,413			$657			$27,756	73.6	76.6	211	45		550386000405
257	Riverside Elementary	Public	3-5	W153N8681 Margaret Rd	Menomonee Falls	53051	Waukesha County	Menomonee Falls School District	No	No	No	No	(262) 255-8484	455	32	14	17.6%	305 (67.0%)	36 (7.9%)	29 (6.4%)	41 (9.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (9.7%)	$11,956			$336			$11,619	73.6	70.6	311	54		550906000660
258	Halmstad Elementary	Public	K-5	565 E South Ave	Chippewa Falls	54729	Chippewa County	Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 726-2415	355	28	12.6	51.5%	270 (76.1%)	8 (2.3%)	27 (7.6%)	27 (7.6%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.6%)	$12,618			$803			$11,815	73.6	69.9	323	65		550255000284
259	Pepin Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	510 Pine St	Pepin	54759	Pepin County	Pepin Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 442-2391	115	13	9.2	33.9%	106 (92.2%)	4 (3.5%)	4 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.9%)	$18,230			$1,468			$16,762	73.6	55.4	562	303		551158001531
260	Janssen Elementary	Public	K-4	420 Wallace St	Combined Locks	54113	Outagamie County	Kimberly Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(920) 788-7915	339	26	13.1	21.8%	289 (85.3%)	5 (1.5%)	14 (4.1%)	11 (3.2%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	18 (5.3%)	$10,197			$608			$9,589	73.6	76.7	206	54		550747000847

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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 September 25, 2025, 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.