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
351	Fontana Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	450 S Main St	Fontana	53125	Walworth County	Fontana J8 School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 275-6881	197	21	9.3	17.8%	179 (90.9%)	2 (1.0%)	12 (6.1%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.5%)	$18,156			$882			$17,274	67.8	63	437	86		550472000508
352	Lincoln Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	755 S Rural St	Hartford	53027	Washington County	Hartford J1 School District	No	No	No	No	(262) 673-2100	460	39	11.8	48.7%	317 (68.9%)	22 (4.8%)	92 (20.0%)	5 (1.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.0%)	$12,325			$438			$11,887	67.8	65.8	394	42		550609000675
353	Washington Island Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	888 Main Rd	Washington Island	54246	Door County	Washington Island School District	No	No	No	Yes	(920) 847-2507	38	8	5		32 (84.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (10.5%)	2 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$25,265			$1,949			$23,316	67.7	70.9	302	51		551557001986
354	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	72.3	283	71		550001700684
355	Maryland Montessori	Public	PK, KG-8	2418 N Maryland Ave	Milwaukee	53211	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 906-4800	470	23	20.2	24.9%	281 (59.8%)	69 (14.7%)	49 (10.4%)	17 (3.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (11.3%)	$11,728			$1,898			$9,830	67.4	63.3	432	77		550960001216
356	Decorah Elementary	Public	K-4	1225 Sylvan Way	West Bend	53095	Washington County	West Bend School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 335-5476	349	27	13.1	34.7%	244 (69.9%)	23 (6.6%)	42 (12.0%)	7 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	31 (8.9%)	$13,291			$275			$13,016	67.4	74.5	240	116		551629002127
357	Arbor Vitae-Woodruff Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	11065 Old Highway 51 N	Arbor Vitae	54568	Vilas County	Woodruff J1 School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 356-3282	514	45	11.4	36.8%	415 (80.7%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (4.9%)	3 (0.6%)	43 (8.4%)	1 (0.2%)	27 (5.3%)	$13,420			$666			$12,754	67.4	66.7	382	25		551716002227
358	Traeger Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3000 W 20th Ave	Oshkosh	54904	Winnebago County	Oshkosh Area School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 424-0221	423	31	13.5	26.7%	313 (74.0%)	15 (3.5%)	31 (7.3%)	32 (7.6%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (7.1%)	$12,716			$495			$12,221	67.4	66.9	378	20		551119001359
359	Bristol Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	20121 83rd St	Bristol	53104	Kenosha County	Bristol #1 School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 857-2334	830	55	15.1	18.3%	702 (84.6%)	8 (1.0%)	63 (7.6%)	16 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (4.9%)	$10,947			$376			$10,570	67.4	64.7	408	49		550171000209
360	Washington Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	8937 Big Bend Rd	Waterford	53185	Racine County	Washington-Caldwell School District	No	No	No	No	(262) 662-3466	192	14	13.6	11.5%	173 (90.1%)	3 (1.6%)	5 (2.6%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.7%)	$14,381			$1,206			$13,175	67.3	69.3	332	28		551570001993

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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.