Best Elementary Schools in Wisconsin for English Language Learner Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Wisconsin!

Every year, the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, English Language Learner students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Wisconsin test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

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 (English Language Learner vs All Students - 2025)					ID
Rank (of 255)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (English Language Learner)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (English Language Learner)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
255	Wisconsin Virtual Academy K-8 (WIVA)	Public, Virtual, Charter	PK, KG-8	4721 Dale-Curtin Dr	Mc Farland	53558	Dane County	McFarland School District	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	(608) 838-9482	1,393	63	22	68.1%	645 (46.3%)	266 (19.1%)	280 (20.1%)	39 (2.8%)	16 (1.1%)	1 (0.1%)	146 (10.5%)	$9,030			$14			$9,016	0.0%	11.0%	11.02%			550891002973
254	Rawson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1410 Rawson Ave	South Milwaukee	53172	Milwaukee County	South Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 766-2904	371	30	12.2	61.5%	189 (50.9%)	27 (7.3%)	118 (31.8%)	9 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (7.5%)	$13,257			$740			$12,518	0.4%	17.2%	16.85%			551404001830
253	Wilder Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2590 Robinson Ave	Green Bay	54311	Brown County	Green Bay Area Public School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 391-2460	413	30	13.7	50.8%	138 (33.4%)	8 (1.9%)	175 (42.4%)	67 (16.2%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.6%)	$12,460			$807			$11,653	0.8%	16.5%	15.69%			550582002406
252	Northside Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	3620 High Rd	Middleton	53562	Dane County	Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 829-9130	307	25	12.4	19.5%	191 (62.2%)	7 (2.3%)	46 (15.0%)	28 (9.1%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.3%)	32 (10.4%)	$12,066			$503			$11,563	1.2%	84.5%	83.31%			550951001109
251	Manitoba Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	4040 W Forest Home Ave	Milwaukee	53215	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 902-8600	469	27	17.1	83.2%	33 (7.0%)	101 (21.5%)	197 (42.0%)	99 (21.1%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	37 (7.9%)	$16,296			$2,674			$13,622	1.6%	5.3%	3.70%			550960001213
250	Kennedy Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	221 Meadowlark Dr	Madison	53714	Dane County	Madison Metropolitan School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 204-3420	582	53	10.9	61.5%	174 (29.9%)	238 (40.9%)	62 (10.7%)	41 (7.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	66 (11.3%)	$13,952			$444			$13,509	2.0%	11.9%	9.92%			550852000939
249	Granite Ridge School	Public	3-5	4500 Buss Rd	Cottage Grove	53527	Dane County	Monona Grove School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 839-8980	470	38	12.5	21.5%	348 (74.0%)	26 (5.5%)	43 (9.1%)	17 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (7.7%)								2.4%	53.7%	51.38%			550981003139
248	Brass Community School	Public	PK, KG-5	6400 15th Ave	Kenosha	53143	Kenosha County	Kenosha School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 359-8000	462	36	12.8	87.9%	69 (14.9%)	152 (32.9%)	185 (40.0%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (11.5%)	$14,196			$1,343			$12,854	2.7%	6.4%	3.67%			550732000816
247	Kagel Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	1210 W Mineral St	Milwaukee	53204	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 902-7400	292	18	16.5	86.3%	1 (0.3%)	6 (2.1%)	284 (97.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$18,923			$4,480			$14,443	3.1%	1.9%	1.22%			550960001195
246	Edison Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	412 N Meade St	Appleton	54911	Outagamie County	Appleton Area School District	No	No	No	Yes	(920) 852-5460	242	24	10	50.4%	165 (68.2%)	13 (5.4%)	29 (12.0%)	12 (5.0%)	6 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (7.0%)	$11,834			$911			$10,923	3.5%	32.2%	28.65%			550039000051

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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.

Educational resources:

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No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

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.