Best Elementary Schools in Wisconsin for Special Education 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, Special Education 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 (Special Education vs All Students - 2025)					ID
Rank (of 802)	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 (Special Education)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Special Education)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
801	King Junior Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	3275 N 3rd St	Milwaukee	53212	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 267-1500	277	18	15	92.1%	0 (0.0%)	243 (87.7%)	20 (7.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (5.1%)	$17,347			$3,705			$13,642	0.1%	3.3%	3.13%			550960001178
801	Thurston Woods Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	5966 N 35th St	Milwaukee	53209	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 393-2800	256	15	17	92.6%	0 (0.0%)	227 (88.7%)	21 (8.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.1%)	$14,680			$2,901			$11,780	0.1%	0.8%	0.64%			550960002439
800	Riley Dual Language Montessori School	Public	PK, KG-6	2424 S 4th St	Milwaukee	53207	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 902-7100	239	15	16.3	59.4%	21 (8.8%)	11 (4.6%)	202 (84.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.1%)	$15,621			$2,547			$13,073	0.2%	7.9%	7.61%			550960001236
799	Cass Street Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	1647 N Cass St	Milwaukee	53202	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 212-2700	312	17	18.4	92.6%	6 (1.9%)	267 (85.6%)	18 (5.8%)	4 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (5.4%)	$16,838			$2,733			$14,105	0.4%	2.0%	1.64%			550960001139
798	Merrill Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1635 Nelson Ave	Beloit	53511	Rock County	Beloit School District	No	No	No	Yes	(608) 361-2605	224	21	10.9	83.9%	27 (12.1%)	124 (55.4%)	48 (21.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (10.7%)	$18,789			$2,011			$16,779	0.5%	0.9%	0.36%			550105000147
797	Brown Street Academy	Public	PK, KG-5	2029 N 20th St	Milwaukee	53205	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 935-3100	245	18	13.7	95.9%	0 (0.0%)	220 (89.8%)	18 (7.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	6 (2.4%)	$20,303			$3,722			$16,580	0.6%	1.7%	1.10%			550960002395
796	Metcalfe Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	3400 W North Ave	Milwaukee	53208	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 874-3600	296	19	15.7	92.9%	4 (1.4%)	276 (93.2%)	10 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.0%)	$17,223			$3,709			$13,514	0.7%	0.6%	0.17%			550960002464
795	Browning Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	5440 N 64th St	Milwaukee	53218	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 393-5200	279	18	15.6	90.7%	3 (1.1%)	252 (90.3%)	18 (6.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.2%)	$18,807			$3,949			$14,858	0.9%	2.7%	1.81%			550960001132
794	Goodrich Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	8251 N Celina St	Milwaukee	53224	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 236-1500	312	21	15	92.6%	8 (2.6%)	210 (67.3%)	22 (7.1%)	44 (14.1%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (8.3%)	$15,374			$2,580			$12,794	1.0%	7.8%	6.76%			550960001173
793	Lincoln Avenue Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1817 W Lincoln Ave	Milwaukee	53215	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 902-9700	427	28	15.1	92.0%	18 (4.2%)	43 (10.1%)	353 (82.7%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.1%)	$15,879			$3,454			$12,425	1.1%	7.2%	6.06%			550960001206

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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:

State-Administered Standardized Tests: A Comprehensive Guide

Alternative Schools vs Public Schools: A Comparison

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.