Best Elementary Schools in Wisconsin for General 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, General 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.

Alert! We are expecting the release of this year's test scores by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction any day now! We will update our rankings as soon as they are released!

Alert! New test scores and rankings are expected from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction any day now!

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)							Ranking (General Education vs All Students - 2023)
ID	Rank (of 809)	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 (General Education)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (General Education)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
551512003037	1	Lighthouse Learning Academy	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	PK, KG-12	4521 Lincoln Ave	Two Rivers	54241	Manitowoc County	Two Rivers Public School District	Yes	No	Yes	No	(920) 793-4560	216	3	72	32.9%	193 (89.4%)	14 (6.5%)	3 (1.4%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.3%)	$6,002			$342			$5,660	99.9%	98.8%	1.09%
551707003088	2	Central Oaks Academy	Public, Virtual, Charter	PK, KG-8	311 Lincoln Street	Wisconsin Rapids	54494	Wood County	Wisconsin Rapids School District	Yes	No	Yes	No	(715) 424-6768	116	6	19.9	48.3%	106 (91.4%)	3 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.9%)	2 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.4%)	$6,130			$433			$5,697	99.8%	61.7%	38.08%
550924002267	3	Swallow Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	W299N5614 County Road E	Hartland	53029	Waukesha County	Swallow School District	No	No	No	No	(262) 367-2000	464	30	15.7	1.9%	411 (88.6%)	4 (0.9%)	9 (1.9%)	25 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.2%)	$11,739			$599			$11,139	99.6%	99.0%	0.66%
551599002082	4	Lincoln Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1741 N Wauwatosa Ave	Wauwatosa	53213	Milwaukee County	Wauwatosa School District	No	No	No	No	(414) 773-1300	320	21	15	7.8%	252 (78.8%)	15 (4.7%)	21 (6.6%)	10 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (6.9%)	$13,946			$636			$13,308	99.5%	99.4%	0.07%
550246000271	5	Parkview Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	W72N853 Harrison Ave	Cedarburg	53012	Ozaukee County	Cedarburg School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 376-6800	504	32	15.8	7.5%	441 (87.5%)	2 (0.4%)	27 (5.4%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (6.0%)	$10,739			$506			$10,233	99.4%	99.5%	0.15%
551119003364	6	Accelerated Advanced Learning Program	Public, Charter	4-8	325 S Eagle St	Oshkosh	54902	Winnebago County	Oshkosh Area School District	Yes	No	No	No	(920) 424-0320	60	5	13.2	5.0%	54 (90.0%)	1 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (6.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,303			$494			$11,809	99.3%	99.8%	0.55%
551323001745	7	Saint Croix Falls Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	651 E Louisiana St	Saint Croix Falls	54024	Polk County	Saint Croix Falls School District	No	No	No	Yes	(715) 483-9823	347	28	12.4	38.9%	321 (92.5%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	12 (3.5%)	$14,480			$655			$13,825	99.1%	98.3%	0.82%
551662002169	8	Richards Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	5812 N Santa Monica Blvd	Whitefish Bay	53217	Milwaukee County	Whitefish Bay School District	No	No	No	No	(414) 963-3951	665	38	17.4	1.1%	532 (80.0%)	2 (0.3%)	36 (5.4%)	27 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	68 (10.2%)	$11,208			$360			$10,848	99.0%	99.3%	0.24%
550246002403	9	Westlawn Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	W64N319 Madison Ave	Cedarburg	53012	Ozaukee County	Cedarburg School District	No	No	No	Yes	(262) 376-6900	293	20	14.4	18.8%	260 (88.7%)	1 (0.3%)	13 (4.4%)	13 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.0%)	$12,333			$493			$11,840	98.9%	98.0%	0.86%
550480000518	10	Stormonth Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	7301 N Longacre Rd	Milwaukee	53217	Milwaukee County	Fox Point J2 School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 247-4102	485	36	13.4	5.8%	379 (78.1%)	12 (2.5%)	29 (6.0%)	23 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.8%)	38 (7.8%)	$15,168			$515			$14,653	98.8%	98.5%	0.26%

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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 October 10, 2023, 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.