Best Elementary Schools in Wisconsin for White 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, White 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 (White vs All Students - 2025)					ID
Rank (of 718)	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 (White)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (White)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
1	Odyssey-Magellan	Public, Magnet	2-8	2037 N Elinor St	Appleton	54914	Outagamie County	Appleton Area School District	No	Yes	No	No	(920) 832-6250	214	12	18.4	16.4%	162 (75.7%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (7.0%)	24 (11.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (6.1%)	$10,317			$911			$9,406	99.9%	99.9%	0.04%			550039002277
2	Leonardo da Vinci School for Gifted Learners	Public	K-8	139 S Monroe Ave	Green Bay	54301	Brown County	Green Bay Area Public School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 448-2135	334	22	14.9	14.7%	176 (52.7%)	6 (1.8%)	19 (5.7%)	95 (28.4%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	35 (10.5%)	$10,312			$550			$9,762	99.7%	99.8%	0.09%			550582002955
3	Gibraltar Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3924 State Highway 42	Fish Creek	54212	Door County	Gibraltar Area School District	No	No	No	(n/a)	(920) 868-3284	265	27	9.6	26.8%	232 (87.5%)	2 (0.8%)	15 (5.7%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (5.3%)	$25,839			$1,175			$24,664	99.6%	98.5%	1.11%			550522002245
4	Crestwood Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	5930 Old Sauk Rd	Madison	53705	Dane County	Madison Metropolitan School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 204-1120	293	25	11.8	24.2%	181 (61.8%)	32 (10.9%)	41 (14.0%)	14 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (8.2%)	$17,154			$399			$16,756	99.4%	81.8%	17.64%			550852000924
5	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	680	37	18.2		536 (78.8%)	5 (0.7%)	39 (5.7%)	30 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	70 (10.3%)	$11,208			$360			$10,848	99.3%	99.4%	0.12%			551662002169
6	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	15.9	8.1%	430 (85.3%)	3 (0.6%)	28 (5.6%)	8 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (6.9%)	$10,739			$506			$10,233	99.2%	99.5%	0.36%			550246000271
7	Elm Lawn Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	6701 Woodgate Rd	Middleton	53562	Dane County	Middleton-Cross Plains Area School District	No	No	No	No	(608) 829-9070	313	28	11.3	14.7%	224 (71.6%)	19 (6.1%)	27 (8.6%)	24 (7.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (6.1%)	$13,491			$309			$13,182	99.0%	96.7%	2.28%			550951001105
8	Lincoln Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1741 N Wauwatosa Ave	Wauwatosa	53213	Milwaukee County	Wauwatosa School District	No	No	No	No	(414) 773-1300	336	26	12.7	11.6%	242 (72.0%)	26 (7.7%)	19 (5.7%)	17 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (9.5%)	$13,946			$636			$13,308	98.9%	96.0%	2.91%			551599002082
9	Milwaukee German Immersion	Public	PK, KG-5	3778 N 82nd St	Milwaukee	53222	Milwaukee County	Milwaukee School District	No	No	No	Yes	(414) 393-5600	549	25	22.3	27.3%	284 (51.7%)	136 (24.8%)	46 (8.4%)	8 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	75 (13.7%)	$11,994			$1,929			$10,064	98.7%	86.9%	11.87%			550960001155
10	Friess Lake Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	1750 State Road 164	Hubertus	53033	Washington County	Holy Hill Area School District	No	No	No	No	(262) 628-2380	279	26	10.8	17.9%	252 (90.3%)	2 (0.7%)	6 (2.2%)	8 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.9%)	$12,025			$600			$11,425	98.6%	94.6%	3.97%			550008003077

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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.