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Fort Howard Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-5
833rd
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,044 Wisconsin Elementary Schools
Better than 20% of Wisconsin elementary schools
Summary

Fort Howard Elementary is a public elementary school in Green Bay, Wisconsin, serving 257 students in grades PK-5 as part of the Green Bay Area Public School District.

Fort Howard Elementary has consistently underperformed compared to the district and state averages on standardized tests, with only 27.59% of 3rd graders, 43.33% of 4th graders, and 28.57% of 5th graders proficient or better in English Language Arts, and 44.83% of 3rd graders, 40% of 4th graders, and 22.86% of 5th graders proficient or better in Mathematics in the 2024-2025 school year. The school also experiences high rates of chronic absenteeism, with 42.9% of students chronically absent in the 2023-2024 school year. Additionally, the school has a very high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 86.38% to 86.59% over the past three school years, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population.

While Fort Howard Elementary struggles academically, the school performs relatively well for certain student subgroups, such as ranking 15th out of 144 Wisconsin elementary schools for its African American students and 158th out of 322 schools for its Hispanic students in the 2024-2025 school year. However, the nearby Leonardo da Vinci School for Gifted Learners, which is also part of the Green Bay Area Public School District, significantly outperforms Fort Howard Elementary and the other nearby schools, with proficiency rates well above the district and state averages.

241
Students ?
8.9
Student/teacher ratio ?
$16,234
Per pupil spending ?
88.4%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 520 Dousman St
       Green Bay, WI  54303-2794

(920) 448-2105

District: Green Bay Area Public School District


Students who attend Fort Howard Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Franklin Middle
High:    West High
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
29.5%
African American:
24.1%
Two or more races:
19.5%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Improving — 5th percentile in 2015 → 20th in 2025
Strengths
Ranking is trending up — up 15 percentile points since 2015
Small classes — about 9 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Wisconsin average (37% vs 54% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (20th percentile)
!High chronic absenteeism (38% vs 17% Wisconsin)
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school37%
District avg40%
Wisconsin avg54%
833rd of 1,044
Wisconsin public elementary schools ?
Bottom 20%▲ up 16 pts since 2015
From bottom 5% (2015) to bottom 20% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
13th of 24Elementary Schools in the Green Bay Area Public School District
368th of 426Green Bay Area Public School District among Wisconsin districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
202526.0833 of 104420.2%★☆☆☆☆
202430.3812 of 106123.5%★☆☆☆☆
202316.0912 of 106714.5%★☆☆☆☆
202215.0929 of 106712.9%★☆☆☆☆
202114.4914 of 105013.0%★☆☆☆☆
201921.1871 of 103716.0%★☆☆☆☆
201811.8922 of 102510.0%★☆☆☆☆
201712.1949 of 107111.4%★☆☆☆☆
20168.3976 of 10759.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20154.21027 of 10764.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20143.41020 of 10613.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20133.81014 of 10533.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201210.2970 of 10457.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20113.71013 of 10463.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20104.11013 of 10453.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20090.41024 of 10300.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20080.91008 of 10211.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20072.5673 of 6892.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20063.6681 of 7124.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20051.5619 of 6322.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20040.3628 of 6330.8%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
202576.615 of 14489.6%★★★★★
202448.466 of 13751.8%★★★☆☆
202377.218 of 13887.0%★★★★☆
202272.523 of 13382.7%★★★★☆
202142.170 of 14150.4%★★★☆☆
201939.481 of 16149.7%★★★☆☆
201816.2160 of 1653.0%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
202134.4158 of 22228.8%★☆☆☆☆
201832.8207 of 28727.9%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
202520.8837 of 100116.4%★☆☆☆☆
202427.0802 of 101120.7%★☆☆☆☆
202316.1868 of 101014.1%★☆☆☆☆
202214.0895 of 101712.0%★☆☆☆☆
202112.6898 of 100410.6%★☆☆☆☆
201931.5755 of 100224.7%★☆☆☆☆
201815.3880 of 99711.7%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
202545.7158 of 32250.9%★★★☆☆
202450.4148 of 33155.3%★★★☆☆
202320.0256 of 29011.7%★☆☆☆☆
202259.299 of 29666.6%★★★☆☆
202142.6144 of 27447.4%★★☆☆☆
201930.5197 of 26625.9%★☆☆☆☆
201828.0206 of 27124.0%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
202536.3705 of 100029.5%★☆☆☆☆
202435.3722 of 101228.7%★☆☆☆☆
202317.8858 of 101115.1%★☆☆☆☆
202221.2849 of 101716.5%★☆☆☆☆
202119.1856 of 100314.7%★☆☆☆☆
201920.1854 of 100214.8%★☆☆☆☆
201813.9887 of 99711.0%★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
202442.275 of 11937.0%★★☆☆☆
202319.780 of 9616.7%★☆☆☆☆
202221.062 of 7719.5%★☆☆☆☆
202123.868 of 8520.0%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
202528.0613 of 80223.6%★☆☆☆☆
202436.0518 of 79034.4%★★☆☆☆
202324.7622 of 77019.2%★☆☆☆☆
202238.4459 of 74838.6%★★☆☆☆
202115.9722 of 7463.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201926.7586 of 74221.0%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWisconsin percentileRating
202515.6653 of 7189.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202429.2562 of 72722.7%★☆☆☆☆
20230.4715 of 7150.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202115.0642 of 6998.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20193.2711 of 7181.0%☆☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
African American (2025)90th percentile+69 vs school
Hispanic (2025)51st percentile+31 vs school
Multi-racial (2024)37th percentile+14 vs school
Male (2025)29th percentile+9 vs school
English Language Learner (2021)29th percentile+16 vs school
Special Education (2025)24th percentile+3 vs school
Female (2025)16th percentile-4 vs school
White (2025)9th percentile-11 vs school
By subject vs Wisconsin (2024-2025) ?
Social Studies60%-4 vs state
Mathematics35%-19 vs state
Science33%-17 vs state
English Language Arts33%-19 vs state

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Students who attend Fort Howard Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Franklin Middle
High : West High

Fort Howard Elementary ranks in the bottom 20.2% of Wisconsin elementary schools.

In the 2024-25 school year, 241 students attended Fort Howard Elementary.

Students at Fort Howard Elementary are 29% Hispanic, 24% African American, 20% Two or more races, 18% White, 5% American Indian, 4% Asian.


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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.

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