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Best Elementary Schools in Wisconsin (2025-26)

Ranked elementary schools

1028

Listed, not ranked

Every ranked elementary school in Wisconsin, ordered by SchoolGrade. A grade rewards actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact. Click a column heading to sort, or filter by school, city or district.

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Wisconsin elementary schools ranked, 1001 to 1028 of 1028

Rank	Grade	School	City	District	Actual	Projected	Impact	Students
#1001	F	Starms Discovery	Milwaukee	Milwaukee School District	6%	9%	Meets Expectations	238
#1002	F	Thoreau Elementary	Milwaukee	Milwaukee School District	6%	8%	Meets Expectations	352
#1003	F	Allen Field Elementary	Milwaukee	Milwaukee School District	5%	10%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	488
#1004	F	Bethune Academy	Milwaukee	Milwaukee School District	5%	8%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	549
#1005	F	Carver Academy	Milwaukee	Milwaukee School District	5%	7%	Meets Expectations	351
#1006	F	Cass Street Elementary	Milwaukee	Milwaukee School District	5%	8%	Meets Expectations	285
#1007	F	Congress Elementary	Milwaukee	Milwaukee School District	5%	8%	Meets Expectations	720
#1008	F	Darrell Lynn Hines Academy (Charter)	Milwaukee	Darrell L Hines Academy Inc	5%	12%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	192
#1009	F	Forest Home Elementary	Milwaukee	Milwaukee School District	5%	9%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	582
#1010	F	Fratt Elementary	Racine	Racine Unified School District	5%	10%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	448
#1011	F	Johnson Elementary	Racine	Racine Unified School District	5%	10%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	454
#1012	F	Julian Thomas Elementary	Racine	Racine Unified School District	5%	9%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	571
#1013	F	Kilbourn Elementary	Milwaukee	Milwaukee School District	5%	7%	Meets Expectations	230
#1014	F	Knapp Elementary	Racine	Racine Unified School District	5%	8%	Meets Expectations	454
#1015	F	Merrill Elementary	Beloit	Beloit School District	5%	7%	Meets Expectations	180
#1016	F	Metcalfe Elementary	Milwaukee	Milwaukee School District	5%	6%	Meets Expectations	334
#1017	F	Milwaukee Environmental Science Academy (Charter)	Milwaukee	Milwaukee School District	5%	10%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	299
#1018	F	Rogers Street Academy	Milwaukee	Milwaukee School District	5%	8%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	529
#1019	F	Thurston Woods Elementary	Milwaukee	Milwaukee School District	5%	6%	Meets Expectations	355
#1020	F	Keshena Primary	Keshena	Menominee Indian School District	4%	8%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	429
#1021	F	Brown Street Academy	Milwaukee	Milwaukee School District	3%	10%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	223
#1022	F	Carson Academy	Milwaukee	Milwaukee School District	3%	8%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	350
#1023	F	Franklin Elementary	Milwaukee	Milwaukee School District	3%	9%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	326
#1024	F	Gaenslen Elementary	Milwaukee	Milwaukee School District	3%	9%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	687
#1025	F	Hackett Elementary	Beloit	Beloit School District	3%	7%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	287
#1026	F	Hartford Avenue Elementary	Milwaukee	Milwaukee School District	3%	14%	Underperforms Expectations	399
#1027	F	Mitchell Elementary	Milwaukee	Milwaukee School District	3%	7%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	589
#1028	F	Story Elementary	Milwaukee	Milwaukee School District	3%	6%	Meets Expectations	359

About this ranking

Scope: every public elementary school in Wisconsin.
Order: SchoolGrade, then actual proficiency, then name; schools with the same grade and score share a rank.
Ranked: regular public schools that NCES lists as open, not fully online, with at least 30 students. Others are listed with the reason.
Tags: Magnet and Charter from the NCES school directory; K-12 marks schools serving every grade that are ranked with the elementary schools.
Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model. How SchoolGrade works