In Wisconsin, 17.5% of Black students are proficient in math at the typical school — against 59.2% of White students. That 41.7-point gap is among the widest of any state here. Within Milwaukee alone, the spread between schools is 48 points. This tool helps you find the right one.
Search Wisconsin schools ›Share of students meeting proficient at the typical Wisconsin school. Groups are shown wherever Wisconsin reports them; a group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.
These figures come from Forward Exam 2025, measuring proficient in ELA & Math · Grades 3–8. Across 50 districts, 309 Wisconsin schools report enough results to be included.
At the typical Wisconsin school the picture is black students at 19.7%, hispanic students at 33.8%, white students at 59.5% and asian students at 51.2%. That is a 39.8-point spread between the highest and lowest group, inside the same schools, the same districts and the same state — which is what this tool exists to make visible.
The widest gap of any state on this site. 15.0% of Black students are proficient, against 64.8% of White students. Reading is 43.4 points — also the widest here.
Milwaukee College Preparatory reaches 47.6%. Clarke Street Elementary, in the same district, reports 0%. Across 76 schools in one district, a child's address decides which end they land on.
The largest Black student population among Wisconsin's stronger schools. Brown Deer Elementary leads the state at 45.6% across 329 results.
These are the schools where Black students most often meet proficient, among those with at least 25 Black student results reported. Every group's result is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.
| School | All | Black | Hispanic | White | Asian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayside MiddleFox Point J2 | 88.9% | 63.3% | 81.2% | 91.2% | — |
| Swanson ElementaryElmbrook | 79.7% | 53.3% | 81.1% | 82.4% | 83.8% |
| Kennedy MiddleGermantown | 65.5% | 51.6% | 56.5% | 67.4% | 78.7% |
| Marcy ElementaryHamilton | 83.7% | 50% | — | 85.7% | 90.8% |
| Lake Shore MiddleMequon-Thiensville | 77.9% | 50% | 63.3% | 79.1% | 86% |
| Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 36th Street CampusMilwaukee Charter | 42.5% | 47.6% | — | — | — |
| Brown Deer ElementaryBrown Deer | 52.1% | 45.6% | 50% | 73.1% | 54% |
| Shorewood IntermediateShorewood | 75.1% | 44.2% | 65.2% | 80.8% | 90.6% |
| Forest Park MiddleFranklin Public | 71.4% | 44.1% | 53.8% | 72.5% | 88.7% |
| North MiddleMenomonee Falls | 64.6% | 42.9% | 48.7% | 69.6% | 70.1% |
Flags show magnet, charter, alternative and virtual schools. Some campuses — early college and specialized academies among them — also admit by application, and this page cannot yet identify all of them. Check with the district before assuming a school is open to your address.
The same measure at the other end of the range. In many of these schools every group is falling short, which points at the school rather than at the students in it.
| School | All | Black | Hispanic | White | Asian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metcalfe ElementaryMilwaukee | 2.3% | 0% | — | — | — |
| Hi-Mount ElementaryMilwaukee | 2.9% | 0% | — | — | — |
| Franklin ElementaryMilwaukee | 5.4% | 0% | — | — | — |
| Clarke Street ElementaryMilwaukee | 3.1% | 0% | — | — | — |
| Lowell ElementaryMadison Metropolitan | 54.9% | 0% | 37.5% | 76.2% | — |
| Fifty-Third Street ElementaryMilwaukee | 5.7% | 1% | — | — | — |
| Clemens ElementaryMilwaukee | 7.2% | 1% | — | — | — |
| Merrill ElementaryBeloit | 4.4% | 1% | 16.7% | 0% | — |
| King International Baccalaureate MiddleMilwaukee | 3.4% | 1.3% | — | — | — |
| Cass Street ElementaryMilwaukee | 8.3% | 1.9% | — | — | — |
In Milwaukee, Milwaukee College Preparatory School -- 36th Street Campus reports 47.6% of Black students meeting the standard. Clarke Street Elementary, in the same district, reports 0%. That is a 47.6-point spread across 76 schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base — the clearest illustration of why address matters more than it should.
Districts with at least ten schools reporting Black student results, by school count. The percentage shown is the average across that district's schools for Black students.