Schools · Appleton
Appleton, WI schools
44 public, charter and private schools in Appleton. Search by name or narrow by level, type.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
C−
Appleton’s School Grade: C-
The public schools Appleton’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 78% of Wisconsin’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
C+Test scoresDGraduation
Wisconsin school districts we grade (436)Better than 22%
Lower resultsHigher results
Wisconsin towns with similar household incomes (1,331)Better than 18%
High confidence. Built on 7,088 tested students and a graduating class of 1,239; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Wisconsin’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Wisconsin only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Wisconsin with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Test scores · 2020–21
State test results
Math (Appleton Area)33%
State average 37.2%
Graduation · class of 2020
87% graduate on time
Graduation rate
87%
WI: 90.1%
Graduating class
1,239
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #269 of 301 WI towns →
Districts
The district serving Appleton
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 44 schools in Appleton
Showing 1–30 of 44 schools
Huntley ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 570 students
A-PublicFerber ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 499 students
BPublicClassical SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 487 students
A+CharterHighlands ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 417 students
C-PublicMcKinley ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 380 students
CPublicBerry ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 368 students
APublicRonald C Dunlap Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 314 students
CPublicJohnston ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 286 students
C-PublicFranklin ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 277 students
C+PublicHorizons ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 264 students
C+PublicRichmond ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 245 students
B-PublicEdison ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 242 students
CPublicJefferson ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 212 students
C-PublicStephen Foster Elementary CharterElementary · Grades PK–5 · 200 students
C-CharterFox River AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 150 students
ACharterAppleton Public MontessoriElementary · Grades PK–6 · 149 students
BCharterAppleton Bilingual SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 139 students
C-CharterColumbus ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 88 students
C-PublicThe Omolade AcademyElementary · Grades K–3 · 23 students
CharterMadison MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 929 students
CPublicEinstein MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 851 students
BPublicWilson MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 587 students
C-PublicKaleidoscope AcademyMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 456 students
CCharterOdyssey-MagellanMiddle · Grades 2–8 · 214 students
A+PublicNorth HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,635 students
B-PublicEast HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,238 students
C-PublicWest HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,024 students
C-PublicRenaissance SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 151 students
ACharterTesla Engineering Charter SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 147 students
ACharterFox Cities Leadership AcademyHigh · Grades 9–12 · 78 students
C-CharterSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.