Albany Elementary, Albany WI - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Albany Elementary

Albany Elementary is a regular public school serving prekindergarten through fifth grade in the village of Albany, Wisconsin. The school is part of the Albany School District, which serves the village and the surrounding rural Town of Albany. Albany itself is a compact, small village on the Sugar River in Green County, with a modest commercial core along Highway 59 and a population that has been slowly declining. The area is primarily residential and agricultural, and many residents commute to nearby cities such as Madison, Janesville, or Monroe for work. The village has a small-town feel, with recreational facilities, churches, and a Tree City USA designation, though no major growth or new housing developments have been identified in the area.

The student body at Albany Elementary is small and predominantly white, with a very small share of students who are Hispanic or identify as two or more races. The school serves a full range of early elementary grades, and while data on the share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch was not available, the economic context of the village suggests a working-class and middle-income population. Information on special education and English learner enrollment was also missing from available records.

On the state's Forward assessments, proficiency rates varied notably across grades and subjects in the most recent testing year. Math results showed a wide range: a little over half of third graders met proficiency, while more than four in five fourth graders did, and three in five fifth graders were proficient. English language arts results followed a similar but more uneven pattern: third graders were at the same level as math, fourth graders were stronger, but only a little over a third of fifth graders reached the proficient mark. In science, about three in five fourth graders were proficient. In social studies, roughly two-thirds of fourth graders were proficient.

When the school is placed against other districts within Green County, its overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades lands in the top quartile of the county. This is a meaningful point of comparison, given the county contains several small and rural districts. A parent should note that these results are based on small numbers of tested students per grade, which can produce year-to-year swings, but the county-level position is a clear strength.

The school does not serve high school grades, so there is no graduation rate. Data on chronic absenteeism was also not available for this school.

No program offerings, such as specialized academies or arts programs, were reported. The school's website and district-level research did not reveal any major recent changes, budget developments, or strategic initiatives that would factor into a family's decision. For a parent weighing a move into the district, the available picture is one of a small, rural elementary school with solid county-relative performance but uneven results across grade levels, particularly a dip in reading at fifth grade that may warrant a conversation with the school.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 353%

School 53% · District 53%

▼ 4 pts below state median

Grade 481%

School 81% · District 81%

▲ 27 pts above state median

Grade 560%

School 60% · District 60%

▲ 9 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 353%

School 53% · District 53%

even with state median

Grade 475%

School 75% · District 75%

▲ 23 pts above state median

Grade 537%

School 37% · District 37%

▼ 14 pts below state median

Science

Grade 463%

School 63% · District 63%

▲ 11 pts above state median

Social studies

Grade 469%

School 69% · District 69%

▲ 4 pts above state median

This schoolAlbany School District, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income57%Higher-income50%7 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income36%Higher-income37%0 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income29%Higher-income67%38 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income27%Higher-income79%52 pp gap