Best Schools in Beloit, Wisconsin

Beloit's public school system spans 17 ranked schools across elementary, middle, and high school levels. The city's average score sits at 5.2 out of 10, which signals real variation across the system. Parents will find genuine differences in performance depending on grade level and neighborhood — this is not a uniform landscape.

Performance concentrates sharply at the top. Only 3 schools, or 18% of Beloit's ranked public schools, score 7 or higher. The Lincoln Academy leads the city at 7.9, the strongest result in the system. It carries an "other" school classification, so parents should verify enrollment criteria and grade configuration directly before assuming access. Turner High follows at 7.8, giving families with high schoolers a competitive option close behind. Garden Prairie Intermediate rounds out the top tier at 7.1, a solid result on the elementary side and the only sub-secondary school in this group.

The middle of the distribution includes Aldrich Intermediate at 5.8 and Gaston Elementary at 5.7, both sitting just above the citywide average of 5.2. These schools aren't outliers in either direction, but they trail the top tier by a meaningful gap. Parents zoned to Aldrich or Gaston should dig into subject-area scores and year-over-year trends rather than relying on the composite rating alone — performance within a school can vary significantly by grade and subject.

For families with any school-choice flexibility, the data makes the priority order clear. The Lincoln Academy and Turner High are the strongest secondary options in the city. Garden Prairie is the top elementary pick. With 82% of ranked schools scoring below 7, where your child is assigned in Beloit carries real consequences. Use each school's individual profile on MySchoolScout to compare test score breakdowns, enrollment trends, and peer-group context — the 5.2 citywide average is a useful benchmark, but the school-level data is where the decisions get made.