Best Cottage Grove Public Schools (2025-26)

For the 2025-26 school year, there are 5 public schools serving 1,856 students in Cottage Grove, WI (there are 2 private schools, serving 14 private students). 99% of all K-12 students in Cottage Grove, WI are educated in public schools (compared to the WI state average of 85%).

The top ranked public schools in Cottage Grove, WI are Granite Ridge School, Cottage Grove Elementary School and Glacial Drumlin School. Overall testing rank is based on a school's combined math and reading proficiency test score ranking.

Cottage Grove, WI public schools have an average math proficiency score of 41% (versus the Wisconsin public school average of 40%), and reading proficiency score of 40% (versus the 38% statewide average). Schools in Cottage Grove have an average ranking of 5/10, which is in the bottom 50% of Wisconsin public schools.

Minority enrollment is 23% of the student body (majority Hispanic and Black), which is less than the Wisconsin public school average of 34% (majority Hispanic and Black).