Farnsworth Middle

Farnsworth Middle is one of the mid-sized 6-8 campuss in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, operated by Sheboygan Area School District, with 443 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

Within Sheboygan Area School District, which oversees 26 schools and 9,285 students, Farnsworth Middle is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Farnsworth Middle reports that 36% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 31% Asian, 19% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% Black. By comparison, Sheboygan County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Farnsworth Middle logs 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Around 72% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Sheboygan County (around 45%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Farnsworth Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.8%.

In the surrounding community, Sheboygan County reports that median household earnings sit near $73,094, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Sheboygan County runs 52 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,340 students), of which Farnsworth Middle is one.

Nearest neighbor: Early Learning Center, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Farnsworth Middle ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 38.4%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 13%: 509 students in 2018 compared to 443 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 17% to 31% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.

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