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If you could change one rule at Horace Mann Middle, what would it be?
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Enrollment
617
Middle
DISTRICT 350 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHEBOYGAN AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551365001785
Horace Mann Middle
2820 Union Ave, Sheboygan, WI 53081 · (920) 459-3666 · Sheboygan County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL617 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% of Wisconsin public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wisconsin public middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
380 students
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 42%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 202 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 211 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 204 | 33% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
47.1%
WI avg 53.1% . +3.7pp since 2023
Math
47.3%
WI avg 54.8% . +1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.1% | 47.3% |
| 2023-24 | 43.4% | 45.6% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
45.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.9%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Wisconsin's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Horace Mann Middle
Horace Mann Middle's state test result (45.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horace Mann Middle this school | 617 | 61.6% | 45.3% |
| Wilson Middle Appleton | 587 | 57.8% | 36.3% |
| Washington Middle Manitowoc | 566 | 62.4% | 33.2% |
| Urban Middle Sheboygan | 568 | 67.3% | 44.2% |
| Logan Middle La Crosse | 424 | 53.3% | 47.1% |
| Horace Mann Middle Wausau | 635 | 46.1% | 52.5% |
Matched among Wisconsin middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Horace Mann Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Sheboygan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #260 of 323 | #7 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.3% | #247 of 327 ▲ 7 | #8 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.1% | #239 of 327 ▲ 17 | #7 of 10 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 617 | #81 of 389 | #1 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #139 of 265 | #3 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.8% | #19 of 265 | #3 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.6% | #35 of 323 | #3 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.1% | #158 of 176 | #8 of 8 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
617
-3 (0%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 646
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 13.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 617 | 46.7 | 13.2:1 | 62% (380) |
| 2023-24 | 599 | 45.1 | 13.3:1 | 47% (281) |
| 2022-23 | 583 | 44.7 | 13.0:1 | 47% (276) |
| 2020-21 | 620 | 47 | 13.2:1 | 50% (311) |
| 2017-18 | 637 | 40.2 | 15.8:1 | 52% (333) |
| 2015-16 | 585 | 39 | 15.0:1 | 45% (265) |
| 2010-11 | 617 | 47 | 13.1:1 | 49% (303) |
| 2000-01 | 753 | 53 | 14.2:1 | 26% (197) |
| 1990-91 | 646 | 43 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Horace Mann Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (637 to 617); teachers up 16% (40.2 to 46.7).
About Horace Mann Middle
As a high-enrollment middle school, Horace Mann Middle serves students in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. It covers grades 6 through 8, with a total enrollment of 617 students. Enrollment is 62% higher than the average for middle schools in Wisconsin, which is about 381.
Horace Mann Middle is one school in Sheboygan Area School District, a system of 26 schools with 9,285 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Horace Mann Middle. The largest is White students, at 45%. Other students are 23% Hispanic, 20% Asian, 8% multiracial, and 4% Black. That is lower than the 83% White share among all Sheboygan County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 70% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Horace Mann Middle employs 46.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 13.2:1. That matches the 12.8:1 average for middle schools in Wisconsin fairly closely. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 62% in 2024-25. That is higher than the 45% average for public schools in Sheboygan County.
Horace Mann Middle is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 37% of Wisconsin public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Horace Mann Middle sits between the top and bottom 10% of Wisconsin schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 45.3% and a predicted 39.9%.
Within Sheboygan County, the median household income is $73,094, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Horace Mann Middle, Sheboygan County has 51 other public schools.
James Madison Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles of Horace Mann Middle, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Horace Mann Middle ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Federal data place Horace Mann Middle in the City: Small locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 620 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 617.
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Sheboygan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
117,991
Census ACS
Median income
$73,094
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
17,340 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sheboygan Area School District
- North HighHigh · 1,482 students
- South HighHigh · 1,075 students
- Urban MiddleMiddle · 568 students
- Early Learning CenterElementary · 521 students
- Wilson ElementaryElementary · 472 students
- Lake Country Academy - CharterElementary · 447 students
Other schools in Sheboygan
- North HighHigh · 1,482 students
- South HighHigh · 1,075 students
- Urban MiddleMiddle · 568 students
- Early Learning CenterElementary · 521 students
- Wilson ElementaryElementary · 472 students
- Lake Country Academy - CharterElementary · 447 students
Other Horace Mann Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Horace Mann Middle. Horace Mann Middle is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Horace Mann MiddleWausau, WI · 635 students
- Horace Mann Middle SchoolCharleston, WV · 385 students
- HORACE MANN MIDDLE SCHOOLEL PORTAL, FL · 342 students
Nearby schools
- James Madison Elementary0.5 mi · 327
- Wilson Elementary1.2 mi · 472
- Sheridan Elementary1.2 mi · 286
- Farnsworth Middle1.4 mi · 443
- Early Learning Center1.4 mi · 521
- South High1.5 mi · 1,075
Frequently asked questions
About Horace Mann MiddleHow large is Horace Mann Middle?
Horace Mann Middle enrolls approximately 617 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Horace Mann Middle serve?
Horace Mann Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Horace Mann Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Horace Mann Middle is approximately 13.2:1 (47 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Horace Mann Middle?
Student demographics at Horace Mann Middle are roughly 45% White, 23% Hispanic, 4% Black, 20% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Horace Mann Middle public or private?
Horace Mann Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Sheboygan Area School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.