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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHEBOYGAN FALLS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551368002289

Sheboygan Falls Middle

2 Alfred W Miley Avenue, Sheboygan Falls, WI 53085 · (920) 467-7880 · Sheboygan County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL415 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% of Wisconsin public middle schools
  • B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • CBeats 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

Enrollment
415
Middle
DISTRICT 498 · STATE 381
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
121 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 59423%
Grade 610225%
Grade 710525%
Grade 811427%
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 34% · STATE 54% · US 70%
White
33982%
DISTRICT 80% · STATE 65% · US 43%
Hispanic
338%
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 15% · US 30%
Black
72%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 9% · US 15%
Asian
174%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 4% · US 6%
Two+
184%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 6% · US 5%
Native American
10%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 1% · US 1%
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
Male
21151%
Female
20449%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Sheboygan Falls Middle→Sheboygan Falls High
Feeds from
Sheboygan Falls ElementaryPK–04
Based on grade levels within Sheboygan Falls School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or Advanced
English Language Arts
55.4%
WI avg 53.1% . -4.1pp since 2023
Math
49.5%
WI avg 54.8% . -1.5pp since 2023

What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.

Forward Exam results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2555.4%49.5%
2023-2459.5%51.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
56.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.8%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.3pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Sheboygan Falls Middle

Sheboygan Falls Middle's state test result (56.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Sheboygan Falls Middle this school41529.2%56.4%
Mapleview Intermediate
Kimberly
41326.2%72.4%
Elk Mound Middle
Elk Mound
36825.3%69.0%
Altoona Middle
Altoona
39435.3%59.0%
West De Pere Middle
De Pere
54624.7%63.6%
Lake Mills Middle
Lake Mills
41326.9%52.3%
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 Sheboygan Falls Middle ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn WisconsinIn Sheboygan County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
56.4%#167 of 323#5 of 9
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
49.5%#232 of 327
▼ 14
#7 of 10
no change
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
55.4%#163 of 327
▼ 50
#5 of 10
no change
Enrollment
ranked largest first
415#154 of 389#5 of 12
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
10.9:1#28 of 265#1 of 8
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
32.3%#153 of 265#5 of 8
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
29.2%#200 of 323#5 of 9
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-19.1%#47 of 176#2 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 2024-25
Enrollment
415
-104 (-20%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 372
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 15.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-254153810.9:129% (121)
2023-2445935.712.9:131% (144)
2022-2346835.513.2:131% (147)
2020-215193415.3:135% (180)
2017-1851335.514.5:128% (144)
2015-164733712.8:130% (144)
2010-115263813.8:131% (161)
2000-015603715.1:17% (39)
1990-913722216.9:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sheboygan Falls Middle.

Since 2017-18: students down 19% (513 to 415); teachers up 7% (35.5 to 38).

About Sheboygan Falls Middle

In Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, part of Sheboygan County, Sheboygan Falls Middle is a middle-grades school. The school covers grades 5 through 8 and reported 415 students in 2024-25.

Sheboygan Falls School District counts 3 schools and 1,494 students, including Sheboygan Falls Middle.

By race and ethnicity, Sheboygan Falls Middle is 82% White. The remaining shares are 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 4% Asian. In Sheboygan County overall, the White share is about 83%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 32, compared with 70 nationally.

The student-to-teacher ratio at Sheboygan Falls Middle is 10.9:1, based on 38 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Wisconsin is 12.8:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Sheboygan Falls Middle counts 29% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 45% for public schools in Sheboygan County.

On the allk12 Grade, Sheboygan Falls Middle lands at C+, ahead of 38% of Wisconsin public middle schools.

Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 59.8% for Sheboygan Falls Middle. The school posts 56.4%, 3.3 points below the prediction.

Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Sheboygan County show that the median household earns about $73,094 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Sheboygan County has 52 public schools with about 17,340 students, including Sheboygan Falls Middle.

The closest school to Sheboygan Falls Middle is Sheboygan Falls Elementary, located less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Sheboygan Falls Middle at 5th of 8.

The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Small: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.

Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 415, compared with 519 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 15.3:1 to 10.9:1.

This page is set up for the Sheboygan Falls Middle community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.

Sheboygan County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Sheboygan Falls Middle
District
Sheboygan Falls School District
Address
2 Alfred W Miley Avenue, Sheboygan Falls, WI 53085
Phone
(920) 467-7880
County
Sheboygan County
Level
Middle
Grade range
05–08
Total enrollment
415
Teachers (FTE)
38
Student–teacher ratio
10.9:1
Free and reduced lunch
121 (29%)
Locale
23-Suburb: Small
NCES ID
551368002289
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Sheboygan Falls Middle
How many students attend Sheboygan Falls Middle?
Sheboygan Falls Middle enrolls approximately 415 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Sheboygan Falls Middle serve?
Sheboygan Falls Middle serves grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sheboygan Falls Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sheboygan Falls Middle is approximately 10.9:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sheboygan Falls Middle?
At Sheboygan Falls Middle, the student body is approximately 82% White, 8% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Sheboygan Falls Middle?
Sheboygan Falls Middle is overseen by Sheboygan Falls School District in Sheboygan County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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