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Enrollment
568
Middle
DISTRICT 350 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHEBOYGAN AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551365001798
Urban Middle
1226 North Ave, Sheboygan, WI 53083 · (920) 459-3680 · Sheboygan County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL568 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 40% 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.
- A-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
13.8:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
382 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 | 181 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 197 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 190 | 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
45.2%
WI avg 53.1% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
43.4%
WI avg 54.8% . -1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.2% | 43.4% |
| 2023-24 | 43.2% | 45.0% |
% 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
44.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.4%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Urban Middle
Urban Middle's state test result (44.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban Middle this school | 568 | 67.3% | 44.2% |
| Wilson Middle Appleton | 587 | 57.8% | 36.3% |
| Farnsworth Middle Sheboygan | 443 | 71.8% | 38.8% |
| Horace Mann Middle Sheboygan | 617 | 61.6% | 45.3% |
| John Muir Middle Wausau | 967 | 44.9% | 56.1% |
| Washington Middle Manitowoc | 566 | 62.4% | 33.2% |
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 Urban Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Sheboygan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #267 of 323 | #8 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.4% | #267 of 327 ▼ 11 | #9 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.2% | #253 of 327 ▲ 4 | #8 of 10 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 568 | #95 of 389 | #2 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #178 of 265 | #6 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.0% | #18 of 265 | #2 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.3% | #23 of 323 | #2 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.2% | #50 of 176 | #3 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
568
-76 (-12%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 666
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 568 | 41.2 | 13.8:1 | 67% (382) |
| 2023-24 | 558 | 38.7 | 14.4:1 | 53% (296) |
| 2022-23 | 562 | 41.5 | 13.6:1 | 51% (289) |
| 2020-21 | 644 | 44 | 14.6:1 | 49% (313) |
| 2017-18 | 694 | 43.2 | 16.1:1 | 43% (301) |
| 2015-16 | 684 | 42 | 16.3:1 | 41% (283) |
| 2010-11 | 734 | 50 | 14.7:1 | 51% (375) |
| 2000-01 | 825 | 55 | 15.0:1 | 26% (216) |
| 1990-91 | 666 | 44 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Urban Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (694 to 568); teachers down 5% (43.2 to 41.2).
About Urban Middle
Urban Middle is a mid-sized middle school in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. It offers grades 6 through 8 and has 568 students enrolled. It has 49% more students than the average for middle schools in Wisconsin (about 381).
Urban Middle reports to Sheboygan Area School District, which has 26 schools and 9,285 students.
Of every 100 students at Urban Middle, about 44 are White, the largest group. Other students are 26% Asian, 17% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 4% Black. That is lower than the 83% White share among all Sheboygan County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 70%.
Teacher count: 41.2 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 13.8:1. The average for middle schools in Wisconsin, 12.8:1, is lower. Roughly 67% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Sheboygan County is 45%.
Urban Middle earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 40% of Wisconsin public middle schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Urban Middle is 7.8 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 44.2% actual, 36.4% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Wisconsin.
The school is in Sheboygan County, where the median household earns about $73,094 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Across Sheboygan County, 52 public schools serve about 17,340 students.
North High is about 0.2 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Urban Middle is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Local comparison: Urban Middle ranks 3rd of 7 nearby schools, at 44.2% versus a 44.0% average.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Small.
The school's student count fell 12% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
The allk12 page for Urban Middle lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
- Horace Mann MiddleMiddle · 617 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
- Horace Mann MiddleMiddle · 617 students
- Early Learning CenterElementary · 521 students
- Wilson ElementaryElementary · 472 students
- Lake Country Academy - CharterElementary · 447 students
Nearby schools
- North High0.2 mi · 1,482
- Cooper Elementary0.7 mi · 256
- Jefferson Elementary0.9 mi · 252
- Pigeon River Elementary1.0 mi · 254
- Etude Elementary1.0 mi · 190
- Grant Elementary1.1 mi · 337
Frequently asked questions
About Urban MiddleHow many students attend Urban Middle?
Urban Middle enrolls approximately 568 students in grades 06-08.
Is Urban Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Urban Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Urban Middle?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at Urban Middle.
How diverse is Urban Middle?
Urban Middle reports a student body of 44% White, 17% Hispanic, 4% Black, 26% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Urban Middle in?
Urban Middle is part of Sheboygan Area School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.