Summary:
The Sheboygan Area School District operates five middle schools serving grades 6–8 — Horace Mann Middle, Urban Middle, Farnsworth Middle, Etude Middle, and George D Warriner Middle — enrolling 1,748 students in the Sheboygan area. The district overall ranks 343rd of 432 Wisconsin districts, at the 21st percentile with 1 star, and it trails the state in all eight tested subject/grade areas in 2025–2026.
Horace Mann Middle is the largest school with 617 students and has the best attendance among the large schools (18.3% chronic absenteeism), plus a bright spot in Math 7 at 55.80%, above the state. But its simple proficiency average fell from 48.4% to 45.0% and its rank slipped to 28th percentile with 1 star. Urban Middle (568 students) is the most consistently above-district large school, beating the district in 6 of 8 current tests, with Social Studies 8 rising from 47.22% to 63.44%, though it remains below the state everywhere and holds 1 star. Farnsworth Middle is the clearest concern: lowest rank (516th of 643, 20th percentile, 1 star), lowest proficiency average at about 38.7%, highest free/reduced-price lunch rate at 71.78%, and above the district in only 1 of 8 tests.
Etude Middle (77 students) posts the highest current simple average, about 47.0%, with ELA 6 at 64.29% above both district and state, but it has the highest chronic absenteeism at 40.3% and its grade-level scores swing widely. George D Warriner Middle (43 students) shows the biggest gains — Social Studies 8 from 23.08% to 66.67% — with 0.0% chronic absenteeism and 0.0% dropout, but on a very small denominator. Notably, spending and staffing show no simple link to proficiency: Etude has the lowest per-student spending ($13,736) yet strong results, while Farnsworth spends $16,256 with a low 11.8 student-teacher ratio and the lowest outcomes.
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