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Farnsworth Middle

Public Grades 6-8

479^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 628 Wisconsin Middle Schools

Better than 24% of Wisconsin middle schools

443

Students ?

11.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$12,511

Per pupil spending ?

71.8%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1017 Union Ave
Sheboygan, WI 53081-5999

(920) 459-3655

District: Sheboygan Area School District

Students who attend Farnsworth Middle usually attend:

High:

South High

Feeder schools for Farnsworth Middle:

Elementary:	Jackson Elementary
	Longfellow Elementary
	Wilson Elementary

Racial breakdown:

White:

36.1%

Asian:

31.4%

Hispanic:

19.2%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 18th percentile in 2015 → 24th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 6 percentile points since 2015

✓Small classes — about 12 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Wisconsin average (41% vs 54% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (24th percentile)

!Science scores 16 pts below the Wisconsin average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school41%

District avg46%

Wisconsin avg54%

479^th of 628

Wisconsin public middle schools ?

Bottom 24%▲ up 6 pts since 2015

From bottom 18% (2015) to bottom 24% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

4^th of 5Middle Schools in the Sheboygan Area School District

341^st of 426Sheboygan Area School District among Wisconsin districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	29.9	479 of 628	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.3	511 of 641	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	33.4	459 of 640	28.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	27.7	491 of 617	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	31.9	458 of 613	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	35.4	429 of 594	27.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	42.1	377 of 579	34.9%	★★☆☆☆
2017	27.1	485 of 612	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	28.6	479 of 609	21.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	27.0	503 of 612	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	41.8	421 of 585	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	41.2	409 of 569	28.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	45.1	420 of 559	24.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	44.9	417 of 549	24.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	43.4	408 of 539	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	38.2	423 of 521	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	38.1	411 of 519	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	47.4	268 of 366	26.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	45.3	284 of 382	25.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	37.7	262 of 332	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	37.2	260 of 324	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	33.7	79 of 117	32.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	58.3	37 of 118	68.6%	★★★☆☆
2023	38.1	76 of 130	41.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	44.1	60 of 125	52.0%	★★★☆☆
2021	60.9	31 of 134	76.9%	★★★★☆
2019	41.9	64 of 127	49.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	43.9	61 of 123	50.4%	★★★☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	23.3	71 of 88	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.0	65 of 87	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	33.1	57 of 90	36.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	29.1	64 of 95	32.6%	★★☆☆☆
2021	40.0	50 of 90	44.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	25.3	72 of 91	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	22.6	73 of 90	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	52.2	75 of 178	57.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	47.0	76 of 173	56.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	52.3	54 of 170	68.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	54.1	52 of 158	67.1%	★★★☆☆
2021	75.4	7 of 138	94.9%	★★★★★
2019	43.3	76 of 153	50.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	40.9	68 of 140	51.4%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	30.4	436 of 573	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	31.2	444 of 580	23.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	39.0	382 of 579	34.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	33.0	417 of 576	27.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	38.8	395 of 574	31.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	33.8	422 of 557	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	42.5	370 of 551	32.8%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	34.2	171 of 237	27.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.9	199 of 239	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.4	184 of 229	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.2	185 of 221	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	30.1	174 of 225	22.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	23.2	176 of 209	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	36.1	145 of 204	28.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	29.7	396 of 509	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	30.9	392 of 520	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	37.5	345 of 525	34.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	29.9	403 of 522	22.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	39.0	324 of 499	35.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	31.4	381 of 487	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	41.0	308 of 489	37.0%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	30.0	446 of 577	22.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.0	464 of 585	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	30.6	433 of 591	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	25.9	461 of 577	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	29.2	440 of 572	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	39.0	385 of 557	30.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	43.3	345 of 551	37.4%	★★☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	45.6	70 of 126	44.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	33.5	99 of 131	24.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	43.8	74 of 132	43.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	37.4	84 of 126	33.3%	★★☆☆☆
2021	19.3	118 of 129	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	17.6	94 of 101	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	25.4	333 of 414	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.6	338 of 425	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.7	351 of 439	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	31.6	304 of 421	27.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	39.3	274 of 437	37.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	43.4	217 of 414	47.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	59.7	118 of 417	71.7%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Wisconsin percentile	Rating
2025	29.8	301 of 399	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.1	324 of 407	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	38.3	265 of 412	35.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	33.7	286 of 397	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	33.8	286 of 393	27.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	44.1	231 of 382	39.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	52.2	166 of 375	55.7%	★★★☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

English Language Learner (2025)58th percentile+34 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)44th percentile+21 vs school

African American (2025)32nd percentile+9 vs school

Hispanic (2025)28th percentile+4 vs school

White (2025)25th percentile~ school

Female (2025)24th percentile~ school

Male (2025)23rd percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)22nd percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)20th percentile-4 vs school

Asian (2025)19th percentile-4 vs school

By subject vs Wisconsin (2024-2025) ?

Social Studies49%-14 vs state

Mathematics42%-12 vs state

English Language Arts39%-15 vs state

Science34%-16 vs state

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Farnsworth Middle	Public	6-8	1017 Union Ave	Sheboygan	53081	Sheboygan County	Sheboygan Area School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 459-3655	443	38	11.8	71.8%	160 (36.1%)	26 (5.9%)	85 (19.2%)	139 (31.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (7.2%)	29.9	479^th of 628 public middle schools	23.7%		27.3	511^th of 641 public middle schools	20.3%	32		32.9	36.4	46.3		39.4	37.9	48.0	49.0	33.8	$12,511	$515	$11,995
George D Warriner Middle	Public, Charter	6-8	830 Virginia Avenue	Sheboygan	53081	Sheboygan County	Sheboygan Area School District	Yes	No	No	No	(920) 459-0945	43	4	10.4	62.8%	23 (53.5%)	1 (2.3%)	12 (27.9%)	1 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (14.0%)	16.3	537^th of 628 public middle schools	14.5%		38.4	440^th of 641 public middle schools	31.4%	97		33.3	42.9	15.4		33.3	42.9	15.4	23.1	15.4	$10,468	$381	$10,087
Etude Middle	Public, Charter	6-8	843 Jefferson Ave	Sheboygan	53081	Sheboygan County	Sheboygan Area School District	Yes	No	No	No	(920) 459-0946	77	6	13.7	66.2%	60 (77.9%)	1 (1.3%)	6 (7.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (11.7%)	42.3	421^st of 628 public middle schools	33.0%		38.9	434^th of 641 public middle schools	32.3%	13		42.9	46.7	60.0		33.3	53.3	48.0	48.0	48.0	$9,803	$381	$9,422
Horace Mann Middle	Public	6-8	2820 Union Ave	Sheboygan	53081	Sheboygan County	Sheboygan Area School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 459-3666	617	47	13.2	61.6%	277 (44.9%)	26 (4.2%)	142 (23.0%)	123 (19.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	48 (7.8%)	43.3	408^th of 628 public middle schools	35.0%		38.3	441^st of 641 public middle schools	31.2%	33		45.1	48.7	50.0		51.4	53.9	38.7	54.6	45.0	$14,241	$486	$13,755
Urban Middle	Public	6-8	1226 North Ave	Sheboygan	53083	Sheboygan County	Sheboygan Area School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 459-3680	568	41	13.7	67.3%	251 (44.2%)	25 (4.4%)	94 (16.5%)	147 (25.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (9.0%)	35.8	450^th of 628 public middle schools	28.3%		37.9	443^rd of 641 public middle schools	30.9%	7		46.6	49.5	40.3		42.9	47.9	40.0	47.2	39.2	$11,417	$437	$10,980
Kohler Middle	Public	6-8	333 Upper Rd	Kohler	53044	Sheboygan County	Kohler School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 803-7282	168	10	16.0		133 (79.2%)	1 (0.6%)	14 (8.3%)	16 (9.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.4%)	89.7	27^th of 628 public middle schools	95.7%		94	9^th of 641 public middle schools	98.6%	18		78.6	91.2	83.6		64.3	89.3	80.0	85.5	74.6	$8,552	$201	$8,351
Sheboygan Falls Middle	Public	5-8	2 Alfred W Miley Avenue	Sheboygan Falls	53085	Sheboygan County	Sheboygan Falls School District	No	No	No	Yes	(920) 467-7880	415	38	10.9	29.2%	339 (81.7%)	7 (1.7%)	33 (8.0%)	17 (4.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.3%)	56.6	292^nd of 628 public middle schools	53.5%		58.4	275^th of 641 public middle schools	57.1%	17	52.2	53.5	61.8	54.1	52.2	47.5	56.9	42.3	74.8	53.2	$11,028	$451	$10,577
Oostburg Middle	Public	6-8	408 New York Ave	Oostburg	53070	Sheboygan County	Oostburg School District	No	No	No	Yes	(920) 564-2383	204	15	13.6	16.7%	176 (86.3%)	1 (0.5%)	22 (10.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.5%)	93.2	9^th of 628 public middle schools	98.6%		87.7	38^th of 641 public middle schools	94.1%	29		85.5	81.4	87.1		82.6	85.7	91.9	90.3	72.6	$10,659	$294	$10,365
Howards Grove Middle	Public	5-8	506 Kennedy Ave	Howards Grove	53083	Sheboygan County	Howards Grove School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 565-4452	256	18	14.1	14.8%	230 (89.8%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.7%)	10 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.5%)	73.7	132^nd of 628 public middle schools	79.0%		62.8	239^th of 641 public middle schools	62.7%	107	70.0	77.3	56.9	56.4	90.0	83.3	74.5	62.8	70.5	59.0	$10,558	$422	$10,136
Cedar Grove-Belgium Middle	Public	5-8	50 W Union Ave	Cedar Grove	53013	Sheboygan County	Cedar Grove-Belgium Area School District	No	No	No	No	(920) 668-8518	252	16	15.7	22.6%	200 (79.4%)	4 (1.6%)	37 (14.7%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.6%)	90	23^rd of 628 public middle schools	96.3%		82.5	66^th of 641 public middle schools	89.7%	43	71.4	66.0	81.0	86.5	88.6	69.8	88.9	88.5	90.4	78.9	$11,741	$283	$11,459

Frequently Asked Questions about Farnsworth Middle

What is the racial makeup of Farnsworth Middle?

Students at Farnsworth Middle are 36% White, 31% Asian, 19% Hispanic, 7% Two or more races, 6% African American.

How many students attend Farnsworth Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 443 students attended Farnsworth Middle.

What high school do graduates of Farnsworth Middle attend?

Students who attend Farnsworth Middle usually go on to attend South High

Is Farnsworth Middle a good school?

Farnsworth Middle ranks in the bottom 23.7% of Wisconsin middle schools.

What district is Farnsworth Middle in?

Sheboygan Area School District

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