Summary
Sheboygan Falls Elementary is a PK–4 school in Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, with 568 students—the largest enrollment among nearby schools—and is part of the Sheboygan Falls School District. The district ranks 290th of 432 Wisconsin districts (33rd percentile, 2 stars). The school improved to the 57th–65th percentile from 2021-22 through 2023-24, earning 3 stars, but has since slipped to 46th percentile (2 stars) in 2024-25 and 36th percentile (2 stars) in 2025-26, now slightly below the state median. Free/reduced lunch eligibility rose to 38.38% in 2024-25 from 32.39% in 2022-23.
One clear strength is chronic absenteeism: at 4.5%, it is far below the district’s 6.6% and the state’s 17.3%, and second-best in the nearby set after Kohler Elementary (2.9%). Grade 3 math was also above the state (55.32% vs. 54.75%). The weak spot is grade 4: ELA proficiency was 35.71% versus the state’s 53.87%, and science was 49.41% versus 53.46%. Compared with similar-poverty, similar-resource peers, Lake Country Academy - Charter has a 37.58% free/reduced lunch rate and spends $13,688 per student, yet ranks at the 60th percentile and outperforms in most grade 3–4 subjects. Even higher-poverty schools like Etude Elementary (51.58% free/reduced lunch) and Lincoln-Erdman Elementary (45.94%) rank at the 73rd percentile with 4 stars. Kohler Elementary, just 1.08 miles away, ranks 10th of 1,039 (99th percentile, 5 stars) with 0.89% free/reduced lunch.
Subgroup effectiveness has weakened recently: special education and low-income students dropped from 4-star ratings in 2023-24 to 1–2 stars in 2025-26. Per-student spending rose from $11,698 in 2021-22 to $14,096 in 2024-25, and the student-teacher ratio improved from 14.9 to 13.2, yet test scores peaked in 2023-24 and declined. Bottom line: Sheboygan Falls Elementary has excellent attendance and a decent grade 3 math result, but its biggest academic concern is grade 4, especially ELA and science, along with a two-year overall decline. Compared with similar-resource schools it is underperforming; compared with many higher-poverty Sheboygan Area schools it is holding its own or doing better. Improvement targets include grade 4 instruction, subgroup effectiveness, and reversing the downward trend.
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