Best Public Schools in Zip Code 53085

ZIP code 53085 covers Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, where three public schools serve students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade in the Sheboygan Falls School District: Sheboygan Falls Elementary (PK–4, 568 students), Sheboygan Falls Middle (5–8, 415 students), and Sheboygan Falls High (9–12, 511 students), for a combined enrollment of 1,494. The district overall is ranked 290th of 432 in Wisconsin, at the 33rd percentile with 2 stars.

Sheboygan Falls Middle is the steadiest and currently best-rated school here: 3 stars, 53rd percentile for 2025–26, and it has held 3 stars for three straight years. It also has the lowest chronic absenteeism (3.8%) and the lowest student-teacher ratio (10.9), with standout 8th-grade social studies results (71.43% proficient vs. 64.63% statewide). Sheboygan Falls High has strong completion outcomes — a 93.8% graduation rate vs. 92.0% statewide and a 0.6% dropout rate vs. 1.1% — but its rating slipped to 2 stars and 46th percentile, and its current math and social studies results trail the state. Sheboygan Falls Elementary has the sharpest decline, falling from 3 stars and 64th percentile in 2023–24 to 2 stars and 36th percentile in 2025–26, with 4th-grade ELA the largest gap in the data (35.71% vs. 53.87% statewide).

Across all three schools, chronic absenteeism is a real strength — the district rate of 6.6% is far below the state's 17.3% — though the high school (11.0%) is nearly triple the middle school's rate. Spending and class sizes vary: the high school spends the most per student ($15,192) with the largest ratio (15.1), the elementary spends the least ($14,096) and has the highest free/reduced lunch share (38.38%), and the middle school has the smallest classes. Parents may want to watch elementary 4th-grade reading, middle school 5th- and 6th-grade math, and high school math and social studies.