Summary:
Horton, in South Brown County, has two listed schools: Horton Elementary, serving PK–4, and Horton High, serving grades 9–12. Because they serve different grade spans, their all-grades results are not direct comparisons of the same grades. The clearest finding is a sharp difference in 2025–2026 results: Elementary was closer to state proficiency, while High was far below it in both shared subjects.
Horton Elementary leads the two schools in both subjects they share: its ELA proficiency was 41%, compared with 0% at Horton High, a 41-point difference; in math, the scores were 31% and 7%, a 24-point difference. Elementary was 5 points below the state in ELA and 10 points below in math, while High was 46 points below in ELA and 34 below in math. High’s science result, reported only for that school, was 22%—its closest subject to the state’s 38%, though still 16 points lower. Within Elementary, fourth-grade math was a particular concern: 26% proficiency versus 44% statewide.
Results changed unevenly over the two years reported. Elementary ELA rose 4 points, from 37% to 41%, but math fell 6 points; High fell 28 points in ELA, to 0%, and 12 points in math. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile rankings also declined: Elementary went from the 63rd percentile in 2023–2024 to the 23rd in 2025–2026, while High went from the 51st to the 7th. Attendance is another notable difference: chronic absenteeism was 22% at Elementary and 39% at High, versus 18% statewide. High had a lower student–teacher ratio (9.8 versus 13.6), and the schools’ free/reduced-lunch rates were similar—62% at High and 60% at Elementary; these are context, not explanations for test results.
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