High Schools in South Brown County

South Brown County has one listed high school, Horton High, which serves grades 9–12 and enrolls 147 students. With no other high schools in the area list, families have no local school-to-school comparison here. The clearest concern is that the school’s 2025–2026 proficiency was below the state in all three subjects, with especially wide gaps in English language arts and math.

Horton High is both the highest- and lowest-scoring school in this list by default, so it is more useful to compare its results with state figures. Science was its relative bright spot: proficiency was 22%, compared with 38% statewide, a gap of 16 points. Math proficiency was 7%, versus 41% statewide, a 34-point gap; English language arts proficiency was 0%, versus 46%, a 46-point gap. Same-grade comparisons show the pattern, too: 11th-grade science was 22% versus 30% statewide, while 10th-grade math was 7% versus 37% and 10th-grade English language arts was 0% versus 41%.

Results declined in both subjects with year-to-year figures, while state results rose. English language arts at Horton High fell from 28% in 2024–2025 to 0% in 2025–2026, while math fell from 20% to 7%; the state increased by about 1 point in English language arts and 2 points in math. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile ranking also dropped, from 51 in 2023–2024 to 7 in 2025–2026. Other indicators add context: chronic absenteeism was 39%, compared with 18% statewide; the graduation rate was 85% versus 90%, and the dropout rate was 3% versus 1%. The school’s student–teacher ratio was 9.8, and its reported free/reduced-lunch rate was 62%. These figures describe different aspects of the school; the supplied data cannot show how they relate to results across schools.