Schools in Zip Code 66439

ZIP code 66439 has two South Brown County schools: Horton Elementary, serving pre-K through grade 4, and Horton High, serving grades 9–12. Their 2025–26 results show a clear difference between the elementary and high-school levels: Elementary was below state results in both subjects, but High was much farther behind. Chronic absenteeism was also high at both schools, especially at High. The most important finding is that the academic and attendance concerns are substantially greater at Horton High.

Horton Elementary stands out as the stronger of the two in the reported all-grades results: 41% were proficient in ELA and 31% in math, compared with 0% and 7% at Horton High—gaps of 41 and 24 percentage points. Elementary was 5 points below the state in ELA and 10 points below in math; High was 46 points below in ELA and 34 points below in math. A specific weak spot at Elementary is fourth-grade math: 26% proficient, compared with 44% statewide. High also had the higher chronic absenteeism rate, 39% versus 22% at Elementary and 18% statewide.

Recent results moved in different directions at Elementary but fell in both tested subjects at High. Elementary ELA rose 4 percentage points from 2024–25 to 2025–26, while math fell 6; High ELA fell 28 points and math fell 12. SchoolDigger ranks Elementary 503rd of 657 schools (23rd percentile, one star) and High 315th of 340 (7th percentile, zero stars); both schools’ percentile rankings have declined since 2023–24. Elementary has a student–teacher ratio of 13.6, compared with 9.8 at High; reported free/reduced-lunch rates are about 60% and 62%, respectively. These figures are context, not an explanation for school results. Because the schools serve different grade spans, their all-grades scores are not a like-grade comparison.