Summary:
Zip code 49246 is served by a single high school, Hanover-Horton High School, a small rural school in Horton, MI, part of the Hanover-Horton School District, serving grades 9-12 with 289 students.
For parents considering this area, Hanover-Horton High School offers a mixed but generally positive picture. The school’s biggest strengths lie outside of test scores: its dropout rate (2.5%) and chronic absenteeism (11.7%) are dramatically better than state averages (7.1% and 27.9%, respectively), suggesting a supportive and engaging school climate. The graduation rate of 88.4% also exceeds the state’s 84.0%. Academically, the school has shown strong results in Science (51.5% proficient vs. 34.9% statewide) and SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (75% proficient vs. 55.4% statewide) in the 2024-2025 school year, earning a 4-star rating and a rank of 101 out of 739 schools. However, this performance has been inconsistent—the school ranked 255th the prior year and is projected to fall to 305th for 2025-2026, indicating volatility across student cohorts.
A clear area of concern is mathematics. While 11th graders scored above the state average in SAT Math in 2024-2025 (33.8% vs. 27.5%), the most recent 2025-2026 data shows a sharp drop to 17.2% proficiency, well below the state’s 26.5%. Additionally, there appears to be a literacy slide: 9th and 10th graders perform well above state averages on PSAT English Language Arts (59% and 73.5% proficient), but by 11th grade, SAT EBRW proficiency falls to 53.1%, barely above the state’s 52.1%. With a student-teacher ratio of 19:1 and per-student spending of $15,650, the school appears to use resources efficiently, but parents should be aware that math achievement and sustaining literacy gains through upper grades may require extra attention.
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