Summary:
ZIP code 54944 has one elementary school, Hortonville Elementary, serving grades PK–4 with 461 students in the Hortonville Area School District. It is a 4-star school, ranked 240th of 1,039 Wisconsin elementary schools in 2025–2026, placing it in the 77th percentile. Its rank has improved for three straight years, from 398th of 1,061 in 2023–2024 to 314th of 1,044 in 2024–2025 and 240th of 1,039 in 2025–2026. Chronic absenteeism is 2.7%, compared with 2.4% for the district and 17.3% for the state. The school reports 19.74% free/reduced lunch, $13,725 per-student spending, and a 13.3:1 student-teacher ratio.
Academically, the school scored above the state in every reported Forward Exam subject and grade in both 2024–2025 and 2025–2026. In 2025–2026, standout results include 4th-grade Social Studies at 77.17% proficient, 3rd-grade Mathematics at 71.43%, 4th-grade Science at 70.65%, and 4th-grade Mathematics at 68.48%. Science had the largest gain, rising 17.39 percentage points from 53.26% to 70.65%, moving from below the district to above it. Fourth-grade ELA was above both district and state, while 3rd-grade ELA improved by 3.20 points but remains below the district. Mathematics is consistently well above state averages, though slightly below district averages, and 4th-grade math declined by 4.35 points year over year.
A simple average of the six reported tests shows the school at 68.75% proficient in 2025–2026, versus 68.31% for the district and 55.42% for the state; in 2024–2025, the school averaged 64.89%, the district 68.21%, and the state 54.63%. That suggests the school is closing the gap with its district while staying well above the state. The district is ranked 59th of 432, in the 86th percentile with 4 stars, so the main area to watch is how the school compares within its own district, especially in 3rd-grade ELA and both math grades. Overall, this is a strong, improving school with exceptional attendance and clear gains in science and social studies.
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