Summary:
ZIP code 54944 contains one high school, Hortonville High, serving grades 9–12 in the Hortonville Area School District in Hortonville, Wisconsin. With 1,323 students, it is the only high school in the ZIP code, so families have a single local option. The district ranks 59th of 432 districts in Wisconsin, at the 86th percentile with 4 stars, and the school has earned 4 stars in each listed year: 90th of 431 (79th percentile) in 2023–24, 64th of 431 (85th percentile) in 2024–25, and 124th of 533 (77th percentile) in 2025–26. That keeps it in the top quarter of Wisconsin high schools.
Outcomes are strong. In 2024–25, the school posted a 98.4% graduation rate, 0.0% dropout rate, and 1.6% chronic absenteeism rate; the district matched those rates, while the state averaged 92.0% graduation, 1.1% dropout, and 17.3% chronic absenteeism. On 2025–26 tests, the school outperformed the state in 10th-grade ACT ELA (64.44% vs. 48.47%), mathematics (53.80% vs. 42.93%), and science (54.41% vs. 43.20%). The exception was 10th-grade Social Studies on the Forward Exam: 44.41%, which was 3.84 points below the state’s 48.25%.
The biggest watch item is Social Studies. In 2024–25, the school’s 10th-grade Social Studies proficiency was 58.46%, 10.79 points above the state; in 2025–26 it fell to 44.41%, 3.84 points below the state—a 14.05-point year-over-year drop for the school while the state average rose slightly. Context metrics show a relatively low-poverty, moderately sized school: 10.73% free/reduced lunch, $11,611 per-student spending, and an 18:1 student-teacher ratio. School and district test scores are identical in all reported subjects, suggesting the high school largely drives the district’s high-school-level reporting. Overall, the school remains a high-performing 4-star school with excellent completion, attendance, and ACT results; Social Studies should be monitored closely.
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