Horizon Elementary School

Located at 7855 Old Madison Pike, in Madison, Alabama, Horizon Elementary School is a reasonably sized K-5 school that teaches 567 students (grades K through 5), one of the schools within Madison City.

Madison City runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 13,046 students. Horizon Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Horizon Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White at 52%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 23% Black, 10% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 6% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 63% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Horizon Elementary School has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.7:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 33% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Horizon Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.7%; this one delivers 72.8%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Madison County indicate median household earnings sit near $86,499, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Madison County's 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 55,800 students), Horizon Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Columbia High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Horizon Elementary School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Horizon Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 37.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. Horizon Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 16% since 2018, when it stood at 674 (now 567). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 70% to 52%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.7:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 in 2025.

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