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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at Horizon Elementary School?
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Enrollment
679
Elementary
DISTRICT 454 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PENN-HARRIS-MADISON SCHOOL CORP·NCES 180876000526
Horizon Elementary School
10060 Brummitt Rd, Granger, IN 46530 · (574) 679-9788 · St. Joseph County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL679 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% of Indiana public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Indiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
117 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 20 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 105 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 119 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 115 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 110 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 126 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (105) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (126).
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 57% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
64.0%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
74.6%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
Source: ILEARN. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
67.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.4%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Indiana's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Horizon Elementary School
Horizon Elementary School's state test result (67.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horizon Elementary School this school | 679 | 17.2% | 67.4% |
| Hazel Dell Elementary School Noblesville | 642 | 18.7% | 67.3% |
| Walnut Grove Elementary School Bargersville | 735 | 20.3% | 53.4% |
| Forest Dale Elementary School Carmel | 638 | 18.0% | 68.5% |
| Cherry Tree Elementary School Carmel | 711 | 12.9% | 72.2% |
| Perry Hill Elementary School Fort Wayne | 545 | 19.8% | 50.5% |
Matched among Indiana elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Horizon Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In St. Joseph County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.4% | #74 of 983 | #3 of 40 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.6% | #73 of 986 | #4 of 40 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #74 of 986 | #4 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 679 | #101 of 1,079 | #1 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.0:1 | #960 of 991 | #36 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.1% | #567 of 996 | #33 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.2% | #1,015 of 1,058 | #39 of 41 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.0% | #300 of 353 | #10 of 12 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
679
+20 (+3%) vs 2020
-4% since 2000-01, when it was 708
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
was 18.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 679 | 34 | 20.0:1 | 17% (117) |
| 2023-24 | 675 | 33.5 | 20.1:1 | 15% (104) |
| 2022-23 | 691 | 33.7 | 20.5:1 | 19% (128) |
| 2020-21 | 659 | 35 | 18.8:1 | 13% (87) |
| 2017-18 | 666 | 30 | 22.2:1 | 15% (99) |
| 2015-16 | 644 | 30 | 21.5:1 | 14% (92) |
| 2010-11 | 555 | 23 | 24.1:1 | 15% (83) |
| 2000-01 | 708 | 33 | 21.4:1 | 4% (26) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Horizon Elementary School.
About Horizon Elementary School
Horizon Elementary School is a public large elementary school in Granger, Indiana. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 679 students. It has 56% more students than the average for elementary schools in Indiana (about 436).
The district for Horizon Elementary School is Penn-Harris-Madison School Corp, with 15 schools and 11,329 students.
White students are 79% of those enrolled at Horizon Elementary School. Other reported shares: 7% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Black, and 3% Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 37%.
Teacher count: 34 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 20.0:1. The average for elementary schools in Indiana, 15.5:1, is lower. Roughly 17% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in St. Joseph County is 46%.
Horizon Elementary School earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 81% of Indiana public elementary schools.
Schools in Indiana with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 63.4%. Horizon Elementary School scores 67.4%.
In the surrounding county, St. Joseph County, the median household earns about $66,868 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Counting Horizon Elementary School, St. Joseph County has 73 public schools.
Discovery Middle School is the nearest public school to Horizon Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of Horizon Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, Horizon Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment rose by 20 students, from 659 to 679. Students per teacher increased from 18.8 in 2020-21 to 20.0 in 2024-25.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
St. Joseph County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
273,040
Census ACS
Median income
$66,868
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
73
35,614 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Penn-Harris-Madison School Corp
- Penn High SchoolHigh · 3,687 students
- Schmucker Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,041 students
- Discovery Middle SchoolMiddle · 941 students
- Virgil I Grissom Middle SchoolMiddle · 662 students
- Northpoint Elementary SchoolElementary · 577 students
- Prairie Vista Elementary SchoolElementary · 513 students
Other schools in Granger
- Discovery Middle SchoolMiddle · 941 students
- Northpoint Elementary SchoolElementary · 577 students
- Prairie Vista Elementary SchoolElementary · 513 students
- Mary Frank Harris Elementary SchElementary · 471 students
Other Horizon Elementary schools
19 other US public schools in 15 states are named Horizon Elementary. Horizon Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 20.
- Horizon ElementaryBakersfield, CA · 845 students
- HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPORT ORANGE, FL · 618 students
- Horizon ElementaryJohnston, IA · 613 students
- Horizon Elementary SchoolMadison, AL · 567 students
- Horizon ElementaryEverett, WA · 550 students
Nearby schools
- Discovery Middle School0.2 mi · 941
- Cleveland Elementary School1.7 mi · 519
- Mary Frank Harris Elementary Sch3.1 mi · 471
- Northpoint Elementary School3.3 mi · 577
- Woodland Elementary School3.5 mi · 429
- Elkhart High School3.8 mi · 3,073
Frequently asked questions
About Horizon Elementary SchoolHow large is Horizon Elementary School?
Horizon Elementary School enrolls approximately 679 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Horizon Elementary School serve?
Horizon Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Horizon Elementary School?
Approximately 20.0:1 students per teacher at Horizon Elementary School.
How diverse is Horizon Elementary School?
Horizon Elementary School reports a student body of 79% White, 7% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Horizon Elementary School in?
Horizon Elementary School is part of Penn-Harris-Madison School Corp.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.