Enrollment
226
Elementary
DISTRICT 175 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH BROWN COUNTY·NCES 200747001041
Horton Elem
300 E 16th, Horton, KS 66439 · (785) 486-2616 · Brown County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL226 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% of Kansas public elementary schools
- B-Test 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 Kansas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
135 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 | 44 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 45 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 32 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 31 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 45% larger than its 4th grade class (31).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 58% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within South Brown County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
37.5%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
37.5%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.5% | 37.5% |
| 2023-24 | 40.6% | 55.1% |
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades. Kansas set new KAP cut scores in spring 2025, so results from 2023-24 and earlier are not comparable with later years.
Source: KAP. 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
42.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.6%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for Kansas 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 Kansas'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 Horton Elem
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horton Elem this school | 226 | 59.7% | 42.7% |
| Oberlin Elem Oberlin | 232 | 60.3% | 46.1% |
| Park Elem Columbus | 208 | 59.1% | N/A |
| Spring Grove Primary Center Galena | 229 | 65.1% | N/A |
| Eisenhower Elem Wellington | 277 | 59.6% | 40.8% |
| Lincoln Elem Baxter Springs | 245 | 65.3% | N/A |
Matched among Kansas 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 Horton Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.7% | #329 of 625 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #374 of 625 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #484 of 625 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 226 | #502 of 714 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #298 of 539 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.0% | #273 of 540 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.7% | #263 of 658 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.8% | #283 of 377 |
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
226
+36 (+19%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 287
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 10.0:1
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 | 226 | 16.5 | 13.7:1 | 60% (135) |
| 2023-24 | 229 | 19 | 12.1:1 | 57% (130) |
| 2022-23 | 211 | 19 | 11.1:1 | 60% (126) |
| 2020-21 | 190 | 19 | 10.0:1 | 54% (103) |
| 2017-18 | 245 | 21.1 | 11.6:1 | 62% (153) |
| 2015-16 | 248 | 20 | 12.4:1 | 72% (178) |
| 2010-11 | 242 | 21 | 11.5:1 | 74% (180) |
| 2000-01 | 312 | 19 | 16.4:1 | 58% (181) |
| 1990-91 | 287 | 15 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Horton Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (245 to 226); teachers down 22% (21.1 to 16.5).
About Horton Elem
Families in Horton, Kansas, are served by Horton Elem, a small elementary school. It has an enrollment of 226 students in pre-K through 4. On average, elementary schools in Kansas enroll around 313, and this school is 28% below that mark.
Horton Elem is one school in a 3-school district, South Brown County, which enrolls 524 students.
More than half of enrollment at Horton Elem is White: 70%. Other groups include 15% Native American, 11% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 83% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Horton Elem scores 47%.
On staff are 16.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.7:1. The average for elementary schools in Kansas is about 13.2:1. About 60% of students at Horton Elem are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Brown County average a similar 59%.
On the allk12 Grade, Horton Elem lands at B-, ahead of 52% of Kansas public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Horton Elem lands between the top and bottom 10% of Kansas schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 42.7%; the prediction is 33.6%.
In the surrounding county, Brown County, the median household earns about $62,233 a year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Horton Elem, Brown County has 7 public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Horton High, is about 0.4 miles. Within ten miles are 3 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 35.8%; Horton Elem's is 42.7%, ranking 3rd of 7.
The school's locale code, Rural: Remote, means it is in rural territory far from an urban area.
In 2020-21, Horton Elem enrolled 190 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 226. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (13.7:1) than in 2020-21 (10.0:1).
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Brown County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,343
Census ACS
Median income
$62,233
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
1,474 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in South Brown County
- Everest MiddleMiddle · 151 students
- Horton HighHigh · 147 students
Other Horton Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Horton Elementary. Horton Elem is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Horton ElementarySan Diego, CA · 386 students
Nearby schools
- Horton High0.4 mi · 147
- Everest Middle5.1 mi · 151
- Kickapoo Nation School8.5 mi · 71
- Atchison County Community Elementary School12.1 mi · 244
- Atchison County Community JR/SR High12.1 mi · 254
- Hiawatha Middle School12.5 mi · 278
Frequently asked questions
About Horton ElemHow many students attend Horton Elem?
Horton Elem enrolls approximately 226 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Horton Elem serve?
Horton Elem serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Horton Elem?
Approximately 13.7:1 students per teacher at Horton Elem.
What is the student diversity at Horton Elem?
Student demographics at Horton Elem are roughly 70% White, 11% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is Horton Elem in?
Horton Elem is part of South Brown County.
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