Hornung Elementary School

Hornung Elementary School is a public elementary school in BRIGHTON, Michigan. The school runs kindergarten through 4 and enrolls 558 students. That compares with an average of about 369 students for elementary schools in Michigan.

Within Brighton Area Schools, Hornung Elementary School is one of 8 schools. The district enrolls 5,796 students.

A large majority of enrollment at Hornung Elementary School is White, at 94%. It is also 3% Hispanic. Among Livingston County residents, the White share is about 94%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 11%.

With 30.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 18.1:1. Elementary schools in Michigan average 15.8:1, 2.2 fewer students per teacher than here. Roughly 9% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 20% average among public schools in Livingston County.

Hornung Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 72.0%, compared with a predicted 62.2%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Michigan schools on BeatsExpectations.

The county, Livingston County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $103,039, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 40% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 3%. The county has 48 public schools and about 24,695 students.

Maltby Intermediate School is the nearest public school to Hornung Elementary School, about 0.1 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 72.0% is above the 59.9% average for nearby schools.

The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Mid-size).

Federal data put enrollment at 397 in 2020-21 and 558 in 2024-25; the school may have served different grades in those years. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (18.1:1) than in 2020-21 (14.2:1).

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