Enrollment
345
Elementary
DISTRICT 396 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SUN PRAIRIE AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551464002624
Horizon Elementary
625 N Heatherstone Dr, Sun Prairie, WI 53590 · (608) 834-7900 · Dane County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL345 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- A-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 Wisconsin public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
88 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 42%
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 | 4 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 54% · 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
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
63.3%
WI avg 53.1% . -5.1pp since 2023
Math
63.9%
WI avg 54.8% . -7.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.3% | 63.9% |
| 2023-24 | 68.4% | 71.8% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. 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
68.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.0%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% typical for Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin'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
Horizon Elementary's state test result (68.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horizon Elementary this school | 345 | 25.5% | 68.5% |
| Robinwood Elementary Franklin | 437 | 22.2% | 69.4% |
| Pleasant View Elementary Franklin | 422 | 24.6% | 68.7% |
| Olson Elementary Verona | 462 | 23.2% | 62.1% |
| Country Dale Elementary Franklin | 437 | 20.1% | 67.9% |
| Royal Oaks Elementary Sun Prairie | 433 | 32.1% | 60.2% |
Matched among Wisconsin 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 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Dane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.5% | #220 of 982 | #24 of 74 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.9% | #319 of 992 ▼ 119 | #30 of 74 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.3% | #276 of 992 ▼ 87 | #30 of 74 ▼ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 345 | #469 of 1,157 | #52 of 93 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #228 of 901 | #38 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.2% | #147 of 901 | #28 of 83 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.5% | #804 of 1,064 | #47 of 91 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.2% | #82 of 664 | #10 of 61 |
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
345
-71 (-17%) vs 2020
-32% since 2010-11, when it was 510
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 345 | 29.4 | 11.7:1 | 26% (88) |
| 2023-24 | 357 | 30.4 | 11.7:1 | 27% (97) |
| 2022-23 | 364 | 31.4 | 11.6:1 | 23% (84) |
| 2020-21 | 416 | 33 | 12.6:1 | 21% (86) |
| 2017-18 | 494 | 37 | 13.3:1 | 13% (65) |
| 2015-16 | 560 | 35 | 16.0:1 | 11% (59) |
| 2010-11 | 510 | 34 | 15.0:1 | 23% (118) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Horizon Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (494 to 345); teachers down 21% (37 to 29.4).
About Horizon Elementary
This page covers Horizon Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. The school reports 345 students in pre-K through 5.
The district, Sun Prairie Area School District, operates 16 schools serving 8,549 students.
White students make up a majority at Horizon Elementary, at 53%. Next come 15% Asian, 14% Hispanic, 8% Black, and 8% multiracial. That compares with about 77% White among all Dane County residents. The school's diversity index is 66%, meaning two students picked at random have a 66% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school has about 11.7 students per teacher and 29.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. About 26% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch.
allk12 grades Horizon Elementary a B+. The grade compares the school only with Wisconsin public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 62.0% at Horizon Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 68.5%.
Dane County has about 572,674 residents, and the median household income is $89,975, about 55% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. In all, Dane County has 169 public schools and roughly 78,525 students.
Sun Prairie West High is the closest public school, about 0.7 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Horizon Elementary comes in 1st of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Horizon Elementary as Suburb: Large.
Federal data show a 17% enrollment decrease, from 416 in 2020-21 to 345 in 2024-25.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Dane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
572,674
Census ACS
Median income
$89,975
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
55%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
169
78,525 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sun Prairie Area School District
- Sun Prairie East HighHigh · 1,340 students
- Sun Prairie West HighHigh · 1,325 students
- Prairie View MiddleMiddle · 699 students
- Patrick Marsh MiddleMiddle · 581 students
- Central Heights MiddleMiddle · 560 students
- Token Springs ElementaryElementary · 472 students
Other schools in Sun Prairie
- Sun Prairie East HighHigh · 1,340 students
- Sun Prairie West HighHigh · 1,325 students
- Prairie View MiddleMiddle · 699 students
- Patrick Marsh MiddleMiddle · 581 students
- Central Heights MiddleMiddle · 560 students
- Token Springs ElementaryElementary · 472 students
Other Horizon Elementary schools
19 other US public schools in 15 states are named Horizon Elementary. Horizon Elementary is the 18th largest of the 20.
- Horizon ElementaryPlymouth, WI · 245 students
- Horizon ElementaryBakersfield, CA · 845 students
- Horizon Elementary SchoolGranger, IN · 679 students
- HORIZON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPORT ORANGE, FL · 618 students
- Horizon ElementaryJohnston, IA · 613 students
Nearby schools
- Sun Prairie West High0.7 mi · 1,325
- Meadow View Elementary1.0 mi · 401
- Prairie View Middle1.3 mi · 699
- Royal Oaks Elementary1.4 mi · 433
- Token Springs Elementary1.9 mi · 472
- Creekside Elementary2.1 mi · 394
Frequently asked questions
About Horizon ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Horizon Elementary?
Horizon Elementary enrolls approximately 345 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Horizon Elementary serve?
Horizon Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Horizon Elementary have?
Horizon Elementary employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.7:1.
How diverse is Horizon Elementary?
Horizon Elementary reports a student body of 53% White, 14% Hispanic, 8% Black, 15% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Horizon Elementary?
Horizon Elementary is overseen by Sun Prairie Area School District in Dane County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.