Horizons Elementary

Horizons Elementary, a cozy elementary campus in Appleton, Wisconsin, operated by Appleton Area School District, instructs 264 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Appleton Area School District runs 38 schools in total, collectively educating 14,994 students. Horizons Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Horizons Elementary logs that the largest single group is White at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 22% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 9% multiracial, 7% Black. By comparison, Calumet County as a whole is about 88% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 56% of students at Horizons Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Calumet County runs at roughly 30%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Horizons Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.5%, the actual is 52.9%, a residual of +9.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Calumet County) records that the typical household earns roughly $88,810 per year, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Horizons Elementary is one of 22 public schools in Calumet County (combined enrollment of about 6,846 students).

The closest other public school is Tesla Engineering Charter School, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Horizons Elementary at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 52.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 28%: 365 students in 2018 compared to 264 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Horizons Elementary typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.