Hortonville Elementary

Hortonville Elementary is a primary school of mid-sized scale in Hortonville, Wisconsin, run under Hortonville Area School District, instructing 461 students in grades pre-K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 43% larger than the state mean of about 323.

Hortonville Area School District comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 4,214 students; Hortonville Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hortonville Elementary lists that nearly all students (91%) are White; the rest looks like 4% Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. About 20% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Outagamie County (around 32%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Hortonville Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 65.5%; this one delivers 63.8%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Outagamie County shows the typical household earns roughly $85,069 per year, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Hortonville Elementary is one of 73 public schools in Outagamie County (combined enrollment of about 31,330 students).

Nearest neighbor: Fox West Academy, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hortonville Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 65.1%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hortonville Elementary has ticked down 14%, going from 533 students in 2018 to 461 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.