Hortonville High

Hortonville High is a heavily attended four-year high school in Hortonville, Wisconsin, operated by Hortonville Area School District. The school enrolls 1,323 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 475 students each, so Hortonville High sits 179% above that benchmark.

Hortonville High is one of 8 schools operated by Hortonville Area School District, a district that caters to 4,214 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hortonville High reports that nearly all students (89%) are White. The remainder consists of 7% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Outagamie County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Hortonville High has 73 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.1:1. The state averages around 14.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 11% of students at Hortonville High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Outagamie County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Hortonville High is in the bottom 10% of Wisconsin public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 71.1%; Hortonville High posts 53.6%, -17.4 points below that line.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Outagamie County put the typical household earns roughly $85,069 per year, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hortonville High is one of 73 public schools in Outagamie County (combined enrollment of about 31,330 students).

Nearest neighbor: Fox West Academy, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Hortonville High. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hortonville High ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 66.5%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hortonville High has expanded 20%, going from 1,103 students in 2018 to 1,323 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 today.

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