Mount Horeb Area Community 4K

As an one-room-style elementary-level community in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, Mount Horeb Area Community 4K teaches 113 students from grade pre-K, operated by Mount Horeb Area School District. Compared to the state average of about 323 students per school, that is 65% leaner than typical.

Within Mount Horeb Area School District, which oversees 6 schools and 2,298 students, Mount Horeb Area Community 4K is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Mount Horeb Area Community 4K shows that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Dane County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Mount Horeb Area Community 4K reports 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. An estimated 3% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Dane County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Dane County put the typical household earns roughly $89,975 per year, roughly 55% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Mount Horeb Area Community 4K is one of 169 public schools in Dane County (combined enrollment of about 78,525 students).

Nearest neighbor: Mount Horeb Early Learning Center, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 23%: 146 students in 2018 compared to 113 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 95% to 90% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 22.5:1 in 2018 to 18.8:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for Mount Horeb Area Community 4K typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.