Mount Horeb Primary Center

As a compact elementary school in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, Mount Horeb Primary Center educates 269 students from grades 1 through 2, overseen by Mount Horeb Area School District.

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

Looking at the student body, Mount Horeb Primary Center lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Dane County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Mount Horeb Primary Center has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.5:1. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 14% of students at Mount Horeb Primary Center qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Dane County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, Dane County reports that median household income runs about $89,975, about 55% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Dane County's 169 public schools (combined enrollment of about 78,525 students), Mount Horeb Primary Center is one campus in the mix.

Mount Horeb Early Learning Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Mount Horeb Primary Center.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Mount Horeb Primary Center's enrollment has shrank 16% since 2018, when it stood at 321 (now 269). Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.