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Hortonville, Wisconsin - 8 schools
An equity score of 17/100 ranks Hortonville Area School District #379 of 403 districts in Wisconsin (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,044 per pupil, Hortonville Area School District ranks #419 of 422 Wisconsin districts by per-pupil spending (Wisconsin districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
4,258
Total Enrollment
8
Schools
$11,044
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Hortonville Area School District operates 8 public schools serving 4,258 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Wisconsin. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 elementary, 3 combined, 1 high, 1 middle schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Outagamie County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,044 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 43 of 422 Wisconsin districts by per-pupil spending. See how Wisconsin compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 42.0% local, 50.0% state, and 8.0% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 17/100, ranked #379 of 403 in Wisconsin against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 8 schools offering Advanced Placement (13 AP courses district-wide), a 524.7:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 3.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 89.1% White, 5.7% Hispanic or Latino, 1.6% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Greenville Elementary, with a diversity index of 29.2/100.
Its largest campus is Hortonville High, enrolling 1,323 students (31% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Fox West Academy, at 65 students, a 20x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Hortonville High accounts for 31.1% of all Hortonville Area School District student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Hortonville Area School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Hortonville Area School District school enrollment varies 20× across entities
Hortonville Area School District school enrollment ranges from 65 students (lowest) to 1,323 students (highest), a spread of 1,258 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Hortonville Area School District student-counselor ratio is 525:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Hortonville Area School District chronic absenteeism rate is 3.7% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Comparisons are relative to Hortonville Area School District's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Hortonville Area School District?
Hortonville Area School District has 8 schools, including 1 high, 3 elementary, 3 combined, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 4,258 students.
How much does Hortonville Area School District spend per student?
Hortonville Area School District spends $11,044 per student. The district has an equity score of 17/100, ranking #379 in Wisconsin.
What is the demographic composition of Hortonville Area School District?
Hortonville Area School District students are 89.1% White, 5.7% Hispanic or Latino, 1.6% Asian, 1.0% African American, averaged across 8 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Hortonville Area School District?
Hortonville Area School District has an equity score of 17/100, ranking #379 out of 403 districts in Wisconsin.