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Mount Horeb, Wisconsin - 6 schools
An equity score of 23/100 ranks Mount Horeb Area School District #356 of 403 districts in Wisconsin (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,629 per pupil, Mount Horeb Area School District ranks #362 of 422 Wisconsin districts by per-pupil spending (Wisconsin districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,387
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$12,629
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Mount Horeb Area School District operates 6 public schools serving 2,387 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Wisconsin. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 2 combined, 1 high, 1 middle schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Dane County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,629 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 422 Wisconsin districts by per-pupil spending. See how Wisconsin compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 44.4% local, 48.1% state, and 7.5% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 23/100, ranked #356 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 6 schools offering Advanced Placement (12 AP courses district-wide), a 449.6:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 26.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 88.6% White, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 1.2% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Mount Horeb Early Learning Center, with a diversity index of 25.9/100.
Its largest campus is Mount Horeb High, enrolling 745 students (32% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Mount Horeb Area Community 4k, at 113 students, a 7x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Mount Horeb High accounts for 31.2% of all Mount Horeb Area School District student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Mount Horeb 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.
Mount Horeb Area School District school enrollment varies 6.6× across entities
Mount Horeb Area School District school enrollment ranges from 113 students (lowest) to 745 students (highest), a spread of 632 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Mount Horeb Area School District student-counselor ratio is 450:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Mount Horeb Area School District chronic absenteeism rate is 26.3% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Mount Horeb Area School District is typically wider than the Mount Horeb Area School District-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Mount Horeb 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 Mount Horeb Area School District?
Mount Horeb Area School District has 6 schools, including 1 high, 2 elementary, 1 middle, 2 combined. Total enrollment is 2,387 students.
How much does Mount Horeb Area School District spend per student?
Mount Horeb Area School District spends $12,629 per student. The district has an equity score of 23/100, ranking #356 in Wisconsin.
What is the demographic composition of Mount Horeb Area School District?
Mount Horeb Area School District students are 88.6% White, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 1.2% African American, 1.0% Asian, averaged across 6 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Mount Horeb Area School District?
Mount Horeb Area School District has an equity score of 23/100, ranking #356 out of 403 districts in Wisconsin.