The top reported proficiency rate is 89% in Social studies. The lowest is 63% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Hilbert Elementary
Hilbert Elementary serves prekindergarten through fourth grade in a single, small village in Calumet County. Only the early grades are housed here; older students attend Hilbert Middle and Hilbert High on the same K-through-12 campus, which the village describes as state of the art. The school is a regular public school, not a charter or magnet. It belongs to the Hilbert School District.
The student body is predominantly white, with a notable Hispanic share. A meaningful minority of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals, giving the school a modest economic diversity. The school is small enough that its fourth-grade cohort numbers just over thirty students, and the third-grade group is similarly sized. Parents here will find a setting where class sizes are small and most children in a grade know one another.
State testing results from the Forward assessment show a picture of solid performance that strengthens as students move through the grades. In third-grade math, roughly six in ten students scored proficient or above. In fourth-grade math, the share rose into the low eighties. English language arts followed a similar upward pattern: third grade near six in ten, fourth grade about two-thirds proficient. Science and social studies, tested only in fourth grade, both posted strong results, with the science figure nearing eight in ten and social studies approaching nine in ten. Across all tested subjects and grades, the school’s proficiency index lands in the top quartile relative to districts in Calumet County. That is a clear strength: on the measures that matter at this grade band, Hilbert Elementary is performing ahead of many of its neighbors.
The village of Hilbert is a compact community anchored by Sargento Foods as its largest employer, with a mix of small manufacturers and businesses. It has a small downtown, a park system with ballfields, and a community center. The population has declined slightly in recent years, though the village says it has room for both residential and commercial development. Families will find a short drive to Green Bay, Appleton, or Fond du Lac for a wider range of shopping and services.
The district made one recent change publicly reported: beginning in the 2021-2022 school year, its four-year-old kindergarten program moved to four full days per week, with the fifth day set aside for family outreach and planning. That gives families with preschool-age children a richer early-learning option than the half-day or alternate-day models some small districts offer. No other recent district-level changes were found in search results, and none were claimed.
Because Hilbert Elementary does not serve grades beyond fourth, there is no graduation rate to report, and chronic absenteeism data was not available. Special education and English learner counts also were missing from the data provided. A parent who wants to know how the school supports students with disabilities or English language needs would need to ask the school or district directly.
For a family looking at Hilbert Elementary, the academic picture is straightforward. The elementary years here are strong, especially by fourth grade, and the school sits comfortably above most of its county peers in overall proficiency. The setting is rural and small, the community is stable if not growing, and the K-through-12 campus structure means a child will move through the system without changing buildings until middle school. The main open questions have less to do with academic quality and more with whether a family wants the scale, distance, and economic makeup of this particular village. Those are matters of preference, not warning signs.
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