The top reported proficiency rate is 85% in Math. The lowest is 74% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on North Greenville Elementary
North Greenville Elementary is a regular public school serving pre-kindergarten through fourth grade as part of the Hortonville Area School District in Outagamie County, Wisconsin. The school was built in response to overcrowding in the district’s other elementary schools, a direct symptom of the rapid residential growth that has reshaped Greenville from a town into one of Wisconsin’s largest villages by area and population. That growth context matters for parents: the school sits in a car-dependent suburb spread across nearly 36 square miles, with no walkable downtown and a housing market that costs well above state and national medians.
The academic picture is a clear strength for North Greenville Elementary. On the Wisconsin Forward assessments, student proficiency rates across tested subjects and grades place the school in the top quartile of all districts in Outagamie County. In third-grade math and ELA, a substantial majority of students scored at the proficient or above level. Fourth-grade math and social studies results are similarly strong. Fourth-grade science also shows solid achievement. The one area where performance dips notably is fourth-grade English language arts, where the proficiency rate is softer than the school’s other results. A parent may want to ask the school about how literacy instruction is structured across the upper primary grades, especially the transition from third to fourth grade.
Enrollment runs large enough to fill six grades with multiple sections, and the student body is overwhelmingly white. A very small share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, suggesting that the school serves a largely affluent population. Data on students with disabilities and English learners were not available, which often reflects that those counts are too small to report without risking identification in a school of this size, but a parent should confirm directly with the school if those supports are a consideration.
The absence of state-tested results for pre-kindergarten through second grade is expected, as Wisconsin does not administer those assessments in the early primary years. Beyond academics, the data leave several gaps. The school does not report chronic absenteeism rates, and no program offerings such as art, music, or enrichment activities appear in the available records. The district brief turned up no parent-relevant changes in recent years, so the district’s direction appears stable but without major new initiatives to describe.
Greenville itself is a fast-growing village anchored by the Appleton International Airport and a cluster of large employers including Amazon, Gulfstream Aerospace, and School Specialty. The village incorporated in 2021 and continues to add housing and commercial development. Parks and recreational amenities such as Lions Park and the Greenville Trail System are spread across the community, and the Fox West YMCA provides additional programming for families. The school’s location on Learning Way places it in a residential subdivision, consistent with the dispersed campus pattern of the district’s other schools.
For a family considering North Greenville Elementary, the core takeaway is a school with strong academic results in most early-grade subjects, set in a growing, car-dependent suburb with high housing costs. The student body is not diverse by income or race, and the district’s rapid growth likely means this school is well above capacity or at least recently built to absorb it. Parents seeking detailed information on special education services, English learner support, or specific enrichment offerings will need to contact the school directly, as those details are not in the public data reviewed here.
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