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Enrollment
437
Elementary
DISTRICT 408 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN LUIS COASTAL UNIFIED·NCES 063480005871
Hawthorne Elementary
2125 Story St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 · (805) 596-4070 · San Luis Obispo County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL437 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 72% of California public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
23.0:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
234 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 100 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 41 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (100) is 144% larger than its 6th grade class (41).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Hawthorne Elementary→Laguna Middle
Based on grade levels within San Luis Coastal Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
55.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +10.6pp since 2014
Math
51.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +11.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 11 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 36.9% | 18.7% | 21.2% | 23.2% |
| Math | 32.3% | 18.9% | 20.9% | 27.9% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.6% | 51.2% |
| 2023-24 | 60.9% | 58.3% |
| 2022-23 | 57.1% | 50.2% |
| 2021-22 | 57.1% | 53.9% |
| 2020-21 | 47.1% | 41.8% |
| 2018-19 | 59.4% | 60.0% |
| 2017-18 | 59.0% | 55.3% |
| 2016-17 | 57.2% | 60.5% |
| 2015-16 | 57.0% | 57.0% |
| 2014-15 | 45.0% | 40.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
56.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Hawthorne Elementary
Hawthorne Elementary's state test result (56.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawthorne Elementary this school | 437 | 53.5% | 56.8% |
| Mark West Elementary Santa Rosa | 425 | 56.0% | 48.7% |
| George Washington Elementary Burbank | 440 | 50.5% | 46.7% |
| Lake Arrowhead Elementary Lake Arrowhead | 450 | 54.2% | 38.9% |
| Mountain View Elementary Simi Valley | 401 | 55.1% | 37.7% |
| Barnett Elementary Ramona | 465 | 50.1% | 32.4% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Hawthorne Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Luis Obispo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.8% | #1,285 of 5,151 | #11 of 37 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.2% | #1,502 of 5,172 ▼ 420 | #14 of 37 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.6% | #1,650 of 5,172 ▼ 443 | #17 of 37 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.1pp | #1,200 of 5,116 | #8 of 37 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 437 | #3,197 of 5,915 | #16 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.0:1 | #2,996 of 5,352 | #23 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.1% | #1,488 of 5,354 | #2 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.5% | #3,767 of 5,625 | #21 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.5% | #298 of 1,139 | #3 of 17 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
437
+67 (+18%) vs 2020
+84% since 1990-91, when it was 237
Student : Teacher
23.0:1
was 21.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 437 | 19 | 23.0:1 | 54% (234) |
| 2023-24 | 415 | 19 | 21.8:1 | 51% (212) |
| 2022-23 | 430 | 17.5 | 24.6:1 | 49% (209) |
| 2020-21 | 370 | 17 | 21.8:1 | 55% (205) |
| 2017-18 | 372 | 16.5 | 22.6:1 | 66% (244) |
| 2015-16 | 335 | 13 | 25.8:1 | 58% (193) |
| 2010-11 | 333 | N/A | N/A | 63% (209) |
| 2000-01 | 259 | 14 | 18.5:1 | 47% (122) |
| 1990-91 | 237 | 11 | 21.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hawthorne Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 17% (372 to 437); teachers up 15% (16.5 to 19).
About Hawthorne Elementary
Hawthorne Elementary is a public elementary school in San Luis Obispo, California. Enrollment totals 437 students across kindergarten through 6.
Hawthorne Elementary is one of the 16 schools that make up San Luis Coastal Unified (7,653 students in total).
No group is above 50% at Hawthorne Elementary; the largest is White, at 44%. The rest of enrollment is 40% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Among all residents of San Luis Obispo County, the White share is about 69%. The diversity index for Hawthorne Elementary is 63%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
A staff of 19 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 23.0:1. The ratio is within a point of the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. There are 234 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 54% of enrollment. Public schools in San Luis Obispo County average a similar 54%.
On the allk12 Grade, Hawthorne Elementary lands at B+, ahead of 72% of California public elementary schools.
Hawthorne Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 56.8% and a predicted 48.2%.
The school is in San Luis Obispo County, where the median household earns about $97,446 a year, about 40% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Across San Luis Obispo County, 83 public schools serve about 33,339 students.
Sinsheimer Elementary, about 0.9 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Hawthorne Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Hawthorne Elementary is 6th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Hawthorne Elementary is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels City: Small.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 67 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The ratio was 21.8:1 in 2020-21 and 23.0:1 in 2024-25.
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San Luis Obispo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
281,555
Census ACS
Median income
$97,446
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
83
33,339 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in San Luis Coastal Unified
- San Luis Obispo HighHigh · 1,678 students
- Laguna MiddleMiddle · 780 students
- Morro Bay HighHigh · 751 students
- C L Smith ElementaryElementary · 528 students
- Los Ranchos ElementaryElementary · 521 students
- Los Osos MiddleMiddle · 494 students
Other schools in San Luis Obispo
- San Luis Obispo HighHigh · 1,678 students
- Laguna MiddleMiddle · 780 students
- C L Smith ElementaryElementary · 528 students
- Los Ranchos ElementaryElementary · 521 students
- Pacheco ElementaryElementary · 488 students
- Sinsheimer ElementaryElementary · 401 students
Other Hawthorne Elementary schools
32 other US public schools in 20 states are named Hawthorne Elementary. Hawthorne Elementary is the 11th largest of the 33.
- Hawthorne ElementaryRiverside, CA · 663 students
- Hawthorne ElementaryOntario, CA · 549 students
- Hawthorne ElementarySan Diego, CA · 248 students
- Hawthorne Elementary SchoolHampton, GA · 813 students
- Hawthorne Elementary SchoolElmhurst, IL · 568 students
Nearby schools
- Sinsheimer Elementary0.9 mi · 401
- PEEP - PREPARE0.9 mi · 25
- San Luis Obispo High1.1 mi · 1,678
- Teach Elementary1.7 mi · 193
- C L Smith Elementary1.8 mi · 528
- Pacific Beach High2.0 mi · 62
Frequently asked questions
About Hawthorne ElementaryHow large is Hawthorne Elementary?
Hawthorne Elementary enrolls approximately 437 students in grades KG-06.
Is Hawthorne Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hawthorne Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Hawthorne Elementary?
Approximately 23.0:1 students per teacher at Hawthorne Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Hawthorne Elementary?
Student demographics at Hawthorne Elementary are roughly 44% White, 40% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Hawthorne Elementary?
Hawthorne Elementary is overseen by San Luis Coastal Unified in San Luis Obispo County.
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