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Enrollment
761
Middle
DISTRICT 679 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAWTHORNE·NCES 061668002094
Hawthorne Middle
4366 West 129th St., Hawthorne, CA 90250 · (310) 676-0167 · Los Angeles County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL761 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 60% of California public middle schools
- B-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.
- CThree-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
24.0:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.6:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
688 students
DISTRICT 90% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 245 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 253 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 263 | 35% |
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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 Middle→Hawthorne Math and Science Academy
Based on grade levels within Hawthorne. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
41.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +10.2pp since 2014
Math
28.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +6.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 10 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 12.5% | 28.7% | 27.7% | 31.1% |
| Math | 13.4% | 15.0% | 29.3% | 42.3% |
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 | 41.2% | 28.5% |
| 2023-24 | 42.7% | 28.4% |
| 2022-23 | 44.1% | 30.1% |
| 2021-22 | 41.0% | 29.5% |
| 2018-19 | 47.8% | 32.8% |
| 2017-18 | 46.7% | 34.2% |
| 2016-17 | 50.7% | 33.8% |
| 2015-16 | 45.0% | 28.0% |
| 2014-15 | 31.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
35.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Middle
Hawthorne Middle's state test result (35.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawthorne Middle this school | 761 | 90.4% | 35.1% |
| Serrano Middle Highland | 716 | 92.9% | 26.3% |
| Riverview Middle Bay Point | 682 | 89.3% | 13.9% |
| Emerson Middle Bakersfield | 813 | 90.2% | 15.1% |
| Monte Vista Middle San Jacinto | 893 | 90.9% | 15.0% |
| March Middle Moreno Valley | 686 | 87.2% | 22.5% |
Matched among California middle 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 Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.1% | #629 of 1,224 | #135 of 248 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.5% | #632 of 1,227 ▼ 39 | #139 of 248 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.2% | #681 of 1,227 ▼ 89 | #148 of 248 ▼ 21 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.4pp | #338 of 1,214 | #46 of 247 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 761 | #484 of 1,377 | #113 of 317 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.0:1 | #1,081 of 1,279 | #231 of 301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.4% | #894 of 1,278 | #155 of 301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.4% | #273 of 1,329 | #115 of 312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.5% | #488 of 930 | #131 of 213 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
761
-53 (-7%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 841
Student : Teacher
24.0:1
was 24.7:1
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 | 761 | 31.7 | 24.0:1 | 90% (688) |
| 2023-24 | 779 | 30.5 | 25.5:1 | 81% (629) |
| 2022-23 | 721 | 30.2 | 23.9:1 | 62% (448) |
| 2020-21 | 814 | 33 | 24.7:1 | 82% (668) |
| 2017-18 | 901 | 35.1 | 25.7:1 | 85% (763) |
| 2015-16 | 919 | 37 | 24.8:1 | 85% (777) |
| 2010-11 | 950 | N/A | N/A | 88% (840) |
| 2000-01 | 950 | 41 | 23.2:1 | 79% (750) |
| 1990-91 | 841 | 38 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hawthorne Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (901 to 761); teachers down 10% (35.1 to 31.7).
About Hawthorne Middle
Hawthorne Middle operates as a medium-sized middle school in Hawthorne, California. The grade span is 6 through 8, and enrollment is 761 students.
Hawthorne Middle is run by Hawthorne, whose 11 schools enroll 6,904 students.
Hispanic students are the large majority at Hawthorne Middle, with 80% of enrollment. Next come 11% Black and 4% Asian. That compares with about 48% Hispanic among all Los Angeles County residents. By the diversity index, Hawthorne Middle comes in at 34%.
Hawthorne Middle's 31.7 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 24.0:1. For comparison, middle schools in California average 20.7:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 90%. The 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County is 20 points lower.
The allk12 Grade for Hawthorne Middle is B. Compared with California public middle schools, the school scored higher than 60% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
In California, Hawthorne Middle is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 35.1% actual against a predicted 26.6%.
Among Los Angeles County residents, median household income is about $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County, with a combined enrollment of about 1,265,907.
Washington is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 35.1% is below the 41.6% average for nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put Hawthorne Middle in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment was 814 in 2020-21 and 761 in 2024-25, a decrease of 53 students.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Hawthorne Middle. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hawthorne
- Zela DavisElementary · 843 students
- RamonaElementary · 767 students
- EucalyptusElementary · 709 students
- Prairie Vista MiddleMiddle · 674 students
- Bud Carson MiddleMiddle · 601 students
- Hawthorne Math and Science AcademyHigh · 567 students
Other schools in Hawthorne
- Hawthorne HighHigh · 1,675 students
- Wiseburn MiddleMiddle · 953 students
- Da Vinci ConnectCombined · 923 students
- Zela DavisElementary · 843 students
- RamonaElementary · 767 students
- EucalyptusElementary · 709 students
Other Hawthorne Middle schools
One other US public school is named Hawthorne Middle. Hawthorne Middle is the largest of the 2.
- HAWTHORNE MIDDLE SCHOOLPOCATELLO, ID · 612 students
Nearby schools
- Washington0.1 mi · 418
- Hawthorne Math and Science Academy0.4 mi · 567
- Family First Charter0.4 mi · 605
- Ramona0.6 mi · 767
- Prairie Vista Middle0.7 mi · 674
- Jefferson0.7 mi · 549
Frequently asked questions
About Hawthorne MiddleHow large is Hawthorne Middle?
Hawthorne Middle enrolls approximately 761 students in grades 06-08.
Is Hawthorne Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hawthorne Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Hawthorne Middle have?
Hawthorne Middle employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Hawthorne Middle?
Student demographics at Hawthorne Middle are roughly 2% White, 80% Hispanic, 11% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Hawthorne Middle in?
Hawthorne Middle is part of Hawthorne.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.