HAWTHORNE MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL

HAWTHORNE MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL is one of the small 9-12 campuss in HAWTHORNE, Florida, overseen by ALACHUA, with 472 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 12. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 1,035 students each, so HAWTHORNE MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL sits 54% below that benchmark.

HAWTHORNE MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL is one of 60 schools operated by ALACHUA, a district that works with 28,255 students overall.

On demographics, HAWTHORNE MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is Black at 43%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 41% White, 10% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. By comparison, Alachua County as a whole is about 19% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 26.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 23.5:1, putting HAWTHORNE MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 67% of students at HAWTHORNE MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Alachua County (around 48%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, HAWTHORNE MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of Florida public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 47.4%; HAWTHORNE MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL posts 30.6%, -16.8 points below that line.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Alachua County indicate median household earnings sit near $61,949, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Alachua County's 68 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,618 students), HAWTHORNE MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

CHESTER SHELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around HAWTHORNE MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HAWTHORNE MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 46.1%.

HAWTHORNE MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL operates from an outlying location.

Looking at the recent track record. HAWTHORNE MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has edged up 50% since 2018, when it stood at 314 (now 472). The White share of enrollment declined from 55% to 41% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 26.7:1 in 2025.

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