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Enrollment
813
Elementary
DISTRICT 584 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLAYTON COUNTY·NCES 130123002246
Hawthorne Elementary School
10750 English Rd, Hampton, GA 30228 · (770) 472-7669 · Clayton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL813 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 30% of Georgia public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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 Georgia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
813 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 74%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 48 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 105 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 126 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 129 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 142 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 135 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 128 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (105) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (128).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 71% · 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
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
23.8%
GA avg 40.1% . +5.0pp since 2021
Math
26.2%
GA avg 44.6% . +9.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.8% | 26.2% |
| 2023-24 | 26.2% | 21.8% |
| 2022-23 | 20.9% | 20.9% |
| 2021-22 | 18.9% | 17.2% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. 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
23.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for Georgia 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 Georgia'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 School
Hawthorne Elementary School's state test result (23.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawthorne Elementary School this school | 813 | 100.0% | 23.7% |
| Roberta T. Smith Elementary School Rex | 720 | 100.0% | 18.0% |
| Harper Elementary School Riverdale | 690 | 100.0% | 16.3% |
| Pine Street Elementary School Conyers | 679 | 99.9% | 29.2% |
| Altama Elementary School Brunswick | 672 | 100.0% | 27.1% |
| Powder Springs Elementary School Powder Springs | 805 | 94.8% | 32.3% |
Matched among Georgia 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 School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Clayton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.7% | #958 of 1,208 | #15 of 37 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.2% | #939 of 1,215 ▲ 71 | #12 of 37 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.8% | #905 of 1,215 ▼ 18 | #11 of 37 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.0pp | #258 of 1,183 | #17 of 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 813 | #213 of 1,324 | #3 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #1,193 of 1,301 | #34 of 40 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.5% | #778 of 1,301 | #13 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #101 of 1,312 | #26 of 41 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.1% | #399 of 854 | #25 of 34 |
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
813
-14 (-2%) vs 2020
-4% since 2000-01, when it was 850
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 813 | 52 | 15.6:1 | 100% (813) |
| 2023-24 | 804 | 53 | 15.2:1 | 100% (804) |
| 2022-23 | 821 | 58 | 14.2:1 | 90% (743) |
| 2020-21 | 827 | 53 | 15.6:1 | 93% (769) |
| 2017-18 | 946 | 59 | 16.0:1 | 99% (941) |
| 2015-16 | 962 | 55 | 17.5:1 | 99% (957) |
| 2010-11 | 974 | 58 | 16.8:1 | 82% (800) |
| 2000-01 | 850 | 50 | 17.0:1 | 46% (388) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hawthorne Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (946 to 813); teachers down 12% (59 to 52).
About Hawthorne Elementary School
A mid-sized elementary school in Hampton, Georgia, Hawthorne Elementary School is part of Clayton County. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 813 students. It has 34% more students than the average for elementary schools in Georgia (about 605).
Clayton County has 68 schools; together they serve 51,326 students.
Federal enrollment data show Hawthorne Elementary School is 64% Black. Next come 28% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. The diversity index for Hawthorne Elementary School is 51%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its staff includes 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 15.6 students per teacher. The gap from the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia is 2.3 students per teacher. Roughly 100% of students at Hawthorne Elementary School can receive free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Hawthorne Elementary School lands at C, ahead of 30% of Georgia public elementary schools.
In Georgia, Hawthorne Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 23.7% actual against a predicted 25.7%.
The school's county is Clayton County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $59,806, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. There are 73 public schools in the county, enrolling about 63,156, Hawthorne Elementary School among them.
Kemp Elementary School is about 0.7 miles from Hawthorne Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Hawthorne Elementary School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Hawthorne Elementary School is in rural territory close to an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 813, close to the 827 recorded in 2020-21.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Hawthorne Elementary School. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Clayton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
298,924
Census ACS
Median income
$59,806
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
73
63,156 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Clayton County
- Morrow High SchoolHigh · 2,077 students
- Lovejoy High SchoolHigh · 2,049 students
- Forest Park High SchoolHigh · 1,711 students
- Charles R. Drew High SchoolHigh · 1,708 students
- Mundy's Mill High SchoolHigh · 1,665 students
- Jonesboro High SchoolHigh · 1,630 students
Other schools in Hampton
- Lovejoy High SchoolHigh · 2,049 students
- Dutchtown HighHigh · 1,821 students
- Eddie White Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,364 students
- Hampton High SchoolHigh · 1,165 students
- Dutchtown Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,108 students
- Michelle Obama STEM Elementary AcademyElementary · 1,048 students
Other Hawthorne Elementary schools
32 other US public schools in 20 states are named Hawthorne Elementary. Hawthorne Elementary School is the largest of the 33.
- Hawthorne Elementary SchoolAtlanta, GA · 378 students
- Hawthorne ElementaryRiverside, CA · 663 students
- Hawthorne Elementary SchoolElmhurst, IL · 568 students
- Hawthorne ElementaryOntario, CA · 549 students
- Hawthorne Elementary SchoolColumbus, OH · 538 students
Nearby schools
- Kemp Elementary School0.7 mi · 586
- Kemp Primary0.8 mi · 626
- Lovejoy High School1.8 mi · 2,049
- Mundys Mill Middle School1.9 mi · 687
- Eddie White Middle School2.2 mi · 1,364
- Michelle Obama STEM Elementary Academy2.2 mi · 1,048
Frequently asked questions
About Hawthorne Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Hawthorne Elementary School?
Hawthorne Elementary School enrolls approximately 813 students in grades PK-05.
Is Hawthorne Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hawthorne Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Hawthorne Elementary School have?
Hawthorne Elementary School employs 52 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Hawthorne Elementary School?
Student demographics at Hawthorne Elementary School are roughly 2% White, 28% Hispanic, 64% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Hawthorne Elementary School public or private?
Hawthorne Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Clayton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.