HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary campuss in IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, run under IDAHO FALLS DISTRICT, with 383 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6.

Across the 20 schools in IDAHO FALLS DISTRICT (9,903 students total), HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 67% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 27% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Bonneville County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.1:1 average. About 67% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Bonneville County's rate of about 41%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Bonneville County indicate median household income runs about $79,068, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Bonneville County runs 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,028 students), of which HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: ALTURAS INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from an urban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 382 students in 2018 compared to 383 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 20.2:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.