HAWTHORNE MIDDLE SCHOOL

HAWTHORNE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle-grades school of reasonably sized scale in POCATELLO, Idaho, one of the schools within POCATELLO DISTRICT, enrolling 612 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 21% above the typical public school in Idaho, which averages around 507 students.

Across the 23 schools in POCATELLO DISTRICT (11,448 students total), HAWTHORNE MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, HAWTHORNE MIDDLE SCHOOL records that 67% of the student body identifies as White; the rest breaks down as 16% Hispanic, 11% Native American, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Bannock County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, HAWTHORNE MIDDLE SCHOOL shows 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 56% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Bannock County's rate of about 44%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Bannock County) logs that median household earnings sit near $66,499, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Bannock County runs 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,358 students), of which HAWTHORNE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is NEW HORIZON HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HAWTHORNE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

The school occupies an urban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HAWTHORNE MIDDLE SCHOOL has shrank 18%, going from 743 students in 2018 to 612 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 75% to 67% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.7:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 today.

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