Hawthorn Aspen Elem School

As an intimate K-5 school in Vernon Hills, Illinois, Hawthorn Aspen Elem School hosts 313 students from grades 1 through 5, part of Hawthorn CCSD 73.

Hawthorn CCSD 73 runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 3,496 students. Hawthorn Aspen Elem School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Hawthorn Aspen Elem School lists that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 21% Asian, 15% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Hawthorn Aspen Elem School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 24% of students at Hawthorn Aspen Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Lake County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Hawthorn Aspen Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 57.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 61.4%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Lake County put the typical household earns roughly $110,416 per year, about 48% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Lake County's 214 public schools (combined enrollment of about 118,032 students), Hawthorn Aspen Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Hawthorn Elem School South is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hawthorn Aspen Elem School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 56.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 36%: 490 students in 2018 compared to 313 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 22% to 15% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.