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Enrollment
505
Elementary
DISTRICT 323 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAWTHORN CCSD 73·NCES 171857005172
Hawthorn Elementary School South
430 N Aspen Dr, Vernon Hills, IL 60061 · (847) 990-4800 · Lake County
GRADES 01–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL505 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% of Illinois public elementary schools
- BTest 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.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
155 students
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 102 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 117 | 23% |
| Grade 5 | 114 | 23% |
This year's 1st grade class (79) is 31% smaller than its 5th grade class (114).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 69% · 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
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
46.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +8.1pp since 2023
Math
51.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +6.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.9% | 51.4% |
| 2023-24 | 38.8% | 45.3% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. 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
48.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.8%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% typical for Illinois 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 Illinois'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 Hawthorn Elementary School South
Hawthorn Elementary School South's state test result (48.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawthorn Elementary School South this school | 505 | 30.7% | 48.9% |
| Westbrook Elementary School Glenview | 467 | 32.1% | N/A |
| Homestead Elementary School Aurora | 511 | 26.8% | 61.8% |
| Nature Ridge Elementary School Bartlett | 458 | 30.8% | 53.4% |
| Freedom Elementary School Plainfield | 526 | 26.8% | 72.8% |
| Glen Grove Elementary School Glenview | 398 | 30.2% | 75.5% |
Matched among Illinois 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 Hawthorn Elementary School South ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.9% | #626 of 1,925 | #22 of 69 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.4% | #632 of 2,077 ▼ 213 | #50 of 102 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.9% | #1,114 of 2,077 ▼ 269 | #66 of 102 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 505 | #535 of 2,419 | #27 of 121 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #258 of 2,035 | #18 of 114 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.4% | #74 of 2,042 | #1 of 114 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.7% | #1,767 of 2,132 | #67 of 82 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.6% | #117 of 1,461 | #3 of 71 |
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
505
-46 (-8%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 689
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 | 505 | 46.4 | 10.9:1 | 31% (155) |
| 2023-24 | 517 | 45.8 | 11.3:1 | 29% (152) |
| 2022-23 | 497 | 42.8 | 11.6:1 | 27% (132) |
| 2020-21 | 551 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 761 | 58.2 | 13.1:1 | 18% (138) |
| 2015-16 | 733 | 54 | 13.6:1 | 17% (123) |
| 2010-11 | 688 | 42 | 16.4:1 | 18% (121) |
| 2000-01 | 721 | 43 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 689 | 42 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hawthorn Elementary School South.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (761 to 505); teachers down 20% (58.2 to 46.4).
About Hawthorn Elementary School South
Hawthorn Elementary School South is a public elementary school run by Hawthorn CCSD 73 in Vernon Hills, Illinois. It educates 505 students in grades 1 through 5. The school's enrollment is 33% larger than the 381 average for elementary schools in Illinois.
Hawthorn CCSD 73 counts 9 schools and 3,496 students, including Hawthorn Elementary School South.
The most common group at Hawthorn Elementary School South is White students, at 36%. After that, the student body is 33% Asian, 15% Hispanic, 8% Black, and 6% multiracial. Among all residents of Lake County, the White share is about 61%. Pick two students at random and there is a 72% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its teaching staff equals 46.4 full-time positions, a ratio of 10.9:1. That is lower than the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 31%. That is 23 points below the 54% average for public schools in Lake County.
Measured against Illinois public elementary schools, Hawthorn Elementary School South receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 53.8% for Hawthorn Elementary School South. The school posts 48.9%, 4.9 points below the prediction.
Census Bureau estimates for Lake County show that the median household income is $110,416, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 48% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. There are 214 public schools in Lake County, enrolling about 118,032 students in all.
Nearest public school: Hawthorn Aspen Elementary School, less than a tenth of a mile away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Hawthorn Elementary School South ranks 6th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 48.9% against a local average of 58.1%.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
The school enrolled 505 students in 2024-25, 46 fewer than the 551 it had in 2020-21.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Hawthorn Elementary School South covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
714,223
Census ACS
Median income
$110,416
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
48%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
214
118,032 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hawthorn CCSD 73
- Hawthorn Middle School NorthMiddle · 627 students
- Hawthorn Middle School SouthMiddle · 609 students
- Hawthorn School of Dual LanguageElementary · 413 students
- Hawthorn Elementary School NorthElementary · 347 students
- Hawthorn Aspen Elementary SchoolElementary · 313 students
- Hawthorn Townline Elementary SchoolElementary · 306 students
Other schools in Vernon Hills
- Vernon Hills High SchoolHigh · 1,419 students
- Hawthorn Middle School NorthMiddle · 627 students
- Hawthorn Middle School SouthMiddle · 609 students
- Hawthorn School of Dual LanguageElementary · 413 students
- Hawthorn Elementary School NorthElementary · 347 students
- Hawthorn Aspen Elementary SchoolElementary · 313 students
Nearby schools
- Hawthorn Aspen Elementary School0.1 mi · 313
- Hawthorn Middle School South0.2 mi · 609
- Hawthorn School for Young Learners0.3 mi · 248
- Hawthorn Townline Elementary School0.5 mi · 306
- Hawthorn School of Dual Language0.5 mi · 413
- Hawthorn Elementary School North0.5 mi · 347
Frequently asked questions
About Hawthorn Elementary School SouthWhat is the total enrollment at Hawthorn Elementary School South?
Hawthorn Elementary School South enrolls approximately 505 students in grades 01-05.
What grades does Hawthorn Elementary School South serve?
Hawthorn Elementary School South serves grades 01-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hawthorn Elementary School South?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hawthorn Elementary School South is approximately 10.9:1 (46 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hawthorn Elementary School South?
At Hawthorn Elementary School South, the student body is approximately 36% White, 15% Hispanic, 8% Black, 33% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Hawthorn Elementary School South public or private?
Hawthorn Elementary School South is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hawthorn CCSD 73.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.