Enrollment
306
Elementary
DISTRICT 323 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAWTHORN CCSD 73·NCES 171857000077
Hawthorn Townline Elementary School
810 N Aspen Dr, Vernon Hills, IL 60061 · (847) 990-4901 · Lake County
GRADES 01–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL306 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of Illinois public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
9.7:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
123 students
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 | 57 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 22% |
This year's 1st grade class (57) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
65%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
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
63.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +10.8pp since 2023
Math
61.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +6.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.6% | 61.3% |
| 2023-24 | 52.8% | 54.5% |
% 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
60.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Townline Elementary School
Hawthorn Townline Elementary School's state test result (60.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawthorn Townline Elementary School this school | 306 | 40.2% | 60.7% |
| Cumberland Elementary School Des Plaines | 279 | 36.9% | 71.2% |
| Melzer School Morton Grove | 395 | 40.0% | 52.2% |
| Hynes Elementary School Morton Grove | 325 | 35.4% | 56.1% |
| Forest View Elementary School Mount Prospect | 339 | 48.4% | 56.9% |
| Solomon Elementary School Chicago | 323 | 48.9% | 53.3% |
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 Townline Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.7% | #307 of 1,925 | #15 of 69 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #381 of 2,077 ▼ 145 | #37 of 102 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.6% | #550 of 2,077 ▼ 148 | #48 of 102 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 306 | #1,507 of 2,419 | #95 of 121 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.7:1 | #99 of 2,035 | #10 of 114 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.6% | #386 of 2,042 | #14 of 114 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.2% | #1,547 of 2,132 | #56 of 82 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.1% | #151 of 1,461 | #5 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
306
-12 (-4%) vs 2020
-24% since 2000-01, when it was 405
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 | 306 | 31.5 | 9.7:1 | 40% (123) |
| 2023-24 | 304 | 34.3 | 8.9:1 | 36% (110) |
| 2022-23 | 284 | 29.9 | 9.5:1 | 36% (102) |
| 2020-21 | 318 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 444 | 37.3 | 11.9:1 | 20% (88) |
| 2015-16 | 457 | 35 | 13.1:1 | 14% (64) |
| 2010-11 | 538 | 42 | 12.8:1 | 7% (37) |
| 2000-01 | 405 | 13 | 31.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hawthorn Townline Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (444 to 306); teachers down 16% (37.3 to 31.5).
About Hawthorn Townline Elementary School
Hawthorn Townline Elementary School is a small elementary school in Illinois, located in Vernon Hills. The school enrolls 306 students, from grades 1 through 5.
Besides Hawthorn Townline Elementary School, Hawthorn CCSD 73 runs 8 other schools. The district enrolls 3,496 students.
The most common group at Hawthorn Townline Elementary School is White students, at 50%. After that, the student body is 30% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 5% Black, and 4% multiracial. Among all residents of Lake County, the White share is about 61%. The school's diversity index is 65%, meaning two students picked at random have a 65% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Hawthorn Townline Elementary School counts 31.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 9.7 students for each one. On average, elementary schools in Illinois have 13.9:1, compared with 9.7:1 here. About 40% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Lake County report 54%.
allk12 grades Hawthorn Townline Elementary School an A-. The grade compares the school only with Illinois public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
In Illinois, Hawthorn Townline Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 60.7% actual against a predicted 48.3%.
Across Lake County, the median household income is $110,416, about 48% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. In all, Lake County has 214 public schools and roughly 118,032 students.
Nearest public school: Hawthorn School of Dual Language, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Hawthorn Townline Elementary School ranks 3rd of 7 on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 12 fewer students in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Hawthorn Townline Elementary School 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 Elementary School SouthElementary · 505 students
- Hawthorn School of Dual LanguageElementary · 413 students
- Hawthorn Elementary School NorthElementary · 347 students
- Hawthorn Aspen Elementary SchoolElementary · 313 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 Elementary School SouthElementary · 505 students
- Hawthorn School of Dual LanguageElementary · 413 students
- Hawthorn Elementary School NorthElementary · 347 students
Nearby schools
- Hawthorn School of Dual Language0.0 mi · 413
- Hawthorn Middle School North0.1 mi · 627
- Hawthorn Elementary School North0.2 mi · 347
- Hawthorn School for Young Learners0.2 mi · 248
- Hawthorn Middle School South0.2 mi · 609
- Hawthorn Aspen Elementary School0.4 mi · 313
Frequently asked questions
About Hawthorn Townline Elementary SchoolHow large is Hawthorn Townline Elementary School?
Hawthorn Townline Elementary School enrolls approximately 306 students in grades 01-05.
Is Hawthorn Townline Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hawthorn Townline Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades 01-05.
How many teachers does Hawthorn Townline Elementary School have?
Hawthorn Townline Elementary School employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hawthorn Townline Elementary School?
At Hawthorn Townline Elementary School, the student body is approximately 50% White, 11% Hispanic, 5% Black, 30% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Hawthorn Townline Elementary School public or private?
Hawthorn Townline Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hawthorn CCSD 73.
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