Hawthorn Townline Elem Sch

As a tight-knit elementary school in Vernon Hills, Illinois, Hawthorn Townline Elem Sch hosts 306 students from grades 1 through 5, operated by Hawthorn CCSD 73.

Within Hawthorn CCSD 73, which oversees 9 schools and 3,496 students, Hawthorn Townline Elem Sch is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hawthorn Townline Elem Sch shows that the largest single group is White at 50%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 30% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 61% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 40% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Lake County's rate of about 54%.

After controlling for student poverty, Hawthorn Townline Elem Sch tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.7%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Lake County shows the typical household earns roughly $110,416 per year, 48% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Lake County runs 214 public schools (combined enrollment of about 118,032 students), of which Hawthorn Townline Elem Sch is one.

Hawthorn Sch of Dual Language is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hawthorn Townline Elem Sch at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 56.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hawthorn Townline Elem Sch has contracted 31%, going from 444 students in 2018 to 306 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 7% to 11%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 9.7:1 today.

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