Hawthorne Elem School

As a tight-knit elementary-level community in Wheaton, Illinois, Hawthorne Elem School works with 185 students from grades K through 5, part of CUSD 200. Enrollment runs roughly 51% below the state mean of about 381.

Hawthorne Elem School is one of 20 schools operated by CUSD 200, a district that caters to 11,639 students overall.

On demographics, Hawthorne Elem School lists that the largest single group is White, at 57% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 21% Hispanic, 16% Asian, 5% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 65%.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Hawthorne Elem School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 37% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Hawthorne Elem School sits in the top 10% of Illinois schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 50.3%; actual is 72.8%, +22.6 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, DuPage County reports that median household earnings sit near $112,096, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across DuPage County's 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,557 students), Hawthorne Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Franklin Middle School, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hawthorne Elem School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hawthorne Elem School at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 68.6%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Hawthorne Elem School's enrollment has ticked down 27% since 2018, when it stood at 254 (now 185). Over the same period, the Asian share fell from 27% to 16%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 8.1:1 today.

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