Hawthorne Early Learning Center

This page covers Hawthorne Early Learning Center, a small elementary school in Elkhart, Indiana. The school had 156 students in pre-K in 2024-25. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Indiana is about 436, so this school runs 64% smaller than that.

Enrollment across the 19 schools in Elkhart Community Schools totals 10,640 students.

Roughly 54% of students at Hawthorne Early Learning Center are Hispanic. Other reported shares: 28% White, 9% Black, and 8% multiracial. Elkhart County's residents are about 20% Hispanic, 34 points below the school's share. The school's diversity index is 62%, meaning two students picked at random have a 62% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

The school has about 13.0 students per teacher and 12 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 2.5 below the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 20%. That is lower than the 51% average for public schools in Elkhart County.

According to the American Community Survey, in Elkhart County, the median household income is $68,561, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 20%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Hawthorne Early Learning Center is one of 60 public schools in the county.

Of nearby public schools, Pierre Moran Middle School is the closest, at about 0.3 miles. Hawthorne Early Learning Center has at least 8 other public schools within five miles.

NCES lists the school's locale as City: Small. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.

Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.