Hawthorne Early Learning Center

Hawthorne Early Learning Center is one of the tiny elementary schools in Elkhart, Indiana, operated by Elkhart Community Schools, with 156 students on its rolls from grade pre-K. Enrollment runs roughly 64% smaller than the state mean of about 436.

Elkhart Community Schools comprises 19 schools with combined enrollment of 10,640 students; Hawthorne Early Learning Center is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hawthorne Early Learning Center reports that 54% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 28% White, 9% Black, 8% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. An estimated 20% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Elkhart County's rate of about 51%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Elkhart County) shows that median household earnings sit near $68,561, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Elkhart County runs 60 public schools (combined enrollment of about 33,574 students), of which Hawthorne Early Learning Center is one.

Pierre Moran Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a downtown site.

On the community side, the feed for Hawthorne Early Learning Center typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.