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Enrollment
404
Elementary
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MSD WARREN TOWNSHIP·NCES 181236001964
Hawthorne Elementary School
8301 Rawles Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46219 · (317) 532-3950 · Marion County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL404 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 17% of Indiana public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 Indiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
279 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 50%
Community
4
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 96 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (96) is 26% larger than its 4th grade class (76).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 57% · 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
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
16.8%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
32.1%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
Source: ILEARN. 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
22.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.7%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% typical for Indiana 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 Indiana'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 Hawthorne Elementary School
Hawthorne Elementary School's state test result (22.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawthorne Elementary School this school | 404 | 69.1% | 22.2% |
| Wilson Elementary School South Bend | 374 | 70.3% | 8.8% |
| Lincoln Elementary School South Bend | 383 | 71.8% | 16.7% |
| Lindley Elementary School Fort Wayne | 330 | 67.6% | 28.9% |
| Brookside School 54 - an Exploratory School Indianapolis | 366 | 70.8% | 13.5% |
| Indian Village Elementary School Fort Wayne | 331 | 71.3% | 26.7% |
Matched among Indiana 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 Hawthorne Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.2% | #818 of 983 | #71 of 140 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #725 of 986 | #52 of 142 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.8% | #876 of 986 | #99 of 142 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 404 | #594 of 1,079 | #98 of 157 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #133 of 991 | #26 of 142 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.8% | #62 of 996 | #20 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.1% | #174 of 1,058 | #58 of 152 |
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
404
+68 (+20%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 412
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 6.0:1
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 | 404 | 32 | 12.6:1 | 69% (279) |
| 2023-24 | 374 | 27.5 | 13.6:1 | 68% (254) |
| 2022-23 | 343 | 25.5 | 13.5:1 | 80% (275) |
| 2020-21 | 336 | 56 | 6.0:1 | 74% (248) |
| 2017-18 | 404 | 24 | 16.8:1 | 81% (327) |
| 2015-16 | 470 | 23 | 20.4:1 | 80% (377) |
| 2010-11 | 390 | 15 | 26.0:1 | 75% (293) |
| 2000-01 | 461 | 30 | 15.4:1 | 52% (240) |
| 1990-91 | 412 | 25 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hawthorne Elementary School.
About Hawthorne Elementary School
Hawthorne Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school based in Indianapolis, Indiana. Enrollment totals 404 students across kindergarten through 4.
Hawthorne Elementary School is a school in MSD Warren Township. The district has 15 schools and 11,915 students.
About 37% of students at Hawthorne Elementary School are Black, the largest single group. Beyond that, enrollment is 31% Hispanic, 22% White, and 9% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 27%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 71%.
Its ratio of 12.6:1 is based on 32 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Indiana is 15.5:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. In all, 69% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Marion County, the average is 60%.
Hawthorne Elementary School holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 17% of Indiana public elementary schools.
Test results at Hawthorne Elementary School are 4.5 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (22.2% actual, 26.7% predicted).
The school is in Marion County, where the median household earns about $66,346 a year, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Hawthorne Elementary School shares Marion County with 273 other public schools.
Raymond Park Intermediate & Middle sits about 1.6 miles from Hawthorne Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Hawthorne Elementary School is 3rd of 6 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Federal data place Hawthorne Elementary School in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Hawthorne Elementary School had a net gain of 68 students, or 20%. The ratio of students to teachers went from 6.0:1 to 12.6:1 over the same years.
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Marion County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
975,809
Census ACS
Median income
$66,346
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
274
161,456 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MSD Warren Township
- Warren Central High SchoolHigh · 3,391 students
- Creston Intermediate & Middle SchlMiddle · 1,106 students
- Raymond Park Intermediate & MiddleMiddle · 1,079 students
- Stonybrook Intermediate & MiddleMiddle · 1,043 students
- Pleasant Run Elementary SchoolElementary · 561 students
- Lakeside Elementary SchoolElementary · 527 students
Other schools in Indianapolis
- Indiana Connections AcademyCombined · 5,376 students
- North Central High SchoolHigh · 3,682 students
- Franklin Central High SchoolHigh · 3,438 students
- Warren Central High SchoolHigh · 3,391 students
- Ben Davis High SchoolHigh · 3,315 students
- Pike High SchoolHigh · 3,188 students
Other Hawthorne Elementary schools
32 other US public schools in 20 states are named Hawthorne Elementary. Hawthorne Elementary School is the 15th largest of the 33.
- Hawthorne Elementary SchoolHampton, GA · 813 students
- Hawthorne ElementaryRiverside, CA · 663 students
- Hawthorne Elementary SchoolElmhurst, IL · 568 students
- Hawthorne ElementaryOntario, CA · 549 students
- Hawthorne Elementary SchoolColumbus, OH · 538 students
Nearby schools
- Raymond Park Intermediate & Middle1.6 mi · 1,079
- Irvington Community Elementary School1.7 mi · 402
- Liberty Park Elementary School1.8 mi · 443
- Grassy Creek Elementary School2.0 mi · 516
- Lowell Elementary School2.1 mi · 466
- Pleasant Run Elementary School2.2 mi · 561
Frequently asked questions
About Hawthorne Elementary SchoolHow large is Hawthorne Elementary School?
Hawthorne Elementary School enrolls approximately 404 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does Hawthorne Elementary School serve?
Hawthorne Elementary School serves grades KG-04.
How many students per teacher at Hawthorne Elementary School?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at Hawthorne Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Hawthorne Elementary School?
Student demographics at Hawthorne Elementary School are roughly 22% White, 31% Hispanic, 37% Black, 9% Two or more.
Is Hawthorne Elementary School public or private?
Hawthorne Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by MSD Warren Township.
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