Hawthorne Elementary School

Hawthorne Elementary School, a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in Indianapolis, Indiana, operated by MSD Warren Township, works with 404 students, covering grades K through 4.

Within MSD Warren Township, which oversees 15 schools and 11,915 students, Hawthorne Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Hawthorne Elementary School shows that 37% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 31% Hispanic, 22% White, 9% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 27% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.6:1. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 69% of students at Hawthorne Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Marion County (around 60%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Hawthorne Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 26.7%, the actual is 22.2%, a residual of -4.5 points.

Around the school, Marion County reports that median household earnings sit near $66,346, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Marion County runs 274 public schools (combined enrollment of about 161,456 students), of which Hawthorne Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Raymond Park Intermediate & Middle, roughly 1.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hawthorne Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 23.1%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 404 students in 2018 compared to 404 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 38% to 22% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

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