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Enrollment
454
Elementary
DISTRICT 252 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KEOKUK COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191563000936
Hawthorne Elementary School
2940 Decatur St, Keokuk, IA 52632 · (319) 524-3503 · Lee County
GRADES 02–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL454 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% of Iowa public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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 Iowa public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
284 students
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 41%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 2 | 109 | 24% |
| Grade 3 | 105 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 115 | 25% |
| Grade 5 | 125 | 28% |
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 48% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Keokuk Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
65.5%
IA avg 73.6% . +0.8pp since 2023
Math
69.4%
IA avg 70.9% . -8.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.5% | 69.4% |
| 2023-24 | 64.7% | 78.2% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. 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
66.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.7%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% typical for Iowa 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 Iowa'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 (66.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawthorne Elementary School this school | 454 | 62.6% | 66.7% |
| Lakeview Elementary Centerville | 498 | 58.6% | 65.7% |
| Cardinal Elementary Eldon | 495 | 64.4% | 64.7% |
| Creston Elementary School Creston | 416 | 56.3% | 67.4% |
| Marshall Elementary School Dubuque | 323 | 63.8% | 57.0% |
| Crestwood Elementary School Cresco | 349 | 59.0% | 75.2% |
Matched among Iowa 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 Iowa | In Lee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.7% | #386 of 564 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.4% | #393 of 564 ▼ 146 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.5% | #401 of 564 ▼ 26 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 454 | #144 of 705 | #3 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #137 of 561 | #3 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.0% | #314 of 561 | #4 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.6% | #111 of 666 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +53.4% | #5 of 168 | N/A |
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
454
+198 (+77%) vs 2020
+61% since 1990-91, when it was 282
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 454 | 37.3 | 12.2:1 | 63% (284) |
| 2023-24 | 258 | 18.5 | 13.9:1 | 63% (163) |
| 2022-23 | 251 | 18.6 | 13.5:1 | 66% (165) |
| 2020-21 | 256 | 17 | 15.1:1 | 63% (160) |
| 2017-18 | 296 | 18.7 | 15.8:1 | 74% (218) |
| 2015-16 | 252 | 10 | 25.2:1 | 63% (159) |
| 2010-11 | 208 | 19 | 10.9:1 | 77% (160) |
| 2000-01 | 248 | 20 | 12.4:1 | 70% (173) |
| 1990-91 | 282 | 16 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hawthorne Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 53% (296 to 454); teachers up 100% (18.7 to 37.3).
About Hawthorne Elementary School
Hawthorne Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Iowa, with an address in Keokuk. It enrolls 454 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 2 through 5. It has 40% more students than the average for elementary schools in Iowa (about 325).
District-wide, Keokuk Comm School District has 5 schools and 1,720 students.
White students account for 80% of the school's enrollment. After that, the student body is 10% multiracial, 5% Black, and 4% Hispanic. Among all residents of Lee County, the White share is about 91%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 34%.
On staff are 37.3 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.2:1. Elementary schools in Iowa have an average ratio of 13.7:1. About 63% of students at Hawthorne Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 53% average among public schools in Lee County.
Hawthorne Elementary School earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 50% of Iowa public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Hawthorne Elementary School is 6.0 points above its prediction. Actual: 66.7%. Predicted: 60.7%.
The county, Lee County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $62,382 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 22%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Counting Hawthorne Elementary School, Lee County has 13 public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Keokuk High School, is about 0.5 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Hawthorne Elementary School is 2nd on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Town: Remote: the school is in a town far from an urbanized area.
Reported enrollment: 256 (2020-21) and 454 (2024-25). These figures may describe different sets of grades. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 12.2:1, from 15.1:1.
Hawthorne Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Lee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
32,893
Census ACS
Median income
$62,382
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
6,014 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Keokuk Comm School District
- Keokuk High SchoolHigh · 583 students
- Keokuk Middle SchoolMiddle · 381 students
- George Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 222 students
- Torrence ElementaryElementary · 80 students
Other schools in Keokuk
- Keokuk High SchoolHigh · 583 students
- Keokuk Middle SchoolMiddle · 381 students
- George Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 222 students
- Torrence ElementaryElementary · 80 students
Other Hawthorne Elementary schools
32 other US public schools in 20 states are named Hawthorne Elementary. Hawthorne Elementary School is the 7th 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
- Keokuk High School0.5 mi · 583
- Keokuk Middle School0.6 mi · 381
- Torrence Elementary0.9 mi · 80
- George Washington Elementary School1.5 mi · 222
- Hamilton High School3.2 mi · 193
- Hamilton Elementary School3.9 mi · 384
Frequently asked questions
About Hawthorne Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Hawthorne Elementary School?
Hawthorne Elementary School enrolls approximately 454 students in grades 02-05.
Is Hawthorne Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hawthorne Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades 02-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hawthorne Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hawthorne Elementary School is approximately 12.2:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Hawthorne Elementary School?
Student demographics at Hawthorne Elementary School are roughly 80% White, 4% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Hawthorne Elementary School in?
Hawthorne Elementary School is part of Keokuk Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.