Hawthorne Elementary School

Set in Keokuk, Iowa, Hawthorne Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary campus, one of the schools within Keokuk Comm School District. It instructs 454 students across grades 2 through 5. Compared to the state average of about 325 students per school, that is 40% larger than typical.

Across the 5 schools in Keokuk Comm School District (1,720 students total), Hawthorne Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hawthorne Elementary School logs that 80% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 10% multiracial, 5% Black, 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 91% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Hawthorne Elementary School has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. An estimated 63% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Lee County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Hawthorne Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 66.7%.

Across the wider county, census data for Lee County shows median household earnings sit near $62,382, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Lee County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,014 students), Hawthorne Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Keokuk High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hawthorne Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hawthorne Elementary School at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 51.8%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Hawthorne Elementary School's enrollment has grew 53% since 2018, when it stood at 296 (now 454). Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

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