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What's the biggest difference between Hawthorne Elementary and what you expected?
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Enrollment
437
Elementary
DISTRICT 455 · STATE 421
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY·NCES 210299000647
Hawthorne Elementary
2301 Clarendon Ave, Louisville, KY 40205 · (502) 485-8263 · Jefferson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL437 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 71% of Kentucky public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 Kentucky public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 15.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
184 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 63%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 38 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 23% larger than its 5th grade class (60).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 47% · 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
KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
63.0%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
52.3%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kentucky schools, those numbers are about 48 and 43.
Source: KSA (K-PREP). 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
55.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.4%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for Kentucky 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 Kentucky'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
Hawthorne Elementary's state test result (55.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawthorne Elementary this school | 437 | 42.1% | 55.3% |
| Clear Creek Elementary Shelbyville | 425 | 46.8% | 29.2% |
| Painted Stone Elementary Shelbyville | 458 | 49.6% | 26.0% |
| Garden Springs Elementary School Lexington | 418 | 40.7% | 45.3% |
| Wright Elementary Shelbyville | 489 | 46.6% | 32.8% |
| Marnel C. Moorman School Shelbyville | 803 | 43.1% | 33.4% |
Matched among Kentucky 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 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #153 of 669 | #6 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.3% | #205 of 668 | #10 of 84 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #126 of 674 | #6 of 89 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 437 | #357 of 744 | #59 of 99 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #186 of 674 | #17 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.9% | #123 of 674 | #55 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.1% | #654 of 721 | #81 of 93 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.6% | #330 of 437 | #30 of 46 |
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
437
+4 (+1%) vs 2020
+27% since 1990-91, when it was 345
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 437 | 31.7 | 13.8:1 | 42% (184) |
| 2023-24 | 438 | 30.4 | 14.4:1 | 41% (179) |
| 2022-23 | 448 | 28.1 | 15.9:1 | 42% (188) |
| 2020-21 | 433 | 30 | 14.4:1 | 38% (163) |
| 2017-18 | 463 | 27.3 | 17.0:1 | 56% (257) |
| 2015-16 | 489 | 26 | 18.8:1 | 60% (292) |
| 2010-11 | 489 | 28 | 17.5:1 | 59% (289) |
| 2000-01 | 445 | N/A | N/A | 51% (229) |
| 1990-91 | 345 | 20 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hawthorne Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (463 to 437); teachers up 16% (27.3 to 31.7).
About Hawthorne Elementary
Hawthorne Elementary is an elementary school located in Louisville, Kentucky, in Jefferson County. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 437 students.
Hawthorne Elementary sits within Jefferson County, which has 167 schools and 95,124 students.
White students make up 50% of enrollment at Hawthorne Elementary, the largest share of any group. The remaining shares are 30% Hispanic, 12% Black, and 6% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Jefferson County's population at about 63%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 64, compared with 70 nationally.
Hawthorne Elementary reports a ratio of 13.8 students per teacher, from 31.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 13.8:1 compares with an average of 15.4:1 for elementary schools in Kentucky. Lunch program data show 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is 19 points below the 61% average for public schools in Jefferson County.
Among Kentucky public elementary schools, Hawthorne Elementary outscored 71%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 49.4% for Hawthorne Elementary. The school posts 55.3%, 5.9 points above the prediction.
In the wider Jefferson County area, median household income comes to about $69,866, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Jefferson County counts 175 public schools with about 95,579 students.
Measured in a straight line, Boys & Girls Haven is about 0.5 miles from Hawthorne Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 4 schools in the immediate area with test results, Hawthorne Elementary ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 433 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 437.
On allk12, people connected to Hawthorne Elementary can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
783,022
Census ACS
Median income
$69,866
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
175
95,579 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jefferson County
- Ballard HighHigh · 2,148 students
- duPont Manual HighHigh · 1,899 students
- Marion C. Moore SchoolHigh · 1,892 students
- Eastern HighHigh · 1,790 students
- Pleasure Ridge Park HighHigh · 1,777 students
- Louisville Male HighHigh · 1,763 students
Other schools in Louisville
- Ballard HighHigh · 2,148 students
- duPont Manual HighHigh · 1,899 students
- Marion C. Moore SchoolHigh · 1,892 students
- Pleasure Ridge Park HighHigh · 1,777 students
- Louisville Male HighHigh · 1,763 students
- Southern HighHigh · 1,725 students
Other Hawthorne Elementary schools
32 other US public schools in 20 states are named Hawthorne Elementary. Hawthorne Elementary is the 11th 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
- Boys & Girls Haven0.5 mi · 20
- Brooklawn0.7 mi · 28
- Atherton High0.9 mi · 1,466
- Binet School1.1 mi · 22
- Seneca High1.1 mi · 1,255
- Goldsmith Elementary1.1 mi · 651
Frequently asked questions
About Hawthorne ElementaryHow large is Hawthorne Elementary?
Hawthorne Elementary enrolls approximately 437 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Hawthorne Elementary serve?
Hawthorne Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Hawthorne Elementary?
Approximately 13.8:1 students per teacher at Hawthorne Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Hawthorne Elementary?
Student demographics at Hawthorne Elementary are roughly 50% White, 30% Hispanic, 12% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Hawthorne Elementary in?
Hawthorne Elementary is part of Jefferson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.