Hawthorne Elementary

Hawthorne Elementary is an elementary school of medium-sized scale in Louisville, Kentucky, part of Jefferson County, instructing 437 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within Jefferson County, which oversees 167 schools and 95,124 students, Hawthorne Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Hawthorne Elementary shows that the most-represented group is White (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 30% Hispanic, 12% Black, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 63% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. Around 42% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Jefferson County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Hawthorne Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.4%; this one delivers 55.3%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Jefferson County put median household income runs about $69,866, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Jefferson County's 175 public schools (combined enrollment of about 95,579 students), Hawthorne Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Boys & Girls Haven, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Hawthorne Elementary comes 2nd of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 35.2%.

Hawthorne Elementary operates from a city-core location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 6%: 463 students in 2018 compared to 437 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 22% to 30% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.