Hawthorne Elementary

Located at 125 Kingston Rd, in Baltimore, Maryland, Hawthorne Elementary is a moderately sized elementary campus that enrolls 499 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within Baltimore County Public Schools.

Across the 177 schools in Baltimore County Public Schools (110,872 students total), Hawthorne Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Hawthorne Elementary logs that the largest single group is Black at 52%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 21% Hispanic, 18% White, 8% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

On the resource side, Hawthorne Elementary shows 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 83% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Baltimore County's rate of about 53%.

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 25.0%; this one delivers 18.1%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Baltimore County indicate median household income runs about $91,768, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Baltimore County runs 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 110,872 students), of which Hawthorne Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Martin Boulevard Elementary, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hawthorne Elementary at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 28.3%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Hawthorne Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 8% since 2018, when it stood at 544 (now 499). The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 8% to 21% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

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