HAWLEY ELEMENTARY

HAWLEY ELEMENTARY is one of the well-populated elementary campuss in HAWLEY, Minnesota, run under HAWLEY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 579 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 68% larger than the state mean of about 344.

Across the 3 schools in HAWLEY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT (1,058 students total), HAWLEY ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, HAWLEY ELEMENTARY records that nearly all students (94%) are White. The remainder breaks down as 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 85%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.7:1 average. An estimated 17% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Clay County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, HAWLEY ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.0%, the actual is 68.4%, a residual of +12.4 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Clay County put median household income runs about $81,172, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Clay County's 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,470 students), HAWLEY ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

Glacial Ridge Transitional Skills P is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around HAWLEY ELEMENTARY. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HAWLEY ELEMENTARY ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 43.9%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 10%: 527 students in 2018 compared to 579 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.