Hawthorne Elementary

Hawthorne Elementary, a mid-sized elementary-level community in ALBERT LEA, Minnesota, overseen by Albert Lea Public School District, caters to 400 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Hawthorne Elementary is one of 9 schools operated by Albert Lea Public School District, a district that works with 3,335 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Hawthorne Elementary logs that the largest single group is White at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 20% Hispanic, 20% Asian, 6% multiracial, 5% Black. By comparison, Freeborn County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Hawthorne Elementary shows 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.8:1. The state averages about 13.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 63% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Freeborn County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Hawthorne Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.2%, the actual is 26.6%, a residual of -4.6 points.

In the area at large, Freeborn County reports that median household earnings sit near $71,023, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Hawthorne Elementary is one of 19 public schools in Freeborn County (combined enrollment of about 4,061 students).

Brookside Early Childhood Sp Ed is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hawthorne Elementary. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hawthorne Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 33.1%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Five-year trend. Hawthorne Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 9% since 2018, when it stood at 438 (now 400). White enrollment moved from 62% to 49% across the same window.

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