HAWTHORN ELEM.

HAWTHORN ELEM. is one of the moderately sized primary schools in KANSAS CITY, Missouri, one of the schools within PARK HILL, with 450 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. That puts it 43% bigger than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 315 students.

PARK HILL comprises 18 schools with combined enrollment of 11,937 students; HAWTHORN ELEM. is among them.

Looking at the student body, HAWTHORN ELEM. reports that White students make up the majority at 70%. Beyond that, the school lists 12% Black, 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Platte County as a whole is about 79% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, HAWTHORN ELEM. reports 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.1:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 23% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, HAWTHORN ELEM. is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 50.8%; this one delivers 73.9%, a residual of +23.0 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Platte County put median household income runs about $96,227, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Platte County's 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,612 students), HAWTHORN ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

UNION CHAPEL ELEM. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, HAWTHORN ELEM. comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 52.1%.

HAWTHORN ELEM. operates from a countryside location.

Five-year trend. HAWTHORN ELEM.'s enrollment has edged down 17% since 2018, when it stood at 540 (now 450). The Black share of enrollment increased from 6% to 12% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

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