Enrollment
264
Elementary
DISTRICT 252 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KEARNEY R-I·NCES 291645002532
HAWTHORNE ELEM.
1815 S JEFFERSON, KEARNEY, MO 64060 · (816) 628-4114 · Clay County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL264 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
22 students
DISTRICT 20% · STATE 54%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within KEARNEY R-I. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
41.6%
MO avg 49.5% . +27.9pp since 2023
Math
54.1%
MO avg 48.7% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 50 and 49. Reading and writing scores are up about 28 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Source: MO DVT (Growth). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
42.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.1%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Missouri's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
264
-13 (-5%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 12.4:1
% White
88%
was 90%
% Hispanic
6%
was 2%
% Black
2%
was 2%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About HAWTHORNE ELEM.
HAWTHORNE ELEM. operates as a close-knit K-5 school in KEARNEY, Missouri, one of the schools within KEARNEY R-I. Current enrollment sits at 264 students spanning grades K through 5.
HAWTHORNE ELEM. is one of 9 schools operated by KEARNEY R-I, a district that serves 3,424 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, HAWTHORNE ELEM. shows that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 79% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, HAWTHORNE ELEM. logs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 8% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Clay County runs at roughly 35%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), HAWTHORNE ELEM. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.1%, the actual is 42.9%, a residual of -8.2 points.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (Clay County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $88,468 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Clay County's 80 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,553 students), HAWTHORNE ELEM. is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: KEARNEY HIGH, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, HAWTHORNE ELEM. comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 56.1%.
HAWTHORNE ELEM. operates from a small-town location.
Over the past 7-year window. HAWTHORNE ELEM.'s enrollment has shrank 5% since 2018, when it stood at 277 (now 264).
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Clay County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
258,122
Census ACS
Median income
$88,468
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
80
41,553 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in KEARNEY R-I
- KEARNEY HIGHHigh · 814 students
- KEARNEY MIDDLEMiddle · 591 students
- KEARNEY JR. HIGHHigh · 510 students
- DOGWOOD ELEM.Elementary · 463 students
- SOUTHVIEW ELEM.Elementary · 455 students
- KEARNEY ELEM.Elementary · 223 students
Other schools in KEARNEY
- KEARNEY HIGHHigh · 814 students
- KEARNEY MIDDLEMiddle · 591 students
- KEARNEY JR. HIGHHigh · 510 students
- DOGWOOD ELEM.Elementary · 463 students
- SOUTHVIEW ELEM.Elementary · 455 students
- KEARNEY ELEM.Elementary · 223 students
Nearby schools
- KEARNEY HIGH0.6 mi · 814
- KEARNEY ELEM.0.7 mi · 223
- SOUTHVIEW ELEM.0.7 mi · 455
- LENS0.8 mi · 60
- KEARNEY JR. HIGH0.8 mi · 510
- KEARNEY EARLY EDUCATION CENTER1.0 mi · 44
Frequently asked questions
About HAWTHORNE ELEM.What is the total enrollment at HAWTHORNE ELEM.?
HAWTHORNE ELEM. enrolls approximately 264 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does HAWTHORNE ELEM. serve?
HAWTHORNE ELEM. serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at HAWTHORNE ELEM.?
Approximately 12.9:1 students per teacher at HAWTHORNE ELEM..
What is the student diversity at HAWTHORNE ELEM.?
Student demographics at HAWTHORNE ELEM. are roughly 88% White, 6% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Two or more.
Is HAWTHORNE ELEM. public or private?
HAWTHORNE ELEM. is a public K-12 school, overseen by KEARNEY R-I.
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