HAWTHORNE ELEM.

Set in MEXICO, Missouri, HAWTHORNE ELEM. is a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus, overseen by MEXICO 59. It serves 442 students across grades 1 through 5. Compared to the state average of about 315 students per school, that is 40% larger than typical.

MEXICO 59 runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,374 students. HAWTHORNE ELEM. is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, HAWTHORNE ELEM. records that White students make up the majority at 70%; the rest is composed of 14% multiracial, 13% Hispanic, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 89% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, HAWTHORNE ELEM. has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Audrain County runs at roughly 75%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, HAWTHORNE ELEM. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.4%, the actual is 45.1%, a residual of -4.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, Audrain County reports that median household income runs about $59,448, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Audrain County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,243 students), HAWTHORNE ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is MEXICO HIGH, roughly 0.3 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, HAWTHORNE ELEM. comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 47.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Looking at the recent track record. HAWTHORNE ELEM.'s enrollment has declined 5% since 2018, when it stood at 464 (now 442). The Black share of enrollment declined from 8% to 3% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.

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