Enrollment
267
Elementary
DISTRICT 163 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MINERAL·NCES 320033000811
Hawthorne Elementary
301 W. 9th St, Hawthorne, NV 89415 · (775) 945-1000 · Mineral County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL267 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of Nevada public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Nevada public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 18.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
267 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 85%
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 31 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 31 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 23 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 28 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (31) is 11% larger than its 6th grade class (28).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). 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 Mineral. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Nevada SBAC 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
21.6%
NV avg 45.8% . +0.6pp since 2023
Math
13.5%
NV avg 35.6% . -2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the Nevada SBAC, Nevada's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nevada schools, those numbers are about 46 and 36. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Nevada SBAC results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.6% | 13.5% |
| 2023-24 | 21.0% | 16.1% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Nevada SBAC. 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
18.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on NV schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% typical for Nevada 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 Nevada'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 →
Schools most like Hawthorne Elementary
Hawthorne Elementary's state test result (18.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawthorne Elementary this school | 267 | 100.0% | 18.1% |
| Hunter Lake Elementary RENO | 319 | 100.0% | 59.0% |
| Grammar School 2 Elko | 341 | 100.0% | 34.8% |
| Nancy Gomes Elementary RENO | 259 | 100.0% | 36.9% |
| Dooley John Elementary School Henderson | 332 | 100.0% | 47.7% |
| David E Norman Elementary Ely | 362 | 100.0% | 24.2% |
Matched among Nevada elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Hawthorne Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Nevada |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.1% | #349 of 367 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.5% | #380 of 388 ▼ 28 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.6% | #367 of 390 ▼ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 267 | #361 of 442 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #20 of 379 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.6% | #167 of 381 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #262 of 386 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.8% | #193 of 304 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
267
-35 (-12%) vs 2020
+36% since 2010-11, when it was 197
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 20.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 267 | 20 | 13.3:1 | 100% (267) |
| 2023-24 | 302 | 8 | 37.8:1 | 100% (302) |
| 2022-23 | 315 | 10 | 31.5:1 | 100% (315) |
| 2020-21 | 302 | 15 | 20.1:1 | 100% (302) |
| 2017-18 | 321 | 17 | 18.9:1 | 51% (163) |
| 2015-16 | 247 | 18 | 13.7:1 | 59% (145) |
| 2010-11 | 197 | 17 | 11.6:1 | 52% (103) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hawthorne Elementary.
About Hawthorne Elementary
Hawthorne Elementary is an elementary school located in Hawthorne, Nevada, in Mineral County. Classes run from pre-K through 6, and the school has 267 students. The average for elementary schools in Nevada is about 480 students, so this school is 44% smaller than average.
Hawthorne Elementary is one of the 4 schools that make up Mineral (534 students in total).
Hawthorne Elementary is 55% White by enrollment. Other reported shares: 20% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 6% Native American, and 4% Asian. The White share in Mineral County as a whole is similar, at about 58%. Pick two students at random and there is a 64% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its teaching staff equals 20 full-time positions, a ratio of 13.3:1. That is lower than the 18.1:1 average for elementary schools in Nevada. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 100%. For comparison, public schools in Mineral County average 100%.
Hawthorne Elementary is graded D by allk12, scoring above 5% of Nevada public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Hawthorne Elementary falls in the middle 80% of Nevada schools: 18.1% actual against 32.5% predicted.
According to the American Community Survey, in Mineral County, the median household income is $54,855, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 13%, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. Hawthorne Elementary is one of 5 public schools in the county.
Mineral County High School is located about 0.2 miles from Hawthorne Elementary. The five-mile area around Hawthorne Elementary holds 2 other public schools. Among 4 nearby schools that report test results, Hawthorne Elementary ranks 4th on proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Hawthorne Elementary is coded Rural: Remote, for schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
2024-25 enrollment was 267, a 12% decrease from 302 in 2020-21. The school's ratio fell from 20.1:1 to 13.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Hawthorne Elementary. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Mineral County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,542
Census ACS
Median income
$54,855
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
13%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
534 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mineral
- Mineral County High SchoolHigh · 128 students
- Hawthorne Junior HighMiddle · 80 students
- Schurz ElementaryElementary · 59 students
- Mineral County Adult EducationCombined
Other schools in Hawthorne
- Mineral County High SchoolHigh · 128 students
- Hawthorne Junior HighMiddle · 80 students
- Mineral County Adult EducationCombined
Other Hawthorne Elementary schools
32 other US public schools in 20 states are named Hawthorne Elementary. Hawthorne Elementary is the 26th largest of the 33.
- Hawthorne Elementary SchoolHampton, GA · 813 students
- Hawthorne ElementaryRiverside, CA · 663 students
- Hawthorne Elementary SchoolElmhurst, IL · 568 students
- Hawthorne ElementaryOntario, CA · 549 students
- Hawthorne Elementary SchoolColumbus, OH · 538 students
Nearby schools
- Mineral County High School0.2 mi · 128
- Hawthorne Junior High0.2 mi · 80
- Schurz Elementary29.8 mi · 59
- Bridgeport Elementary37.5 mi · 50
- Yerington Elementary School42.6 mi · 465
- Yerington Intermediate School42.7 mi · 402
Frequently asked questions
About Hawthorne ElementaryHow many students attend Hawthorne Elementary?
Hawthorne Elementary enrolls approximately 267 students in grades PK-06.
Is Hawthorne Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hawthorne Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Hawthorne Elementary?
Approximately 13.3:1 students per teacher at Hawthorne Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hawthorne Elementary?
At Hawthorne Elementary, the student body is approximately 55% White, 20% Hispanic, 3% Black, 4% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Hawthorne Elementary?
Hawthorne Elementary is overseen by Mineral in Mineral County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.