Enrollment
288
Elementary
DISTRICT 345 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALBUQUERQUE·NCES 350006000061
HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY
420 GENERAL SOMERVELL ST NE, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87123 · (505) 299-4424 · Bernalillo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL288 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 11% of New Mexico public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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 New Mexico public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
8.9:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
285 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 90%
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 | 18 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (48).
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 55% · 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
Test scores
NM-MSSA + NM-ASR 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
27.3%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
12.6%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Mexico schools, those numbers are about 44 and 27.
Source: NM-MSSA + NM-ASR. 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
22.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.7%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for New Mexico 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 New Mexico'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 (22.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY this school | 288 | 99.0% | 22.1% |
| EDWARD GONZALES ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 339 | 100.0% | 22.0% |
| MOUNTAIN VIEW ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 233 | 100.0% | 18.9% |
| PAJARITO ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 301 | 100.0% | 26.7% |
| ALAMEDA ELEMENTARY LAS CRUCES | 331 | 100.0% | 26.6% |
| LAVALAND ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 369 | 100.0% | 20.8% |
Matched among New Mexico 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 New Mexico | In Bernalillo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.1% | #294 of 329 | #76 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.6% | #304 of 354 | #72 of 96 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.3% | #305 of 366 | #74 of 101 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 288 | #245 of 490 | #66 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.9:1 | #16 of 318 | #8 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.3% | #226 of 334 | #73 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.0% | #275 of 393 | #86 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -42.2% | #30 of 287 | #18 of 88 |
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
288
-54 (-16%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 575
Student : Teacher
8.9:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 288 | 32.3 | 8.9:1 | 99% (285) |
| 2023-24 | 320 | 37.5 | 8.5:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 334 | 36.9 | 9.1:1 | 100% (334) |
| 2020-21 | 342 | 29 | 11.8:1 | 100% (342) |
| 2017-18 | 498 | 29 | 17.2:1 | 100% (497) |
| 2015-16 | 559 | 30 | 18.6:1 | 100% (559) |
| 2010-11 | 561 | 38 | 14.8:1 | 99% (558) |
| 2000-01 | 520 | 38 | 13.7:1 | 91% (471) |
| 1990-91 | 575 | 35 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 42% (498 to 288); teachers up 11% (29 to 32.3).
About HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, is home to HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY, a mid-sized elementary school. The school has 288 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5.
HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY is one school in ALBUQUERQUE, a system of 172 schools with 74,800 students.
Roughly 83% of students at HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY are Hispanic. Other groups include 8% Native American, 5% White, and 2% multiracial. By comparison, Bernalillo County residents are about 49% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 30%.
Based on 32.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY has a ratio of 8.9:1. Compared with the 12.9:1 average for elementary schools in New Mexico, this school's ratio is lower. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 99%. Across public schools in Bernalillo County, the average is 90%.
Among New Mexico public elementary schools, HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY outscored 11%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Schools in New Mexico with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 33.7%. HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY scores 22.1%.
In Bernalillo County, median household income comes to about $69,473, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. The county's public schools total 211, with about 85,724 students.
Measured in a straight line, GRANT MIDDLE is about 0.9 miles from HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY is 5th of 8 on proficiency.
The NCES locale for HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 16% decline, from 342 to 288. The ratio of students to teachers went from 11.8:1 to 8.9:1 over the same years.
This page is set up for the HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Bernalillo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
673,930
Census ACS
Median income
$69,473
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
211
85,724 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ALBUQUERQUE
- VOLCANO VISTA HIGHHigh · 2,089 students
- ATRISCO HERITAGE ACADEMY HSHigh · 1,930 students
- LA CUEVA HIGHHigh · 1,826 students
- SANDIA HIGHHigh · 1,618 students
- ELDORADO HIGHCombined · 1,579 students
- ALBUQUERQUE HIGHHigh · 1,568 students
Other schools in ALBUQUERQUE
- VOLCANO VISTA HIGHHigh · 2,089 students
- ATRISCO HERITAGE ACADEMY HSHigh · 1,930 students
- LA CUEVA HIGHHigh · 1,826 students
- SANDIA HIGHHigh · 1,618 students
- ELDORADO HIGHCombined · 1,579 students
- ALBUQUERQUE HIGHHigh · 1,568 students
Other Hawthorne Elementary schools
32 other US public schools in 20 states are named Hawthorne Elementary. HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY is the 25th 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
- GRANT MIDDLE0.9 mi · 286
- GILBERT L SENA CHARTER HS0.9 mi · 185
- TOMASITA ELEMENTARY1.0 mi · 187
- KENNEDY MIDDLE1.0 mi · 296
- HAYES MIDDLE1.0 mi · 372
- MCCOLLUM ELEMENTARY1.1 mi · 302
Frequently asked questions
About HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARYHow large is HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY?
HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 288 students in grades PK-05.
Is HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY have?
HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.9:1.
How diverse is HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY?
HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 5% White, 83% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY?
HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY is overseen by ALBUQUERQUE in Bernalillo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.