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Best kept secret at Hawthorne Elementary School?
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Enrollment
538
Elementary
DISTRICT 421 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WESTERVILLE CITY·NCES 390450401954
Hawthorne Elementary School
5001 Farview Rd, Columbus, OH 43231 · (614) 797-7130 · Franklin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL538 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.5:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
384 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 43%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 103 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (91).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 54% · 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
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
61.3%
OH avg 59.8% . +0.2pp since 2021
Math
69.7%
OH avg 56.1% . +9.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.3% | 69.7% |
| 2023-24 | 60.9% | 63.3% |
| 2022-23 | 58.4% | 59.0% |
| 2021-22 | 61.1% | 60.7% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. 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
62.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.9%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% typical for Ohio 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 Ohio'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 School
Hawthorne Elementary School's state test result (62.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawthorne Elementary School this school | 538 | 71.4% | 62.4% |
| Herbert Mills Elementary School Reynoldsburg | 431 | 73.5% | 50.3% |
| Rose Hill Elementary School Reynoldsburg | 393 | 64.6% | 53.2% |
| French Run Elementary School Reynoldsburg | 389 | 75.1% | 48.5% |
| Huber Ridge Elementary School Westerville | 481 | 69.0% | 58.6% |
| Minerva France Elementary School Columbus | 559 | 68.2% | 64.3% |
Matched among Ohio 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 School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.4% | #578 of 673 | #60 of 81 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.7% | #667 of 1,569 ▲ 142 | #53 of 199 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #883 of 1,569 ▲ 62 | #71 of 199 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.6pp | #621 of 1,514 | #94 of 194 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 538 | #384 of 1,808 | #36 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.9:1 | #1,087 of 1,582 | #110 of 192 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.1% | #72 of 1,590 | #21 of 193 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.4% | #56 of 767 | #11 of 85 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.1% | #273 of 992 | #50 of 135 |
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
538
-205 (-28%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 803
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
was 24.8:1
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 | 538 | 28.5 | 18.9:1 | 71% (384) |
| 2023-24 | 540 | 27 | 20.0:1 | 69% (373) |
| 2022-23 | 543 | 25.3 | 21.5:1 | 59% (322) |
| 2020-21 | 743 | 30 | 24.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 665 | 29.4 | 22.6:1 | 60% (397) |
| 2015-16 | 651 | 32 | 20.3:1 | 63% (411) |
| 2010-11 | 660 | 33 | 20.0:1 | 48% (316) |
| 2000-01 | 721 | 31 | 23.3:1 | 24% (175) |
| 1990-91 | 803 | 32 | 25.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hawthorne Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (665 to 538); teachers down 3% (29.4 to 28.5).
About Hawthorne Elementary School
Hawthorne Elementary School sits in Columbus, Ohio, and is classified as an elementary school. The school counted 538 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 5. That puts enrollment 33% larger than the 404-student average for elementary schools in Ohio.
The 24 schools of Westerville City, including Hawthorne Elementary School, enroll 14,589 students.
Black students account for 43% of enrollment at Hawthorne Elementary School, more than any other group. Other groups make up 26% White, 13% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, and 7% Asian. County-wide, 23% of Franklin County residents are Black. The diversity index for Hawthorne Elementary School is 71%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Hawthorne Elementary School reports a ratio of 18.9 students per teacher, from 28.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 18.9:1 compares with an average of 17.9:1 for elementary schools in Ohio. Lunch program data show 71% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That rate is above the 41% average among public schools in Franklin County.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Hawthorne Elementary School is within a point of its prediction. Actual: 62.4%. Predicted: 61.9%.
For Franklin County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $75,176 a year, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Hawthorne Elementary School, Franklin County has 402 public schools.
The closest school to Hawthorne Elementary School is Minerva Park Middle School, located about 0.1 miles away. Hawthorne Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Hawthorne Elementary School's average proficiency of 62.4% compares with 60.9% for its nearest scored neighbors.
In the federal locale system, Hawthorne Elementary School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 538, compared with 743 in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 24.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 18.9:1.
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Franklin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,333,048
Census ACS
Median income
$75,176
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
402
195,359 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Westerville City
- Westerville-North High SchoolHigh · 1,587 students
- Westerville-South High SchoolHigh · 1,509 students
- Westerville Central High SchoolHigh · 1,485 students
- Minerva Park Middle SchoolMiddle · 753 students
- Genoa Middle SchoolMiddle · 702 students
- Walnut Springs Middle SchoolMiddle · 613 students
Other schools in Columbus
- KIPP ColumbusCombined · 1,945 students
- Worthington Kilbourne High SchoolHigh · 1,623 students
- Great River Connections AcademyCombined · 1,608 students
- Franklin Heights High SchoolHigh · 1,398 students
- Northland High SchoolHigh · 1,029 students
- Hamilton Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,028 students
Other Hawthorne Elementary schools
32 other US public schools in 20 states are named Hawthorne Elementary. Hawthorne Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 33.
- Hawthorne Elementary SchoolLorain, OH · 218 students
- Hawthorne Elementary SchoolHampton, GA · 813 students
- Hawthorne ElementaryRiverside, CA · 663 students
- Hawthorne Elementary SchoolElmhurst, IL · 568 students
- Hawthorne ElementaryOntario, CA · 549 students
Nearby schools
- Minerva Park Middle School0.1 mi · 753
- Minerva France Elementary School0.3 mi · 559
- International Acad Of Columbus1.1 mi · 313
- Avalon Elementary School1.1 mi · 399
- Huber Ridge Elementary School1.2 mi · 481
- Oakstone Community School1.4 mi · 197
Frequently asked questions
About Hawthorne Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Hawthorne Elementary School?
Hawthorne Elementary School enrolls approximately 538 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Hawthorne Elementary School serve?
Hawthorne Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Hawthorne Elementary School?
Approximately 18.9:1 students per teacher at Hawthorne Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Hawthorne Elementary School?
Student demographics at Hawthorne Elementary School are roughly 26% White, 11% Hispanic, 43% Black, 7% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is Hawthorne Elementary School in?
Hawthorne Elementary School is part of Westerville City.
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