Enrollment
260
Elementary
DISTRICT 228 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SWEET HOME SD 55·NCES 411197000702
Hawthorne Elementary School
3205 Long St, Sweet Home, OR 97386 · (541) 367-7167 · Linn County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL260 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 18% of Oregon public elementary schools
- C-Test 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 Oregon public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
193 students
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 76%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 36 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 30 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 25 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (36) is 44% larger than its 6th grade class (25).
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 59% · 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 Sweet Home SD 55. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
31.6%
OR avg 43.0% . +5.8pp since 2023
Math
22.0%
OR avg 31.8% . +3.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.6% | 22.0% |
| 2023-24 | 25.8% | 18.4% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. 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
23.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.8%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for Oregon 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 Oregon'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 (23.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawthorne Elementary School this school | 260 | 74.2% | 23.3% |
| Madrone Trail Public Charter School Central Point | 249 | 73.5% | 23.5% |
| Foster Elementary School Foster | 277 | 75.1% | 30.7% |
| Humbolt Elementary School Canyon City | 247 | 72.9% | 27.0% |
| Elmira Elementary School Elmira | 261 | 70.5% | 33.2% |
| Oakland Elementary School Oakland | 252 | 78.2% | 32.6% |
Matched among Oregon 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 Oregon | In Linn County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.3% | #471 of 591 | #22 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #500 of 646 ▲ 51 | #22 of 27 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.6% | #467 of 646 ▲ 78 | #20 of 27 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 260 | #486 of 710 | #17 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #146 of 587 | #5 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.3% | #552 of 587 | #21 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.2% | #325 of 645 | #22 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.8% | #117 of 493 | #4 of 19 |
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
260
-42 (-14%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 334
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 260 | 17 | 15.3:1 | 74% (193) |
| 2023-24 | 279 | 16 | 17.4:1 | 74% (207) |
| 2022-23 | 311 | 17 | 18.3:1 | 68% (213) |
| 2020-21 | 302 | 18 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 355 | 18.2 | 19.5:1 | 65% (231) |
| 2015-16 | 342 | 16 | 21.4:1 | 65% (222) |
| 2010-11 | 305 | 13 | 23.5:1 | 68% (207) |
| 2000-01 | 295 | 15 | 19.7:1 | 59% (174) |
| 1990-91 | 334 | 16 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hawthorne Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (355 to 260); teachers down 6% (18.2 to 17).
About Hawthorne Elementary School
Hawthorne Elementary School is an elementary school in Sweet Home, Oregon, reachable at (541) 367-7167. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 6, with 260 students on the rolls.
Federal data list 7 schools in Sweet Home SD 55, with 2,249 students enrolled.
Of every 100 students at Hawthorne Elementary School, about 85 are White. After that, the student body is 7% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. Census estimates put Linn County at about 84% White, close to the school's figure. A diversity index of 27% means there is a 27% chance two randomly chosen students at Hawthorne Elementary School are from different groups.
Staffing at Hawthorne Elementary School comes to 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 15.3:1. Elementary schools in Oregon have an average ratio of 16.5:1. On the income side, 74% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Hawthorne Elementary School holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 18% of Oregon public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 23.3%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 33.8%.
In the surrounding county, Linn County, median household income comes to about $76,329, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. The county has 48 public schools and about 17,916 students.
Sweet Home Junior High School, about 0.7 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes 6 other public schools. Hawthorne Elementary School places 8th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Federal data place Hawthorne Elementary School in the Town: Distant locale, which means it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The school's student count decreased 14% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. By 2024-25, the school had 15.3 students per teacher, compared with 16.8 in 2020-21.
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Linn County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
130,706
Census ACS
Median income
$76,329
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
48
17,916 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sweet Home SD 55
- Sweet Home High SchoolHigh · 752 students
- Sweet Home Junior High SchoolMiddle · 358 students
- Oak Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 303 students
- Foster Elementary SchoolElementary · 277 students
- Holley Elementary SchoolElementary · 157 students
- Sweet Home Charter SchoolElementary · 142 students
Other schools in Sweet Home
- Sweet Home High SchoolHigh · 752 students
- Sweet Home Junior High SchoolMiddle · 358 students
- Oak Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 303 students
- Holley Elementary SchoolElementary · 157 students
- Sweet Home Charter SchoolElementary · 142 students
Other Hawthorne Elementary schools
32 other US public schools in 20 states are named Hawthorne Elementary. Hawthorne Elementary School is the 29th 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
- Sweet Home Junior High School0.7 mi · 358
- Sweet Home High School0.9 mi · 752
- Oak Heights Elementary School1.6 mi · 303
- Foster Elementary School2.0 mi · 277
- Sweet Home Charter School4.6 mi · 142
- Holley Elementary School4.6 mi · 157
Frequently asked questions
About Hawthorne Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Hawthorne Elementary School?
Hawthorne Elementary School enrolls approximately 260 students in grades KG-06.
Is Hawthorne Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hawthorne Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hawthorne Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hawthorne Elementary School is approximately 15.3:1 (17 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Hawthorne Elementary School?
Student demographics at Hawthorne Elementary School are roughly 85% White, 7% Hispanic, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Hawthorne Elementary School?
Hawthorne Elementary School is overseen by Sweet Home SD 55 in Linn County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.