Hawthorne Elementary School

Hawthorne Elementary School is one of the cozy elementary-level communitys in Sweet Home, Oregon, operated by Sweet Home SD 55, with 260 students on its rolls from grades K through 6.

Within Sweet Home SD 55, which oversees 7 schools and 2,249 students, Hawthorne Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hawthorne Elementary School reports that nearly all students (85%) are White; the rest looks like 7% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Hawthorne Elementary School has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.5:1 average. Roughly 74% of students at Hawthorne Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Hawthorne Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.8%; this one delivers 23.3%.

In the surrounding community, Linn County reports that median household income runs about $76,329, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Linn County's 48 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,916 students), Hawthorne Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Sweet Home Junior High School, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hawthorne Elementary School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 33.5%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Hawthorne Elementary School's enrollment has declined 27% since 2018, when it stood at 355 (now 260). White enrollment moved from 90% to 85% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.5:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

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