Hawthorne Elementary - 56

Set in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Hawthorne Elementary - 56 is a sprawling elementary-level community, overseen by Sioux Falls School District 49-5. It enrolls 443 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 204 students per school, that is 117% above typical.

Hawthorne Elementary - 56 is one of 44 schools operated by Sioux Falls School District 49-5, a district that instructs 25,060 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Hawthorne Elementary - 56 shows that the most-represented group is White (31%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 22% Hispanic, 20% Black, 13% Native American, 9% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 80% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.4:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at Hawthorne Elementary - 56 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Minnehaha County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Hawthorne Elementary - 56 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.1%, the actual is 16.9%, a residual of -5.2 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Minnehaha County put the typical household earns roughly $76,880 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Hawthorne Elementary - 56 is one of 83 public schools in Minnehaha County (combined enrollment of about 34,919 students).

The closest other public school is Axtell Park Middle School - 47, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hawthorne Elementary - 56 at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 33.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Looking at the recent track record. Hawthorne Elementary - 56's enrollment has fell 9% since 2018, when it stood at 489 (now 443). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 15% to 22%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

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