Hawthorne School

Hawthorne School, a small elementary school in SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, one of the schools within Salt Lake District, teaches 318 students, covering grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 35% below the state mean of about 491.

Within Salt Lake District, which oversees 39 schools and 20,086 students, Hawthorne School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Hawthorne School shows that the largest single group is White, at 64% of enrollment. Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 9% Asian, 2% Pacific Islander.

On the income-and-resources front, Hawthorne School reports 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.8:1 average. About 25% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Salt Lake County (around 34%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Salt Lake County) logs that median household income runs about $97,494, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Salt Lake County runs 325 public schools (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students), of which Hawthorne School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Utah Connections Academy, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 6-year window, the student count edged down 28%: 439 students in 2018 compared to 318 in 2024. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 70% to 64% over that span.

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