Enrollment
393
Elementary
DISTRICT 346 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1·NCES 530771002269
Hawthorne Elementary School
4100 39 AV S, SEATTLE, WA 98118 · (206) 252-7210 · King County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL393 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
103 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 51%
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 | 76 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 36% larger than its 5th grade class (56).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 68% · 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
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
67.4%
WA avg 58.4% . +23.8pp since 2014
Math
66.3%
WA avg 51.2% . +26.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 24 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 27 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.4% | 66.3% |
| 2023-24 | 69.7% | 72.6% |
| 2022-23 | 61.9% | 63.1% |
| 2021-22 | 62.7% | 58.2% |
| 2018-19 | 59.1% | 51.0% |
| 2017-18 | 63.9% | 49.7% |
| 2016-17 | 53.5% | 46.8% |
| 2015-16 | 55.0% | 51.7% |
| 2014-15 | 43.6% | 39.8% |
% Met or Exceeded Standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. 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
68.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.6%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% typical for Washington 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 Washington'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 (68.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawthorne Elementary School this school | 393 | 26.2% | 68.4% |
| Brookside Elementary Lake Forest Park | 372 | 33.9% | 65.7% |
| Fairmount Park Elementary School SEATTLE | 357 | 23.0% | 72.2% |
| Chloe Clark Elementary DuPont | 475 | 26.9% | 60.7% |
| Lake Forest Park Elementary Lake Forest Park | 378 | 26.7% | 59.7% |
| Grant Elementary School Tacoma | 378 | 31.0% | 57.3% |
Matched among Washington 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 Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.4% | #159 of 936 | #103 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.3% | #179 of 1,103 ▼ 73 | #107 of 281 ▼ 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.4% | #195 of 1,102 ▼ 40 | #105 of 280 ▼ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.4pp | #200 of 928 | #49 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 393 | #662 of 1,268 | #184 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #367 of 1,085 | #87 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.2% | #335 of 1,088 | #168 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.2% | #975 of 1,169 | #178 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.4% | #708 of 778 | #203 of 220 |
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
393
-27 (-6%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 437
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 393 | 26 | 15.1:1 | 26% (103) |
| 2023-24 | 374 | 25.8 | 14.5:1 | 26% (98) |
| 2022-23 | 363 | 22.5 | 16.1:1 | 33% (118) |
| 2020-21 | 420 | 29 | 14.5:1 | 36% (150) |
| 2017-18 | 407 | 27.1 | 15.0:1 | 52% (213) |
| 2015-16 | 391 | 24 | 16.3:1 | 47% (182) |
| 2010-11 | 301 | 22 | 13.7:1 | 75% (227) |
| 2000-01 | 474 | 28 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 437 | 21 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hawthorne Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (407 to 393); teachers down 4% (27.1 to 26).
About Hawthorne Elementary School
Hawthorne Elementary School is an elementary school located in SEATTLE, Washington, in King County. Enrollment stands at 393 students, covering pre-K through 5.
Hawthorne Elementary School is one of the 107 schools that make up Seattle School District No. 1 (50,773 students in total).
The largest racial or ethnic group at Hawthorne Elementary School is White, with 49% of students. Enrollment also includes 14% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 13% Black, and 7% Asian. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 68%.
Its staff includes 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 15.1 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Washington, 17.3:1, is higher. Hawthorne Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 26%. It compares with 38% for public schools in King County.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Hawthorne Elementary School is 5.7 points above its prediction. Actual: 68.4%. Predicted: 62.6%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for King County show that the median household earns about $124,746 a year, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. King County has 544 public schools with about 278,492 students, including Hawthorne Elementary School.
About 0.6 miles separate Hawthorne Elementary School from the closest public school, Interagency Open Doors. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 38.9%; Hawthorne Elementary School's is 68.4%, ranking 1st of 7.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school shrank from 420 students in 2020-21 to 393 in 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Hawthorne Elementary School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
King County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,287,171
Census ACS
Median income
$124,746
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
544
278,492 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Seattle School District No. 1
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,770 students
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- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,770 students
- Ballard High SchoolHigh · 1,697 students
- Roosevelt High SchoolHigh · 1,542 students
- Garfield High SchoolHigh · 1,507 students
- West Seattle High SchoolHigh · 1,479 students
- Ingraham High SchoolHigh · 1,391 students
Other Hawthorne Elementary schools
32 other US public schools in 20 states are named Hawthorne Elementary. Hawthorne Elementary School is the 17th largest of the 33.
- Hawthorne Elementary SchoolEverett, WA · 446 students
- Hawthorne Elementary SchoolKENNEWICK, WA · 417 students
- Hawthorne Elementary SchoolHampton, GA · 813 students
- Hawthorne ElementaryRiverside, CA · 663 students
- Hawthorne Elementary SchoolElmhurst, IL · 568 students
Nearby schools
- Interagency Open Doors0.6 mi · 132
- John Muir Elementary School0.6 mi · 308
- Franklin High School0.8 mi · 1,277
- Orca K-8 School0.9 mi · 278
- Kimball Elementary School1.1 mi · 384
- Dearborn Park International School1.1 mi · 340
Frequently asked questions
About Hawthorne Elementary SchoolHow large is Hawthorne Elementary School?
Hawthorne Elementary School enrolls approximately 393 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Hawthorne Elementary School serve?
Hawthorne Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Hawthorne Elementary School?
Approximately 15.1:1 students per teacher at Hawthorne Elementary School.
How diverse is Hawthorne Elementary School?
Hawthorne Elementary School reports a student body of 49% White, 14% Hispanic, 13% Black, 7% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Is Hawthorne Elementary School public or private?
Hawthorne Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Seattle School District No. 1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.