Enrollment
227
Elementary
DISTRICT 239 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAUSAU SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551590002365
Hawthorn Hills Elementary
1600 Kickbusch St, Wausau, WI 54403 · (715) 261-0045 · Marathon County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL227 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 Wisconsin public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
161 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 42%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 40 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 25 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 36 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 34 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 36 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 28 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 28 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (25) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (28).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 54% · 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
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
39.1%
WI avg 53.1% . -10.1pp since 2023
Math
43.7%
WI avg 54.8% . -7.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.1% | 43.7% |
| 2023-24 | 49.2% | 50.8% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. 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
47.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.1%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin'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 Hawthorn Hills Elementary
Hawthorn Hills Elementary's state test result (47.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawthorn Hills Elementary this school | 227 | 70.9% | 47.4% |
| Ronald C Dunlap Elementary School Appleton | 314 | 65.6% | 43.6% |
| Prairie Ridge Early Learning School Eau Claire | 248 | 63.7% | N/A |
| Stephen Foster Elementary Charter Appleton | 200 | 64.5% | 50.0% |
| Elmore Elementary Green Bay | 246 | 76.8% | 39.8% |
| Pigeon River Elementary Sheboygan | 254 | 60.2% | 45.6% |
Matched among Wisconsin 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 Hawthorn Hills Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Marathon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #659 of 982 | #19 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.7% | #686 of 992 ▼ 68 | #21 of 25 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.1% | #752 of 992 ▼ 137 | #22 of 25 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 227 | #834 of 1,157 | #19 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #344 of 901 | #7 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.4% | #56 of 901 | #2 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.9% | #175 of 1,064 | #2 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.8% | #153 of 664 | #3 of 22 |
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
227
-18 (-7%) vs 2020
-49% since 1990-91, when it was 449
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 227 | 18.1 | 12.5:1 | 71% (161) |
| 2023-24 | 198 | 18.2 | 10.9:1 | 71% (141) |
| 2022-23 | 232 | 20.9 | 11.1:1 | 63% (146) |
| 2020-21 | 245 | 21 | 11.7:1 | 72% (177) |
| 2017-18 | 298 | 24 | 12.4:1 | 59% (177) |
| 2015-16 | 247 | 21 | 11.8:1 | 67% (165) |
| 2010-11 | 257 | 23 | 11.2:1 | 69% (177) |
| 2000-01 | 228 | 23 | 9.9:1 | 32% (74) |
| 1990-91 | 449 | 22 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hawthorn Hills Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (298 to 227); teachers down 24% (24 to 18.1).
About Hawthorn Hills Elementary
Hawthorn Hills Elementary is an elementary school in Wausau, Wisconsin, reachable at (715) 261-0045. It has an enrollment of 227 students in pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Wisconsin average about 323 students, which makes this school 30% below average.
The 21 schools of Wausau School District, including Hawthorn Hills Elementary, enroll 7,738 students.
The largest group at Hawthorn Hills Elementary is White students, at 46%. After that, the student body is 18% Asian, 14% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, and 8% Black. Census figures show Marathon County is about 87% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Hawthorn Hills Elementary scores 71%.
Classroom staffing at Hawthorn Hills Elementary totals 18.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.5:1. Compared with the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin, this school's ratio is lower. Federal data show 71% of students (161) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 37% average for public schools in Marathon County, the school's rate is higher.
Hawthorn Hills Elementary earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 52% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 34.1% at Hawthorn Hills Elementary; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 47.4%.
In Marathon County, home to about 138,403 people, median household income comes to about $77,884, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. There are 52 public schools in the county, enrolling about 18,592, Hawthorn Hills Elementary among them.
Hawthorn Hills Elementary's nearest public school is Wausau Area Virtual Education (about 0.8 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Hawthorn Hills Elementary is 3rd of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The NCES locale for Hawthorn Hills Elementary is City: Small, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 7%, from 245 to 227.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Marathon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
138,403
Census ACS
Median income
$77,884
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
18,592 students
Quick facts
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- G D Jones ElementaryElementary · 492 students
- Riverview ElementaryElementary · 445 students
Nearby schools
- Wausau Area Virtual Education0.8 mi · 152
- Franklin Elementary1.3 mi · 181
- John Marshall Elementary1.6 mi · 231
- East High1.7 mi · 893
- Enrich Excel Achieve Learning Academy1.7 mi · 38
- Horace Mann Middle1.8 mi · 635
Frequently asked questions
About Hawthorn Hills ElementaryHow many students attend Hawthorn Hills Elementary?
Hawthorn Hills Elementary enrolls approximately 227 students in grades PK-05.
Is Hawthorn Hills Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hawthorn Hills Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Hawthorn Hills Elementary have?
Hawthorn Hills Elementary employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hawthorn Hills Elementary?
At Hawthorn Hills Elementary, the student body is approximately 46% White, 12% Hispanic, 8% Black, 18% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Is Hawthorn Hills Elementary public or private?
Hawthorn Hills Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wausau School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.