Enrollment
259
Elementary
DISTRICT 370 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILWAUKEE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550960001185
Hawthorne Elementary
6945 N 41st St, Milwaukee, WI 53209 · (414) 247-7200 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL259 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
251 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 37 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 43 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 25 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 31 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 39% larger than its 5th grade class (31).
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
9.4%
WI avg 53.1% . -0.4pp since 2023
Math
14.3%
WI avg 54.8% . +7.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 9 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 9.4% | 14.3% |
| 2023-24 | 9.8% | 6.5% |
% 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
10.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
18.2%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 18% 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 Hawthorne Elementary
Hawthorne Elementary's state test result (10.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawthorne Elementary this school | 259 | 96.9% | 10.8% |
| Brown Street Academy Milwaukee | 245 | 95.9% | 10.3% |
| Holmes Elementary Milwaukee | 260 | 98.5% | 16.0% |
| Milwaukee Environmental Science Academy Milwaukee | 274 | 94.9% | 8.8% |
| Starms Discovery Milwaukee | 268 | 97.8% | 10.6% |
| Townsend Street Elementary Milwaukee | 257 | 93.8% | 6.3% |
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 Hawthorne Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 10.8% | #954 of 982 | #146 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.3% | #923 of 992 ▲ 51 | #120 of 174 ▲ 39 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 9.4% | #965 of 992 ▼ 1 | #151 of 174 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 259 | #747 of 1,157 | #131 of 180 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #773 of 901 | #89 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.7% | #648 of 901 | #121 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.9% | #9 of 1,064 | #7 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.0% | #256 of 664 | #55 of 133 |
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
259
-8 (-3%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 382
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 259 | 16.1 | 16.1:1 | 97% (251) |
| 2023-24 | 285 | 18.8 | 15.2:1 | 99% (281) |
| 2022-23 | 260 | 20.5 | 12.7:1 | 97% (251) |
| 2020-21 | 267 | 18 | 14.8:1 | 98% (261) |
| 2017-18 | 316 | 13.1 | 24.1:1 | 88% (279) |
| 2015-16 | 259 | 15 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 362 | 22 | 16.4:1 | 91% (328) |
| 2000-01 | 391 | 19 | 20.6:1 | 69% (270) |
| 1990-91 | 382 | 18 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hawthorne Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (316 to 259); teachers up 23% (13.1 to 16.1).
About Hawthorne Elementary
Hawthorne Elementary is one of the public schools in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is a small elementary school. A federal count lists 259 students at the school, in pre-K through 5.
Enrollment across the 155 schools in Milwaukee School District totals 65,835 students.
About 86% of the student body at Hawthorne Elementary is Black. Smaller groups are 8% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. County-wide, 26% of Milwaukee County residents are Black. The school's diversity index is 26%, meaning two students picked at random have a 26% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The ratio of students to teachers is 16.1:1, with 16.1 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is 1.4 students per teacher above the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 97%. The gap from the 64% average for public schools in Milwaukee County is 33 points.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Hawthorne Elementary is -7.4 points: 10.8% actual, 18.2% predicted.
Census Bureau estimates for Milwaukee County show that the median household income is $64,435, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Hawthorne Elementary is one of 284 public schools in the county.
Of nearby public schools, Green Tree Preparatory Academy is the closest, at about 0.7 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Hawthorne Elementary. Its average proficiency rate of 10.8% is below the 25.7% average for nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put Hawthorne Elementary inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 8 fewer students in 2024-25. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (16.1:1) than in 2020-21 (14.8:1).
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Milwaukee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
926,331
Census ACS
Median income
$64,435
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
284
122,496 students
Quick facts
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Other Hawthorne Elementary schools
32 other US public schools in 20 states are named Hawthorne Elementary. Hawthorne Elementary is the 30th largest of the 33.
- Hawthorne ElementaryMadison, WI · 360 students
- Hawthorne ElementaryWaukesha, WI · 321 students
- Hawthorne Elementary SchoolHampton, GA · 813 students
- Hawthorne ElementaryRiverside, CA · 663 students
- Hawthorne Elementary SchoolElmhurst, IL · 568 students
Nearby schools
- Green Tree Preparatory Academy0.7 mi · 535
- Barton Elementary1.0 mi · 283
- Glen Hills Middle1.1 mi · 483
- Thurston Woods Elementary1.3 mi · 256
- Thoreau Elementary1.5 mi · 353
- Brown Deer Middle/High1.7 mi · 904
Frequently asked questions
About Hawthorne ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Hawthorne Elementary?
Hawthorne Elementary enrolls approximately 259 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Hawthorne Elementary serve?
Hawthorne Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Hawthorne Elementary?
Approximately 16.1:1 students per teacher at Hawthorne Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Hawthorne Elementary?
Student demographics at Hawthorne Elementary are roughly 1% White, 8% Hispanic, 86% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Hawthorne Elementary in?
Hawthorne Elementary is part of Milwaukee School District.
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