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Hawthorne Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-5

322^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 345 New Mexico Elementary Schools

Better than 7% of New Mexico elementary schools

Summary

Hawthorne Elementary is a public elementary school in Albuquerque, New Mexico, serving grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 320 students. The school is part of the Albuquerque school district, which is ranked 54 out of 82 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Hawthorne Elementary consistently performs below the Albuquerque and New Mexico state averages in standardized test scores for English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 27.27% of Hawthorne students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 43.65% in Albuquerque and 44.19% statewide. Similarly, only 12.59% of Hawthorne students were proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to 26.48% in Albuquerque and 26.81% statewide. The school has also maintained a 0 or 1-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating it is among the lowest-performing schools in the state.

The nearby schools in the Albuquerque district, such as Manzano Mesa Elementary, Janet Kahn Fine Arts Academy, and Inez Elementary, generally outperform Hawthorne Elementary in academic achievement. However, one notable exception is Sandia Base Elementary, which is located about 1.27 miles from Hawthorne and significantly outperforms it and the district/state averages.

288

Students ?

8.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$13,266

Per pupil spending ?

99%

Free/discounted lunch ?

420 General Somervell St NE
Albuquerque, NM 87123

(505) 299-4424

District: Albuquerque

Students who attend Hawthorne Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Hayes Middle
High:	Highland High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

83.0%

American Indian:

7.6%

White:

4.5%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Recently slipping — 18th percentile in 2022 → 7th in 2025

Strengths

✓Small classes — about 9 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the New Mexico average (20% vs 35% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (7th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped from its 18th-percentile peak (2022) to 7th (2025)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school20%

District avg35%

New Mexico avg35%

322^nd of 345

New Mexico public elementary schools ?

Bottom 7%▲ up 3 pts since 2015

From bottom 4% (2015) to bottom 7% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

73^rd of 83Elementary Schools in the Albuquerque

54^th of 82Albuquerque among New Mexico districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2025	15.4	322 of 345	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	18.1	348 of 413	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	22.0	360 of 435	17.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.4	345 of 420	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	18.5	341 of 396	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	15.7	338 of 383	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	11.6	367 of 374	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	12.7	399 of 410	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	13.5	406 of 421	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	9.2	431 of 442	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	9.5	399 of 412	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	14.0	372 of 398	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	13.8	373 of 402	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	21.9	358 of 419	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	17.4	369 of 411	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	16.1	372 of 405	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	13.3	375 of 398	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	23.7	327 of 390	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	23.6	319 of 389	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2022	12.5	52 of 56	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2024	20.9	188 of 223	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	45.8	113 of 191	40.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	28.4	159 of 203	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	25.0	82 of 98	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2024	15.3	344 of 398	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	28.0	295 of 390	24.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	28.4	263 of 395	33.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	14.1	314 of 343	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	16.0	305 of 339	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2025	12.4	248 of 255	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	22.5	317 of 384	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.6	310 of 395	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.2	309 of 389	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	18.7	282 of 320	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	18.0	289 of 329	12.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2025	17.7	295 of 325	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	22.0	291 of 356	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.1	348 of 426	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.1	305 of 410	25.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	22.3	306 of 361	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	19.1	311 of 356	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2024	17.7	333 of 397	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	12.8	389 of 414	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	10.6	339 of 392	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.5	291 of 337	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	15.6	310 of 333	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Native American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2024	24.5	66 of 90	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Mexico percentile	Rating
2024	23.8	254 of 339	25.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.4	350 of 413	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	39.0	207 of 325	36.3%	★★☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Native American (2024)27th percentile+11 vs school

White (2024)25th percentile+9 vs school

Male (2024)16th percentile~ school

English Language Learner (2024)16th percentile~ school

Female (2024)14th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)9th percentile+3 vs school

African American (2022)7th percentile-11 vs school

Hispanic (2025)3rd percentile-4 vs school

By subject vs New Mexico (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts27%-17 vs state

Science20%-9 vs state

Mathematics13%-14 vs state

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by a parent on FaceBook
Thursday, July 16, 2015

This is the best school I ever been to in my life!!!!!!!!!!!!!! specially with mr.jojola my graddaughters teacher:););););););) Close Quote

Schools Near Hawthorne Elementary

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NM-ASR Science (2025)			NM-MSSA English Language Arts (2025)							NM-MSSA Mathematics (2025)							Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NM-ASR Science 5th Grade	NM-ASR Science 8th Grade	NM-ASR Science All Grades	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 4th Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 5th Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 6th Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 7th Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts 8th Grade	NM-MSSA English Language Arts All Grades	NM-MSSA Mathematics 3rd Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics 4th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics 5th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics 6th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics 7th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics 8th Grade	NM-MSSA Mathematics All Grades	Total
Hawthorne Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	420 General Somervell St NE	Albuquerque	87123	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 299-4424	288	32	8.9	99.0%	13 (4.5%)	5 (1.7%)	239 (83.0%)	1 (0.3%)	22 (7.6%)	1 (0.3%)	7 (2.4%)	15.4	322^nd of 345 public elementary schools	6.7%		18.1	348^th of 413 public elementary schools	15.7%	26	20.4			34.0	23.4	24.5				27.3			14.3				12.6	$13,266
Tomasita Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	701 Tomasita St NE	Albuquerque	87123	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 291-6844	187	17	10.8	100.0%	17 (9.1%)	13 (7.0%)	125 (66.8%)	5 (2.7%)	15 (8.0%)	1 (0.5%)	11 (5.9%)	34.6	208^th of 345 public elementary schools	39.7%		18.9	339^th of 413 public elementary schools	17.9%	131					31.0	46.0				33.7			27.0				16.8	$10,001
McCollum Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	10900 San Jacinto St NE	Albuquerque	87112	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 298-5009	302	37	8.1	99.0%	72 (23.8%)	12 (4.0%)	172 (57.0%)	3 (1.0%)	23 (7.6%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (6.6%)	30.1	220^th of 345 public elementary schools	36.2%		23.1	314^th of 413 public elementary schools	24.0%	94	28.2					38.5				27.2			20.5				12.4	$17,772
La Mesa Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	7500 Copper Av NE	Albuquerque	87108	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 262-1581	415	34	12.3	98.8%	26 (6.3%)	40 (9.6%)	316 (76.1%)	1 (0.2%)	21 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.7%)	4.1	345^th of 345 public elementary schools	0.0%		4.5	411^th of 413 public elementary schools	0.5%	66				20.6	12.2	13.5				15.3							3.7	$9,815
Alice King Community School	Public, Charter	K-8	8100 Mountain Rd. NE	Albuquerque	87110	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 344-0746	384	37	10.4	31.0%	117 (30.5%)	11 (2.9%)	219 (57.0%)	2 (0.5%)	10 (2.6%)	2 (0.5%)	23 (6.0%)	40.7	186^th of 345 public elementary schools	46.1%		62.8	126^th of 413 public elementary schools	69.5%	60	37.3	54.3	44.2	37.0	34.0	49.0	58.6	71.0	65.7	49.4	18.5	13.2	33.3	48.3	51.6	31.4	29.6	$8,207
Sandia Base Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	21001 Wyoming SE Kafb East	Albuquerque	87116	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 268-4356	280	21	13.6	100.0%	112 (40.0%)	15 (5.4%)	118 (42.1%)	10 (3.6%)	6 (2.1%)	1 (0.4%)	18 (6.4%)	67.8	80^th of 345 public elementary schools	76.8%		64.6	117^th of 413 public elementary schools	71.7%	37	42.9			55.1	62.8	53.6				57.5	22.5	41.9	50.0				35.8	$6,926
Bellehaven Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	8701 Princess Jeanne St NE	Albuquerque	87112	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 298-7489	216	23	9.3	99.5%	44 (20.4%)	0 (0.0%)	144 (66.7%)	3 (1.4%)	12 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (6.0%)	53.3	123^rd of 345 public elementary schools	64.3%		24.8	309^th of 413 public elementary schools	25.2%	186	48.0			46.9	56.4	44.0				50.0		20.5	32.0				21.9	$8,636
Nmsbvi Albuquerque Campus	Public	PK-K	801 Stephen Moody St SE	Albuquerque	87123	Bernalillo County	Nm School For The Blind And Visually Impaired	No	(n/a)	No	No	(505) 332-6699	0	0			0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Manzano Mesa Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	801 Elizabeth St SE	Albuquerque	87123	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 292-6707	507	38	13.5	99.6%	108 (21.3%)	21 (4.1%)	268 (52.9%)	61 (12.0%)	22 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (5.3%)	60.7	95^th of 345 public elementary schools	72.5%		46.8	191^st of 413 public elementary schools	53.8%	96	28.0			55.4	67.4	36.0				54.0	38.6	44.6	26.7				37.2	$8,936
Janet Kahn Fine Arts Academy	Public	PK, KG-7	9717 Indian School Rd NE	Albuquerque	87112	Bernalillo County	Albuquerque	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(505) 299-4483	389	35	11.2	100.0%	81 (20.8%)	14 (3.6%)	233 (59.9%)	1 (0.3%)	33 (8.5%)	2 (0.5%)	25 (6.4%)	26.9	243^rd of 345 public elementary schools	29.6%		25.2	303^rd of 413 public elementary schools	26.6%	60	18.4			16.3	34.1	30.8	48.2	45.5		35.2		18.2	28.2	33.3	21.2		21.1	$10,310

Frequently Asked Questions about Hawthorne Elementary

How many students attend Hawthorne Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 288 students attended Hawthorne Elementary.

What schools do graduates of Hawthorne Elementary attend?

Students who attend Hawthorne Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Hayes Middle
High : Highland High

What is the racial makeup of Hawthorne Elementary?

Students at Hawthorne Elementary are 83% Hispanic, 8% American Indian, 5% White, 2% Two or more races, 2% African American.

What district is Hawthorne Elementary in?

Albuquerque

Is Hawthorne Elementary a good school?

Hawthorne Elementary ranks in the bottom 6.7% of New Mexico elementary schools.

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