Is Hawthorn School of Dual Language a good school?

Hawthorn School of Dual Language ranks 923 rd of 2067 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Hawthorn School of Dual Language?

In the 2023-24 school year, 403 students attended Hawthorn School of Dual Language.

What is the racial makeup of Hawthorn School of Dual Language?

Students at Hawthorn School of Dual Language are 60% Hispanic, 29% White, 5% Two or more races, 3% African American, 2% Asian.

What schools do graduates of Hawthorn School of Dual Language attend?

Students who attend Hawthorn School of Dual Language usually go on to attend: Middle : Hawthorn Middle School North High : Vernon Hills High School

Hawthorn School of Dual Language

Summary:

Hawthorn School of Dual Language is a public elementary school serving 409 students in grades K-5 in Vernon Hills, Illinois. The school is part of the Hawthorn CCSD 73 district, which is ranked 186 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

While Hawthorn School of Dual Language offers a unique dual language program, the school faces several challenges. Its academic performance lags behind other schools in the district, with lower proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Math compared to district and state averages. The school's performance also varies significantly across different student subgroups, with White students performing relatively better but Hispanic students and English Language Learners ranking in the bottom 40-50% of Illinois elementary schools. Additionally, Hawthorn School of Dual Language has seen a concerning increase in chronic absenteeism, reaching 10.4% in 2023-2024, which is higher than the district and state averages.

Interestingly, the school spends more per student ($14,550 in 2022-2023) compared to the district average, but this higher spending does not seem to translate into better academic outcomes. In comparison, other schools in the Hawthorn CCSD 73 district, such as Hawthorn Townline Elementary and Hawthorn Elementary School North, have higher test scores, lower chronic absenteeism, and lower free/reduced lunch rates, suggesting that targeted interventions and support may be needed to address the disparities at Hawthorn School of Dual Language.

Detail:

Public K-5

810 N Aspen Dr
Vernon Hills, IL 60061-1427

(847) 990-4900

District: Hawthorn CCSD 73

SchoolDigger Rank:
923^rd of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $16,086

Students who attend Hawthorn School of Dual Language usually attend:

Middle:	Hawthorn Middle School North
High:	Vernon Hills High School

Student/teacher ratio: 11.0

Number of students: 403

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

60.3%

White:

28.8%

Two or more races:

5.0%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 50.6%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Hawthorn School of Dual Language ranks better than 55.3% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks last among 5 ranked elementary schools in the Hawthorn CCSD 73 School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 50.49. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (60.3%), White (28.8%), two or more races (5%). (See more...)

Compare Details 50.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Hawthorn CCSD 73 School District. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Hawthorn School of Dual Language is 11. 4 elementary schools in the Hawthorn CCSD 73 School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Hawthorn School of Dual Language employs 36.4 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Hawthorn School of Dual Language is $16,086, which is the lowest among 7 elementary schools in the Hawthorn CCSD 73 School District!

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Hawthorn School of Dual Language:

SchoolDigger ranks Hawthorn School of Dual Language 923^rd of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Hawthorn School of Dual Language in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Hawthorn CCSD 73:

SchoolDigger ranks Hawthorn CCSD 73 186^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Hawthorn School of Dual Language

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Rank History for all students at Hawthorn School of Dual Language

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2012	50.33	1295^th	2166	40.2%
2013	63.71	838^th	2167	61.3%
2014	62.11	825^th	2093	60.6%
2015	53.76	824^th	2052	59.8%
2016	56.09	828^th	2046	59.5%
2017	52.21	901^st	2044	55.9%
2018	46.30	1018^th	2037	50.0%
2019	50.74	955^th	2086	54.2%
2021	54.56	764^th	1948	60.8%
2022	51.50	909^th	2082	56.3%
2023	41.45	1144^th	2077	44.9%
2024	50.49	923^rd	2067	55.3%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Hawthorn School of Dual Language

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	21.28	679^th	718	5.4%
2019	23.96	686^th	743	7.7%
2021	35.84	358^th	537	33.3%
2022	27.75	665^th	768	13.4%
2023	33.63	562^nd	788	28.7%
2024	40.20	470^th	826	43.1%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Hawthorn School of Dual Language

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2022	53.69	369^th	1113	66.8%
2023	59.77	346^th	1156	70.1%
2024	61.82	331^st	1195	72.3%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Hawthorn School of Dual Language

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	21.01	1552^nd	1765	12.1%
2019	25.74	1495^th	1816	17.7%
2021	35.42	988^th	1514	34.7%
2022	24.59	1437^th	1763	18.5%
2023	27.85	1393^rd	1808	23.0%
2024	33.88	1217^th	1793	32.1%

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Rank History for Female students at Hawthorn School of Dual Language

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	48.47	955^th	1964	51.4%
2019	56.20	825^th	2019	59.1%
2021	56.89	633^rd	1680	62.3%
2022	54.55	778^th	1970	60.5%
2023	40.77	1084^th	1957	44.6%
2024	50.25	865^th	1942	55.5%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Hawthorn School of Dual Language

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	65.15	182^nd	886	79.5%

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Rank History for Male students at Hawthorn School of Dual Language

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	44.64	995^th	1972	49.5%
2019	44.06	1052^nd	2019	47.9%
2021	43.05	882^nd	1707	48.3%
2022	47.20	936^th	1977	52.7%
2023	41.03	1091^st	1984	45.0%
2024	50.94	856^th	1959	56.3%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Hawthorn School of Dual Language

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	22.93	808^th	938	13.9%
2019	24.70	801^st	955	16.1%
2021	54.05	242^nd	742	67.4%
2022	38.73	560^th	954	41.3%
2023	33.52	650^th	970	33.0%
2024	38.95	560^th	959	41.6%

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Rank History for White students at Hawthorn School of Dual Language

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	86.11	132^nd	1463	91.0%
2019	85.44	136^th	1462	90.7%
2021	64.67	405^th	1308	69.0%
2022	74.92	279^th	1425	80.4%
2023	51.82	668^th	1419	52.9%
2024	66.24	411^th	1392	70.5%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

Review counts

All ratings (Avg rating: 3.7)

67%

33%

Reviews:

by a parent
Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Two of my children went through the program and my third is currently there. All of my children are in accelerated classes even in high school. They loved their school experience. They learned a lot of Spanish and understand it, they are put in higher levels in Spanish in high school. Great friends made at the school Close Quote

by a parent
Tuesday, November 20, 2018

I highly disagree with the previous rating. My 3 children have had very caring invested teachers. We started at HSDL last year and my daughters reading test schore went up 30 points from her previous school. They love school and the diversity is awesome. Close Quote

by a parent
Thursday, April 7, 2016

I would not recommend this school even for the enemy. Horrible. Teachers not paying attention to what kids do( they can be given scissors and come home with cut clothes or some other kid will do your kid's heir cut). Teachers totally ignore your parent recommendation ( if your kid is coughing and you would like him/her stay inside in a cold day it does not matter to them they still will do what so ever) I asked the teacher (as it is dual language school and we are non Spanish speaking family) to translate or explain the kids words they have to learn to read and question they need to answer. The teacher sent me a letter (I'll keep it forever) , saying that at that point they do not need to understand the meaning, they just need to read fluently. I will not be even getting into explanations what complications in kid's development it can cause. Another thing bulling.One of my kids (8 yo) was bulled and no one was taking care of it. They even tried to tell me that my 5 year old bit up a 10 year old ( who was previously constantly insulting him and beating him and they never took care of the issue) Teachers encourage the bad manners (burping and farting, humping games, sticking finger in a butt and wiping it on smb elses clothe is fine, or getting buggers out of your nose and wipe it on some one jacket) Bad eating habits are promoted. And believe it or not after all the complains you are going to make, and especially after you have a sick kid thanks to the teacher ignoring your wish of kipping kid inside (I was mad) they will tell you "you need to calm down or we are not going to deal with you as you are rude!" Really! I think I HAVE ALL THE RIGHTS to be mad!!! As all the issues we deal with , all the complications one of my kids has because of the bulling and ignorance of school stuff I think I can be mad and probably even rude. Because it is my kids and every day they go to the school where instead of education we are getting issues. I'm definitely getting my kids out of it Close Quote

Enrollment information for Hawthorn School of Dual Language

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total
2011	108	8	22	224	0	1	15	378
2012	128	5	25	252	2	1	19	432
2013	125	5	21	264	0	0	20	435
2014	117	6	19	275	0	0	25	442
2015	125	6	18	271	0	0	20	440
2016	127	6	15	268	0	0	20	436
2017	125	7	12	267	0	0	18	429
2018	123	5	7	266	0	0	12	413
2019	127	1	8	261	0	0	10	407
2020	123	3	5	270	0	0	13	414
2021	115	4	5	265	0	0	16	405
2022	115	7	4	242	0	0	15	383
2023	120	8	9	255	1	0	16	409
2024	116	13	9	243	2	0	20	403

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Hawthorn School of Dual Language

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
2011	378	18.8	20.0	44.4
2012	432	24.7	17.4	48.4
2013	435	31.5	13.7	44.4
2014	442	26.0	17.0	38.5
2015	440	30.0	14.6	49.8
2016	436	30.0	14.5	52.1
2017	429	30.2	14.2	51.3
2018	413	29.4	14.0	53.3
2019	407	29.6	13.7	52.3
2020	414	32.3	12.8	48.1
2021	405	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	383	29.5	12.9	47
2023	409	32.8	12.4	50.1
2024	403	36.4	11.0	50.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Hawthorn School of Dual Language

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
2011	378	18.8	20.0	44.4
2012	432	24.7	17.4	48.4
2013	435	31.5	13.7	44.4
2014	442	26.0	17.0	38.5
2015	440	30.0	14.6	49.8
2016	436	30.0	14.5	52.1
2017	429	30.2	14.2	51.3
2018	413	29.4	14.0	53.3
2019	407	29.6	13.7	52.3
2020	414	32.3	12.8	48.1
2021	405	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	383	29.5	12.9	47
2023	409	32.8	12.4	50.1
2024	403	36.4	11.0	50.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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