Hawthorne Public School District

445 Lafayette Avenue
Hawthorne, NJ 07506
(District boundaries shown in map)
5/
10
Bottom 50%
For the 2026 school year, there are 5 public schools serving 2,129 students in Hawthorne Public School District. This district's average testing ranking is 5/10, which is in the bottom 50% of public schools in New Jersey.
Public Schools in Hawthorne Public School District have an average math proficiency score of 34% (versus the New Jersey public school average of 38%), and reading proficiency score of 53% (versus the 49% statewide average).
Minority enrollment is 59% of the student body (majority Hispanic), which is less than the New Jersey public school average of 63% (majority Hispanic).

Overview

This School District
This State (NJ)
# Schools
5 Schools
2,556 Schools
# Students
2,129 Students
1,355,575 Students
# Teachers
205 Teachers
116,380 Teachers
Student-Teacher Ratio
10:1
10:1

Student By Grade

District Rank

Hawthorne Public School District, which is ranked within the bottom 50% of all 642 school districts in New Jersey (based off of combined math and reading proficiency testing data) for the 2022-2023 school year.
The school district's graduation rate of 92% has increased from 85-89% over five school years.
This School District
State Average (NJ)
#339 out of 648 school districts
(Bottom 50%)
34%
38%
53%
49%
16%
23%
92%
85%