Hawthorne Elementary vs Horace Mann Elementary

Hawthorne Elementary holds a 9.7/10 overall rating against Horace Mann Elementary's 8.9/10 — a 0.8-point gap that translates into a significant state rank difference: Hawthorne Elementary sits at #3 of 9,533 schools in California, while Horace Mann Elementary ranks #258. Both are strong performers in absolute terms, but for families prioritizing the sharpest competitive edge, that 255-rank separation in a state this size is concrete and meaningful.

Academically, Hawthorne Elementary scores 9.5/10 versus Horace Mann Elementary's 8.9/10 — a 0.6-point advantage. The growth gap is wider: Hawthorne Elementary earns a 9.7/10 growth score compared to Horace Mann Elementary's 8.5/10, a 1.2-point delta indicating that Hawthorne students are progressing at a measurably faster rate relative to academic expectations. Growth scores capture how much schools are moving students forward, so this gap reflects an instructional edge, not just an enrollment advantage.

On demographics and access, the two schools are close in size — Hawthorne Elementary enrolls 588 students, Horace Mann Elementary 553 — and both serve kindergarten through fifth grade. Horace Mann Elementary carries a higher free and reduced-price lunch rate at 33% versus Hawthorne Elementary's 24%, suggesting a somewhat broader socioeconomic mix. Horace Mann Elementary also edges out on student-teacher ratio at 14.6:1 compared to Hawthorne Elementary's 15.5:1, meaning slightly more individual teacher attention per student on average.

Both schools are located just 1.6 miles apart within Beverly Hills, share the same KG–05 grade span, and operate inside the same district — making the comparison genuinely apples-to-apples. The differentiator is performance trajectory: Hawthorne Elementary's growth score advantage suggests it is moving students forward faster, while Horace Mann Elementary's lower student-teacher ratio and higher FRL rate indicate a classroom environment that may offer more individualized attention within a somewhat more economically diverse student body.