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Hawthorne, a town of less than 1,500 residents, stretches 7.4 square miles and contains a lone elementary school and a combined middle-and-high school. About one in four of the town’s residents are impoverished, more than double the national average.
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Once on the verge of shutting down due to low grades, Hawthorne Middle/High School has bounced back in recent years thanks to the revival of its agricultural program.