Hawthorn Community Consolidated School District 73 is located in Vernon Hills, Illinois, approximately 35 miles northwest of Chicago.
It has approximately 3,763 students (as of 2007) in grades Pre-Kindergarten through 8th grade in six schools spread across two campuses, the North Campus and the T.G.
Both Hawthorn Aspen Elementary School and Hawthorn Townline Elementary school currently offer a dual-language program in only Spanish.
Children who do not attend these will not receive language learning until 7th grade.
Children who do attend these schools will be given an advanced Spanish course in 6th grade instead of a Writing course.