Herbert Hoover Elementary

Herbert Hoover Elementary is one of the cozy elementary-level communitys in Indio, California, overseen by Desert Sands Unified, with 326 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 30% leaner than typical.

Within Desert Sands Unified, which oversees 34 schools and 25,613 students, Herbert Hoover Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Herbert Hoover Elementary logs that nearly all students (91%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 51% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.1:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 97% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Riverside County's rate of about 74%.

After controlling for student poverty, Herbert Hoover Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 21.7%, the actual is 19.2%, a residual of -2.5 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Riverside County) reports that median household income runs about $93,074, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Riverside County's 543 public schools (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students), Herbert Hoover Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Lyndon B. Johnson Elementary, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Herbert Hoover Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 17.6%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Herbert Hoover Elementary's enrollment has edged down 26% since 2018, when it stood at 440 (now 326). The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 22.6:1 in 2018 to 24.1:1 today.

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