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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Herbert Hoover Middle administration to hear?
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Enrollment
910
Middle
DISTRICT 854 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN JOSE UNIFIED·NCES 063459005720
Herbert Hoover Middle
1635 Park Ave., San Jose, CA 95126 · (408) 535-6274 · Santa Clara County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL910 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 20% of California public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public middle schools
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.7:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
573 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 292 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 295 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 323 | 35% |
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
34.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.9pp since 2014
Math
23.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 9.9% | 25.0% | 22.2% | 42.9% |
| Math | 10.2% | 13.5% | 22.0% | 54.2% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.9% | 23.7% |
| 2023-24 | 33.3% | 21.1% |
| 2022-23 | 36.7% | 19.6% |
| 2021-22 | 37.7% | 18.3% |
| 2020-21 | 38.2% | 20.4% |
| 2018-19 | 39.5% | 27.1% |
| 2017-18 | 39.3% | 27.9% |
| 2016-17 | 35.7% | 25.3% |
| 2015-16 | 33.0% | 23.0% |
| 2014-15 | 29.0% | 21.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
28.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Herbert Hoover Middle
Herbert Hoover Middle's state test result (28.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herbert Hoover Middle this school | 910 | 63.0% | 28.3% |
| John F. Kennedy Middle Redwood City | 808 | 67.5% | 40.4% |
| San Marcos Middle San Marcos | 968 | 58.7% | 36.3% |
| John Glenn Middle School of International Studies Indio | 1,099 | 67.1% | 40.3% |
| Marvin A. Dutcher Middle Turlock | 810 | 63.6% | 33.9% |
| Monroe Middle San Jose | 677 | 59.1% | 21.8% |
Matched among California middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Herbert Hoover Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.3% | #793 of 1,224 | #46 of 56 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.7% | #750 of 1,227 ▲ 19 | #46 of 56 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.9% | #859 of 1,227 ▼ 24 | #47 of 56 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.3pp | #716 of 1,214 | #31 of 56 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 910 | #295 of 1,377 | #9 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.5:1 | #267 of 1,279 | #21 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.6% | #855 of 1,278 | #51 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.0% | #805 of 1,329 | #19 of 66 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.1% | #439 of 930 | #32 of 53 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
910
-179 (-16%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 991
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
was 20.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 910 | 49.1 | 18.5:1 | 63% (573) |
| 2023-24 | 924 | 46.9 | 19.7:1 | 63% (584) |
| 2022-23 | 971 | 44.9 | 21.6:1 | 61% (591) |
| 2020-21 | 1,089 | 53 | 20.6:1 | 50% (549) |
| 2017-18 | 1,098 | 52.4 | 21.0:1 | 64% (704) |
| 2015-16 | 1,069 | 53 | 20.2:1 | 67% (717) |
| 2010-11 | 1,008 | N/A | N/A | 66% (662) |
| 2000-01 | 1,067 | 50 | 21.3:1 | 49% (522) |
| 1990-91 | 991 | 49 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Herbert Hoover Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (1,098 to 910); teachers down 6% (52.4 to 49.1).
About Herbert Hoover Middle
Herbert Hoover Middle is one of the public schools in San Jose, California. It is a mid-sized middle-grades school. It reported 910 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 659 students for middle schools in California.
Herbert Hoover Middle is one school in San Jose Unified, a system of 41 schools with 24,322 students.
The largest group at Herbert Hoover Middle is Hispanic students, at 78%. Other groups make up 9% White, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. The school's Hispanic share is 53 points above the 25% share among Santa Clara County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 38%.
The school's 49.1 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.5:1. Middle schools in California average 20.7:1, 2.2 more students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 63% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Santa Clara County is 37%.
Among California public middle schools, Herbert Hoover Middle outscored 20%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 28.3%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 42.6%.
In Santa Clara County, home to about 1,902,047 people, median household income comes to about $164,281, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Santa Clara County's 412 public schools enroll about 230,059 students and include Herbert Hoover Middle.
Measured in a straight line, Merritt Trace Elementary is about 0.2 miles from Herbert Hoover Middle. The five-mile area around Herbert Hoover Middle holds at least 8 other public schools. Herbert Hoover Middle comes in 7th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Herbert Hoover Middle falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
A 16% decline took enrollment from 1,089 in 2020-21 to 910 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 20.6:1 to 18.5:1.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at Herbert Hoover Middle. You can also rate the school on this page.
Santa Clara County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,902,047
Census ACS
Median income
$164,281
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
412
230,059 students
Quick facts
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Other Herbert Hoover Middle schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Herbert Hoover Middle. Herbert Hoover Middle is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- Herbert Hoover MiddleMerced, CA · 629 students
- Herbert Hoover Middle SchoolEDISON, NJ · 1,060 students
- Herbert Hoover MiddlePotomac, MD · 930 students
- HERBERT HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOLBUFFALO, NY · 772 students
Nearby schools
- Merritt Trace Elementary0.2 mi · 829
- Abraham Lincoln High0.3 mi · 1,590
- Luther Burbank Elementary0.7 mi · 426
- Washington Open Elementary1.1 mi · 352
- Buchser Middle1.3 mi · 711
- Sherman Oaks Elementary1.6 mi · 524
Frequently asked questions
About Herbert Hoover MiddleHow large is Herbert Hoover Middle?
Herbert Hoover Middle enrolls approximately 910 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Herbert Hoover Middle serve?
Herbert Hoover Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Herbert Hoover Middle have?
Herbert Hoover Middle employs 49 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Herbert Hoover Middle?
Student demographics at Herbert Hoover Middle are roughly 9% White, 78% Hispanic, 3% Black, 5% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Herbert Hoover Middle in?
Herbert Hoover Middle is part of San Jose Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.