Enrollment
281
Elementary
DISTRICT 341 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OAKLAND UNIFIED·NCES 062805004276
Hoover Elementary
890 Brockhurst St., Oakland, CA 94608 · (510) 879-2170 · Alameda County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL281 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 8% of California public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
25.6:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
272 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 50 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 25% larger than its 5th grade class (40).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
14.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.5pp since 2014
Math
15.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +6.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 6.1% | 8.4% | 25.2% | 60.3% |
| Math | 2.2% | 12.9% | 17.3% | 67.6% |
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 | 14.5% | 15.1% |
| 2023-24 | 15.7% | 8.4% |
| 2022-23 | 14.5% | 8.2% |
| 2021-22 | 13.8% | 12.5% |
| 2018-19 | 17.1% | 12.4% |
| 2017-18 | 7.8% | 9.2% |
| 2016-17 | 6.0% | 7.3% |
| 2015-16 | 9.0% | 6.0% |
| 2014-15 | 9.0% | 9.0% |
% 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
13.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Hoover Elementary
Hoover Elementary's state test result (13.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoover Elementary this school | 281 | 96.8% | 13.4% |
| Normont Elementary Harbor City | 270 | 98.5% | 30.2% |
| Fruitvale Elementary Oakland | 254 | 95.7% | 7.2% |
| Bayview Elementary San Pablo | 335 | 96.1% | 13.4% |
| Manzanita Community Elementary Oakland | 335 | 98.2% | 7.7% |
| Markham Elementary Oakland | 327 | 98.8% | 5.4% |
Matched among California elementary 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 Hoover Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Alameda County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.4% | #5,015 of 5,151 | #175 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.1% | #4,739 of 5,172 ▲ 330 | #165 of 192 ▲ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 14.5% | #5,058 of 5,172 ▼ 63 | #173 of 192 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.7pp | #2,762 of 5,116 | #72 of 187 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 281 | #4,921 of 5,915 | #187 of 216 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.6:1 | #4,686 of 5,352 | #165 of 201 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.5% | #1,439 of 5,354 | #93 of 201 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.8% | #221 of 5,625 | #20 of 211 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.1% | #1,046 of 1,139 | #42 of 48 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
281
+5 (+2%) vs 2020
-61% since 1990-91, when it was 721
Student : Teacher
25.6:1
was 21.2:1
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 | 281 | 11 | 25.6:1 | 97% (272) |
| 2023-24 | 268 | 10 | 26.8:1 | 97% (261) |
| 2022-23 | 262 | 9.5 | 27.6:1 | 95% (250) |
| 2020-21 | 276 | 13 | 21.2:1 | 93% (258) |
| 2017-18 | 278 | 10.5 | 26.5:1 | 95% (265) |
| 2015-16 | 293 | 12 | 24.4:1 | 94% (275) |
| 2010-11 | 330 | N/A | N/A | 88% (291) |
| 2000-01 | 442 | 24 | 18.4:1 | 83% (367) |
| 1990-91 | 721 | 28 | 25.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hoover Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (278 to 281); teachers up 5% (10.5 to 11).
About Hoover Elementary
Hoover Elementary serves students in Oakland, California, as a low-enrollment elementary school. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 5, with 281 students enrolled. The average among elementary schools in California is roughly 465 students; this school is 40% smaller than that.
Oakland Unified is the local district for Hoover Elementary. It runs 84 schools with 33,973 students.
A majority of students at Hoover Elementary, 54%, are Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 23% Black, 10% multiracial, 9% White, and 2% Asian. Among all residents of Alameda County, the Hispanic share is about 23%. The chance that two students picked at random at Hoover Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 64%.
Hoover Elementary counts 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 25.6 students for each one. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is lower than this school's figure. About 97% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. Public schools in Alameda County average 49%.
Hoover Elementary is graded D by allk12, scoring above 8% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Hoover Elementary scores 13.4% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 22.8%.
Alameda County census figures show that median household income is about $129,367, about 52% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. A total of 394 public schools operate in Alameda County, serving about 210,511 students.
The closest public school to Hoover Elementary is McClymonds High, about 0.4 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 4 nearby schools that report test results, Hoover Elementary ranks 2nd on proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 276 in 2020-21 and 281 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio rising from 21.2:1 to 25.6:1.
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Alameda County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,649,473
Census ACS
Median income
$129,367
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
394
210,511 students
Quick facts
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Other Hoover Elementary schools
26 other US public schools in 12 states are named Hoover Elementary. Hoover Elementary is the 20th largest of the 27.
- Hoover ElementaryRedwood City, CA · 675 students
- Hoover ElementaryStockton, CA · 654 students
- Hoover ElementaryBurlingame, CA · 227 students
- Hoover Elementary SchoolLanghorne, PA · 661 students
- Hoover Elementary SchoolKATY, TX · 660 students
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- McClymonds High0.4 mi · 273
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Frequently asked questions
About Hoover ElementaryHow many students attend Hoover Elementary?
Hoover Elementary enrolls approximately 281 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Hoover Elementary serve?
Hoover Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hoover Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hoover Elementary is approximately 25.6:1 (11 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Hoover Elementary?
Hoover Elementary reports a student body of 9% White, 54% Hispanic, 23% Black, 2% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Hoover Elementary in?
Hoover Elementary is part of Oakland Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.