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Enrollment
473
Middle
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BREVARD·NCES 120015000138
HERBERT C. HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL
2000 HAWK HAVEN DR, INDIALANTIC, FL 32903 · (321) 727-1611 · Brevard County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL473 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
146 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 50%
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 7 | 246 | 52% |
| Grade 8 | 227 | 48% |
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 70% · 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
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
75.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.4pp since 2023
Math
67.3%
FL avg 58.9% . -0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.6% | 67.3% |
| 2023-24 | 69.2% | 67.7% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. 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
65.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% typical for Florida 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 Florida'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 C. HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL
HERBERT C. HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (65.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HERBERT C. HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 473 | 30.9% | 65.9% |
| OKALOOSA STEMM CENTER VALPARAISO | 366 | 27.9% | 97.8% |
| RIVERSPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL CRAWFORDVILLE | 552 | 33.0% | 59.4% |
| BERKLEY ACCELERATED AUBURNDALE | 622 | 30.7% | 70.3% |
| WAKULLA MIDDLE SCHOOL CRAWFORDVILLE | 476 | 37.0% | 59.1% |
| NORTH BAY HAVEN CHARTER ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOL PANAMA CITY | 526 | 29.8% | 78.0% |
Matched among Florida 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 C. HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Brevard County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.9% | #133 of 560 | #4 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.3% | #179 of 560 ▼ 41 | #4 of 12 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.6% | #57 of 560 ▲ 9 | #1 of 12 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 473 | #487 of 584 | #9 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #52 of 547 | #2 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.1% | #463 of 553 | #11 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.9% | #470 of 565 | #10 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.3% | #228 of 379 | #7 of 10 |
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
473
+4 (+1%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 621
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 473 | 29 | 16.3:1 | 31% (146) |
| 2023-24 | 443 | 26 | 17.0:1 | 35% (156) |
| 2022-23 | 506 | 29 | 17.4:1 | 39% (195) |
| 2020-21 | 469 | 29 | 16.2:1 | 33% (157) |
| 2017-18 | 533 | 33 | 16.1:1 | 32% (168) |
| 2015-16 | 507 | 32 | 15.8:1 | 34% (171) |
| 2010-11 | 519 | 34 | 15.3:1 | 23% (120) |
| 2000-01 | 528 | 30 | 17.6:1 | 14% (72) |
| 1990-91 | 621 | 35 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HERBERT C. HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About HERBERT C. HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL
HERBERT C. HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public small middle school in INDIALANTIC, Florida. Total enrollment is 473 students, and the grades served are 7 through 8. That is 40% below the average of about 794 students for middle schools in Florida.
BREVARD has 73,587 students spread across 109 schools.
More than half of the students at HERBERT C. HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL are White (77%). Other reported shares: 12% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 5% Black. That is in line with Brevard County, where about 73% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 39%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.3:1. The school has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 16.3:1 compares with an average of 19.6:1 for middle schools in Florida. Federal data show 31% of students (146) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 42% average for public schools in Brevard County is 11 points higher.
HERBERT C. HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 65.9% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 65.7%.
For Brevard County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $78,476 a year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Counting HERBERT C. HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL, Brevard County has 113 public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, INDIALANTIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is about 0.1 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. HERBERT C. HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL places 5th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 469 to 473, a small change.
HERBERT C. HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Brevard County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
632,780
Census ACS
Median income
$78,476
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
113
73,587 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BREVARD
- VIERA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,334 students
- MELBOURNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,210 students
- BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,122 students
- HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,960 students
- ODYSSEY CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 1,917 students
- ROCKLEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,579 students
Other schools in INDIALANTIC
- INDIALANTIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 662 students
Nearby schools
- INDIALANTIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 662
- RIVERSIDE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL2.8 mi · 223
- MELBOURNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL2.9 mi · 2,210
- WEST SHORE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL3.2 mi · 948
- STONE MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL3.2 mi · 557
- GEMINI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.5 mi · 410
Frequently asked questions
About HERBERT C. HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is HERBERT C. HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL?
HERBERT C. HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 473 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does HERBERT C. HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
HERBERT C. HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at HERBERT C. HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 16.3:1 students per teacher at HERBERT C. HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at HERBERT C. HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at HERBERT C. HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 77% White, 12% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is HERBERT C. HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
HERBERT C. HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of BREVARD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.