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What's one thing OLIVER HOOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
617
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039002147
OLIVER HOOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
9050 HAMMOCKS BLVD, MIAMI, FL 33196 · (305) 385-4382 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL617 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
219 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on published attendance-zone data from MIAMI-DADE. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
71.3%
FL avg 56.7% . +11.3pp since 2023
Math
80.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +8.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
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
68.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
617
-104 (-14%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 15.0:1
% White
2%
was 4%
% Hispanic
92%
was 91%
% Black
3%
was 3%
% Asian
2%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About OLIVER HOOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
OLIVER HOOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary-level community of medium-sized scale in MIAMI, Florida, run under MIAMI-DADE, teacheing 617 students in grades pre-K through 5.
OLIVER HOOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 527 schools operated by MIAMI-DADE, a district that works with 335,685 students overall.
Looking at the student body, OLIVER HOOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (92%). Other groups include 3% Black, 2% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting OLIVER HOOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 35% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Miami-Dade County (around 48%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.
After controlling for student poverty, OLIVER HOOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.4%, the actual is 68.9%, a residual of +5.5 points.
In the area at large, Miami-Dade County reports that median household earnings sit near $71,753, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. OLIVER HOOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 561 public schools in Miami-Dade County (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students).
Nearest neighbor: FELIX VARELA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts OLIVER HOOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 64.9%.
The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.
Over the past 7-year window. OLIVER HOOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has edged down 14% since 2018, when it stood at 721 (now 617). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.
Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
Miami-Dade County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,738,356
Census ACS
Median income
$71,753
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
561
335,817 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MIAMI-DADE
- JOHN A. FERGUSON SENIOR HIGHHigh · 4,291 students
- CORAL REEF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,399 students
- SOUTH DADE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,382 students
- MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,100 students
- HIALEAH GARDENS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,009 students
- BARBARA GOLEMAN SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,973 students
Other schools in MIAMI
- JOHN A. FERGUSON SENIOR HIGHHigh · 4,291 students
- CORAL REEF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,399 students
- MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,100 students
- MIAMI PALMETTO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,618 students
- SOUTHWEST MIAMI SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,599 students
- G. HOLMES BRADDOCK SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,291 students
Nearby schools
- FELIX VARELA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 1,935
- CLAUDE PEPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 417
- HAMMOCKS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 486
- PINECREST ACADEMY (SOUTH CAMPUS)0.7 mi · 733
- DANTE B. FASCELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 403
- KENDALE LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 693
Frequently asked questions
About OLIVER HOOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is OLIVER HOOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
OLIVER HOOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 617 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does OLIVER HOOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
OLIVER HOOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at OLIVER HOOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 14.0:1 students per teacher at OLIVER HOOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is OLIVER HOOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
OLIVER HOOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 2% White, 92% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees OLIVER HOOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
OLIVER HOOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by MIAMI-DADE in Miami-Dade County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.