Hoover Elem School

Hoover Elem School, a mid-sized elementary campus in Calumet City, Illinois, operated by Hoover-Schrum Memorial SD 157, instructs 571 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 50% bigger than typical.

Across the 2 schools in Hoover-Schrum Memorial SD 157 (845 students total), Hoover Elem School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Hoover Elem School reports that Black students make up the majority at 71%. The remainder breaks down as 26% Hispanic. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

On the resource side, On paper, Hoover Elem School has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.3:1. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Cook County's rate of about 66%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Hoover Elem School is in the bottom 10% of Illinois public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 51.3%; Hoover Elem School posts 16.9%, -34.4 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Cook County put median household earnings sit near $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Hoover Elem School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Schrum Memorial School, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Hoover Elem School comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 22.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Looking at the recent track record. Hoover Elem School's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 572 (now 571).

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