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Enrollment
359
Elementary
DISTRICT 374 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BETTENDORF COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190486000145
Herbert Hoover Elementary School
3223 South Hampton Drive, Bettendorf, IA 52722 · (563) 332-8636 · Scott County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL359 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 32% of Iowa public elementary schools
- B-Test 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.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Iowa public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
121 students
DISTRICT 38% · STATE 41%
Community
1
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 | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 31% smaller than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 48% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Bettendorf Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
77.4%
IA avg 73.6% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
76.9%
IA avg 70.9% . +4.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.4% | 76.9% |
| 2023-24 | 67.4% | 72.1% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. 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
71.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.1%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 75% typical for Iowa 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 Iowa'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 Elementary School
Herbert Hoover Elementary School's state test result (71.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herbert Hoover Elementary School this school | 359 | 33.7% | 71.3% |
| Northwest Elementary School Ankeny | 346 | 37.3% | 70.2% |
| Kluckhohn Elementary School Le Mars | 407 | 32.9% | 73.0% |
| Centennial Elementary Altoona | 423 | 38.1% | 79.4% |
| Prairie Ridge Elementary Cedar Rapids | 438 | 34.7% | 81.4% |
| Sergeant Bluff-Luton Elementary School Sergeant Bluff | 383 | 36.0% | 77.1% |
Matched among Iowa 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 Herbert Hoover Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Scott County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.3% | #309 of 564 | #15 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.9% | #278 of 564 ▲ 74 | #14 of 31 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.4% | #199 of 564 ▲ 133 | #14 of 31 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 359 | #277 of 705 | #21 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #188 of 561 | #9 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.7% | #223 of 561 | #19 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.7% | #448 of 666 | #21 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.6% | #89 of 359 | #3 of 16 |
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
359
-35 (-9%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 463
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 359 | 28.1 | 12.8:1 | 34% (121) |
| 2023-24 | 377 | 29.3 | 12.9:1 | 31% (118) |
| 2022-23 | 405 | 27.8 | 14.6:1 | 31% (124) |
| 2020-21 | 394 | 28 | 14.1:1 | 22% (85) |
| 2017-18 | 452 | 27.3 | 16.6:1 | 28% (126) |
| 2015-16 | 428 | 24 | 17.8:1 | 33% (140) |
| 2010-11 | 392 | 24 | 16.3:1 | 26% (101) |
| 2000-01 | 364 | 21 | 17.3:1 | 10% (36) |
| 1990-91 | 463 | 16 | 28.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Herbert Hoover Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (452 to 359); teachers up 3% (27.3 to 28.1).
About Herbert Hoover Elementary School
Herbert Hoover Elementary School is a public elementary school in Bettendorf, Iowa. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 5, with 359 students on the rolls.
Herbert Hoover Elementary School is in Bettendorf Comm School District, a district with 4,257 students across 7 schools.
Federal enrollment data show Herbert Hoover Elementary School is 69% White. Other groups make up 14% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 7% Black. Scott County as a whole is about 79% White, so the school's share is lower. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 49, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 28.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at Herbert Hoover Elementary School, giving a ratio of 12.8:1. Elementary schools in Iowa have an average ratio of 13.7:1. By family income, 34% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Iowa public elementary schools, Herbert Hoover Elementary School outscored 32%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Herbert Hoover Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 71.3%, compared with a predicted 75.1%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Iowa schools on BeatsExpectations.
The county, Scott County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $78,277 a year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Scott County has 53 public schools with about 26,100 students, including Herbert Hoover Elementary School.
Measured in a straight line, Bettendorf High School is about 0.3 miles from Herbert Hoover Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 71.3% is below the 76.2% average for nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
From 394 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 359 by 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 12.8 students per teacher, compared with 14.1 in 2020-21.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Herbert Hoover Elementary School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Scott County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
174,608
Census ACS
Median income
$78,277
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
53
26,100 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bettendorf Comm School District
- Bettendorf High SchoolHigh · 1,433 students
- Bettendorf Middle SchoolMiddle · 952 students
- Grant Wood Elementary SchoolElementary · 433 students
- Mark Twain Elementary SchoolElementary · 409 students
- Paul Norton Elementary SchoolElementary · 403 students
- Neil Armstrong Elementary SchoolElementary · 268 students
Other schools in Bettendorf
- Pleasant Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,731 students
- Bettendorf High SchoolHigh · 1,433 students
- Bettendorf Middle SchoolMiddle · 952 students
- Hopewell ElementaryElementary · 658 students
- Riverdale Heights Elem SchoolElementary · 628 students
- Pleasant View Elementary SchoolElementary · 621 students
Other Herbert Hoover Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 3 states are named Herbert Hoover Elementary. Herbert Hoover Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 5.
- Herbert Hoover Elementary SchoolIowa City, IA · 464 students
- HERBERT HOOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBUFFALO, NY · 570 students
- Herbert Hoover ElementaryPalo Alto, CA · 389 students
- Herbert Hoover ElementaryIndio, CA · 326 students
Nearby schools
- Bettendorf High School0.3 mi · 1,433
- Grant Wood Elementary School0.6 mi · 433
- Bettendorf Middle School0.7 mi · 952
- Paul Norton Elementary School0.7 mi · 403
- Mark Twain Elementary School1.3 mi · 409
- Riverdale Heights Elem School1.3 mi · 628
Frequently asked questions
About Herbert Hoover Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Herbert Hoover Elementary School?
Herbert Hoover Elementary School enrolls approximately 359 students in grades KG-05.
Is Herbert Hoover Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Herbert Hoover Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Herbert Hoover Elementary School?
Approximately 12.8:1 students per teacher at Herbert Hoover Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Herbert Hoover Elementary School?
Student demographics at Herbert Hoover Elementary School are roughly 69% White, 14% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Herbert Hoover Elementary School public or private?
Herbert Hoover Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bettendorf Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.