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Enrollment
464
Elementary
DISTRICT 333 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IOWA CITY COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191470002266
Herbert Hoover Elementary School
1355 Barrington Rd, Iowa City, IA 52240 · (319) 688-1110 · Johnson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL464 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 42% of Iowa public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
12.9:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
216 students
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 41%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 27 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 26% larger than its 5th grade class (57).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
72.7%
IA avg 73.6% . -3.0pp since 2023
Math
64.4%
IA avg 70.9% . -6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.7% | 64.4% |
| 2023-24 | 75.7% | 70.4% |
% 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
69.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.7%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 (69.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herbert Hoover Elementary School this school | 464 | 46.6% | 69.4% |
| Pickwick Early Childhood Center Ottumwa | 560 | 43.4% | N/A |
| Perry Creek Elementary School Sioux City | 635 | 45.0% | 72.8% |
| Western Hills Elementary School West Des Moines | 570 | 45.8% | 67.4% |
| Crossroads Park Elementary School West Des Moines | 530 | 51.5% | 79.9% |
| Wilson Elementary School Davenport | 507 | 53.5% | 53.5% |
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 Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.4% | #342 of 564 | #17 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.4% | #452 of 564 ▼ 75 | #21 of 28 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.7% | #283 of 564 ▼ 97 | #14 of 28 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 464 | #129 of 705 | #3 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #202 of 561 | #11 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.4% | #76 of 561 | #8 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.6% | #261 of 666 | #11 of 30 |
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
464
-6 (-1%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 464 | 36.1 | 12.9:1 | 47% (216) |
| 2023-24 | 515 | 38.5 | 13.4:1 | 50% (256) |
| 2022-23 | 504 | 38.6 | 13.0:1 | 48% (243) |
| 2020-21 | 470 | 35 | 13.4:1 | 39% (184) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Herbert Hoover Elementary School.
About Herbert Hoover Elementary School
Herbert Hoover Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school that serves part of Iowa City, Iowa. The latest federal count shows 464 students in pre-K through 5. Against the 325-student average for elementary schools in Iowa, enrollment here is 43% higher.
Herbert Hoover Elementary School is one school in Iowa City Comm School District, a system of 29 schools with 15,111 students.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Herbert Hoover Elementary School is White (44%). Other students are 33% Hispanic, 16% Black, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That is lower than the 76% White share among all Johnson County residents. By the diversity index, Herbert Hoover Elementary School comes in at 67%.
Herbert Hoover Elementary School employs 36.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 12.9:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Iowa is 13.7:1, higher than at this school. Herbert Hoover Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 47%. That rate is above the 37% average among public schools in Johnson County.
The allk12 Grade for Herbert Hoover Elementary School is C+. Compared with Iowa public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 42% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 68.7% for Herbert Hoover Elementary School. The school posts 69.4%, within a point of the prediction.
Herbert Hoover Elementary School is located in Johnson County, where median household income is about $74,935, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 55%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Herbert Hoover Elementary School is one of 43 public schools in Johnson County, which together enroll about 20,019 students.
The nearest other public school, Robert Lucas Elementary School, is about 1.3 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Herbert Hoover Elementary School. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Herbert Hoover Elementary School is 2nd on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Small, means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (470) and 2024-25 (464).
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Herbert Hoover Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Johnson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
156,639
Census ACS
Median income
$74,935
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
55%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
43
20,019 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Iowa City Comm School District
- Iowa City High SchoolHigh · 1,666 students
- West Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,514 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,286 students
- Southeast Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,269 students
- Northwest Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,113 students
- North Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 925 students
Other schools in Iowa City
- Iowa City High SchoolHigh · 1,666 students
- West Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,514 students
- Southeast Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,269 students
- Weber ElementaryElementary · 456 students
- Ernest Horn Elementary SchoolElementary · 453 students
- Alexander ElementaryElementary · 436 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 2nd largest of the 5.
- Herbert Hoover Elementary SchoolBettendorf, IA · 359 students
- HERBERT HOOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBUFFALO, NY · 570 students
- Herbert Hoover ElementaryPalo Alto, CA · 389 students
- Herbert Hoover ElementaryIndio, CA · 326 students
Nearby schools
- Robert Lucas Elementary School1.3 mi · 245
- Helen Lemme Elementary School1.5 mi · 340
- Southeast Middle School1.7 mi · 1,269
- Elizabeth Tate Alt. High School1.9 mi · 180
- Iowa City High School2.2 mi · 1,666
- Grant Wood Elementary School2.2 mi · 306
Frequently asked questions
About Herbert Hoover Elementary SchoolHow large is Herbert Hoover Elementary School?
Herbert Hoover Elementary School enrolls approximately 464 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Herbert Hoover Elementary School serve?
Herbert Hoover Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Herbert Hoover Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Herbert Hoover Elementary School is approximately 12.9:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Herbert Hoover Elementary School?
Student demographics at Herbert Hoover Elementary School are roughly 44% White, 33% Hispanic, 16% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Herbert Hoover Elementary School in?
Herbert Hoover Elementary School is part of Iowa City Comm School District.
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