Hoover Elementary School

Hoover Elementary School operates as a medium-sized K-5 school in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, overseen by Cedar Rapids Comm School District. Current enrollment sits at 420 students spanning grades K through 5. That puts it 29% larger than the typical public school in Iowa, which averages around 325 students.

Hoover Elementary School is one of 35 schools operated by Cedar Rapids Comm School District, a district that serves 15,494 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Hoover Elementary School reports that 61% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school records 19% White, 8% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 2% Pacific Islander. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 6%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 88% 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 noticeably above Linn County's rate of about 40%.

With demographic context factored in, Hoover Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.1%; this one delivers 51.3%.

In the area at large, Linn County reports that median household earnings sit near $77,649, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Linn County runs 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,480 students), of which Hoover Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Truman Early Learning Center, roughly 0.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hoover Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hoover Elementary School at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 60.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 5%: 443 students in 2018 compared to 420 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 48% to 61% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 today.

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