Enrollment
361
Elementary
DISTRICT 347 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MASON CITY COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191878001103
Hoover Elementary School
1123 8th St. NW, Mason City, IA 50401 · (641) 421-4408 · Cerro Gordo County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL361 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 36% of Iowa public elementary schools
- CTest 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
13.3:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
200 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 | 73 | 20% |
| Kindergarten | 74 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 19% larger than its 4th grade class (62).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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 Mason City Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
59.0%
IA avg 73.6% . -9.1pp since 2023
Math
64.0%
IA avg 70.9% . -8.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 59 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.0% | 64.0% |
| 2023-24 | 68.1% | 72.2% |
% 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
65.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.2%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Hoover Elementary School
Hoover Elementary School's state test result (65.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoover Elementary School this school | 361 | 55.4% | 65.8% |
| Poyner Elementary Evansdale | 362 | 59.9% | 64.4% |
| Roosevelt Elementary School Mason City | 348 | 60.6% | 64.4% |
| Emerson Hough Elementary School Newton | 336 | 57.1% | 68.6% |
| Erskine Elementary School Cedar Rapids | 308 | 53.2% | 70.1% |
| Bloomer Elementary School Council Bluffs | 396 | 48.0% | 57.5% |
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 Hoover Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Cerro Gordo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.8% | #393 of 564 | #5 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #454 of 564 ▼ 97 | #6 of 6 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #459 of 564 ▼ 129 | #6 of 6 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 361 | #274 of 705 | #4 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #264 of 561 | #3 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.6% | #143 of 561 | #2 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.4% | #165 of 666 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.2% | #179 of 359 | N/A |
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
361
+5 (+1%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 485
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 361 | 27.1 | 13.3:1 | 55% (200) |
| 2023-24 | 346 | 27.5 | 12.6:1 | 70% (241) |
| 2022-23 | 375 | 27.4 | 13.7:1 | 59% (220) |
| 2020-21 | 356 | 28 | 12.7:1 | 58% (205) |
| 2017-18 | 416 | 27.1 | 15.3:1 | 50% (209) |
| 2015-16 | 433 | 27 | 16.0:1 | 57% (245) |
| 2010-11 | 430 | 31 | 13.9:1 | 53% (226) |
| 2000-01 | 463 | 31 | 14.9:1 | 37% (171) |
| 1990-91 | 485 | 28 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hoover Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (416 to 361); teachers unchanged (27.1 to 27.1).
About Hoover Elementary School
Hoover Elementary School is the name of a medium-sized elementary school in Mason City, Iowa. Students in pre-K through 4 attend the school, which enrolls 361 students.
Hoover Elementary School is one school in Mason City Comm School District, a system of 9 schools with 3,406 students.
Roughly 61% of students at Hoover Elementary School are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 13% Hispanic, 9% Pacific Islander, 8% multiracial, and 7% Black. The White share of the county population is higher, at 90%. Pick two students at random and there is a 60% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its 27.1 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 13.3:1. That is close to the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 55%. That rate is above the 43% average among public schools in Cerro Gordo County.
Hoover Elementary School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 36% of Iowa public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Hoover Elementary School would be expected to post about 64.2%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 65.8%.
Cerro Gordo County census figures show that the median household income is $68,189, about 24% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Cerro Gordo County is home to 13 public schools and about 5,248 public school students.
Harding Elementary School is located about 1.9 miles from Hoover Elementary School. The five-mile area around Hoover Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 67.2%, higher than Hoover Elementary School's 65.8%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Town: Remote, meaning it is in a town far from an urbanized area.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 356 in 2020-21 and 361 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Hoover Elementary School covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Cerro Gordo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
42,632
Census ACS
Median income
$68,189
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
5,248 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mason City Comm School District
- Mason City High SchoolHigh · 891 students
- Lincoln IntermediateMiddle · 485 students
- John Adams Middle SchoolMiddle · 463 students
- Harding Elementary SchoolElementary · 387 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 348 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 292 students
Other schools in Mason City
- Mason City High SchoolHigh · 891 students
- Lincoln IntermediateMiddle · 485 students
- John Adams Middle SchoolMiddle · 463 students
- Harding Elementary SchoolElementary · 387 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 348 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 292 students
Other Hoover Elementary schools
26 other US public schools in 12 states are named Hoover Elementary. Hoover Elementary School is the 14th largest of the 27.
- Hoover Elementary SchoolCedar Rapids, IA · 420 students
- Hoover Elementary SchoolCouncil Bluffs, IA · 401 students
- Hoover Elementary SchoolWest Branch, IA · 353 students
- Hoover Elementary SchoolDubuque, IA · 292 students
- Hoover ElementaryRedwood City, CA · 675 students
Nearby schools
- Harding Elementary School1.9 mi · 387
- Lincoln Intermediate1.9 mi · 485
- Roosevelt Elementary School1.9 mi · 348
- Jefferson Elementary School2.4 mi · 292
- John Adams Middle School2.6 mi · 463
- Alternative School2.7 mi · 91
Frequently asked questions
About Hoover Elementary SchoolHow large is Hoover Elementary School?
Hoover Elementary School enrolls approximately 361 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Hoover Elementary School serve?
Hoover Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many teachers does Hoover Elementary School have?
Hoover Elementary School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Hoover Elementary School?
Student demographics at Hoover Elementary School are roughly 61% White, 13% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Hoover Elementary School?
Hoover Elementary School is overseen by Mason City Comm School District in Cerro Gordo County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.