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Enrollment
930
Middle
DISTRICT 888 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048000849
Herbert Hoover Middle
8810 Post Oak Rd, Potomac, MD 20854 · (301) 968-3740 · Montgomery County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL930 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
110 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 54%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 308 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 310 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 312 | 34% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 73% · 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
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
88.3%
MD avg 50.6% . +9.1pp since 2023
Math
60.5%
MD avg 34.8% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 88 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 88.3% | 60.5% |
| 2023-24 | 79.2% | 55.5% |
% Proficient (Levels 3-4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: MCAP. 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
70.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.2%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% typical for Maryland 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 Maryland'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 Middle
Herbert Hoover Middle's state test result (70.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herbert Hoover Middle this school | 930 | 11.8% | 70.9% |
| Cabin John Middle Potomac | 983 | 12.3% | 70.0% |
| Robert Frost Middle School Rockville | 915 | 16.4% | 64.5% |
| Burleigh Manor Middle Ellicott City | 777 | 17.5% | 64.7% |
| Ellicott Mills Middle Ellicott City | 698 | 14.6% | 63.9% |
| Patapsco Middle Ellicott City | 670 | 20.4% | 58.6% |
Matched among Maryland middle 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 Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.9% | #6 of 223 | #2 of 40 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.5% | #8 of 223 ▲ 2 | #2 of 40 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 88.3% | #1 of 223 ▲ 11 | #1 of 40 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 930 | #58 of 230 | #16 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #194 of 225 | #36 of 40 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.4% | #53 of 225 | #19 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.8% | #221 of 227 | #39 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.6% | #72 of 123 | #11 of 21 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
930
-91 (-9%) vs 2020
+58% since 1990-91, when it was 590
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 930 | 56.2 | 16.6:1 | 12% (110) |
| 2023-24 | 926 | 57.8 | 16.0:1 | 13% (116) |
| 2022-23 | 925 | 58.2 | 15.9:1 | 10% (97) |
| 2020-21 | 1,021 | 65 | 15.7:1 | 6% (63) |
| 2017-18 | 1,006 | 63.2 | 15.9:1 | 3% (34) |
| 2015-16 | 1,038 | 61 | 17.0:1 | 4% (42) |
| 2010-11 | 1,026 | 64 | 16.0:1 | 4% (42) |
| 2000-01 | 1,076 | 68 | 15.8:1 | 2% (25) |
| 1990-91 | 590 | 33 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Herbert Hoover Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (1,006 to 930); teachers down 11% (63.2 to 56.2).
About Herbert Hoover Middle
Among the schools in Potomac, Maryland, is Herbert Hoover Middle, a medium-sized middle school. Enrollment is 930 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 6 through 8. Against the 764-student average for middle schools in Maryland, enrollment here is 22% higher.
Herbert Hoover Middle falls under Montgomery County Public Schools, which has 208 schools enrolling 159,181 students.
Herbert Hoover Middle has no majority group; Asian students are the largest, at 38%. Other students are 36% White, 9% Hispanic, 9% Black, and 8% multiracial. By comparison, Montgomery County residents are about 15% Asian. Pick two students at random and there is a 70% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal staffing data show 56.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at Herbert Hoover Middle and a ratio of 16.6:1. This ratio sits 2.3 above the 14.3:1 average for middle schools in Maryland. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 12% of students. The gap from the 40% average for public schools in Montgomery County is 28 points.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Herbert Hoover Middle is 3.7 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 70.9% actual, 67.2% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Maryland.
Among Montgomery County residents, the median household income is $132,450, 61% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Herbert Hoover Middle is one of 211 public schools in the county.
Winston Churchill High is the public school closest to Herbert Hoover Middle, about 0.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Herbert Hoover Middle places 6th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment is down 9% from 2020-21, when Herbert Hoover Middle had 1,021 students, to 2024-25, when it had 930.
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Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,065,949
Census ACS
Median income
$132,450
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
61%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
211
159,181 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Montgomery County Public Schools
- Montgomery Blair HighHigh · 3,266 students
- Walter Johnson HighHigh · 3,016 students
- Wheaton HighHigh · 2,794 students
- Gaithersburg HighHigh · 2,441 students
- Seneca Valley HighHigh · 2,409 students
- Bethesda-Chevy Chase HighHigh · 2,377 students
Other schools in Potomac
- Winston Churchill HighHigh · 2,185 students
- Cabin John MiddleMiddle · 983 students
- Bells Mill ElementaryElementary · 570 students
- Beverly Farms ElementaryElementary · 526 students
- Potomac ElementaryElementary · 475 students
- Wayside ElementaryElementary · 465 students
Other Herbert Hoover Middle schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Herbert Hoover Middle. Herbert Hoover Middle is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- Herbert Hoover Middle SchoolEDISON, NJ · 1,060 students
- Herbert Hoover MiddleSan Jose, CA · 910 students
- HERBERT HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOLBUFFALO, NY · 772 students
- Herbert Hoover MiddleMerced, CA · 629 students
Nearby schools
- Winston Churchill High0.3 mi · 2,185
- Beverly Farms Elementary0.5 mi · 526
- Cabin John Middle1.0 mi · 983
- Bells Mill Elementary1.0 mi · 570
- Cold Spring Elementary1.1 mi · 362
- Ritchie Park Elementary1.3 mi · 342
Frequently asked questions
About Herbert Hoover MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Herbert Hoover Middle?
Herbert Hoover Middle enrolls approximately 930 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Herbert Hoover Middle serve?
Herbert Hoover Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Herbert Hoover Middle?
Approximately 16.6:1 students per teacher at Herbert Hoover Middle.
How diverse is Herbert Hoover Middle?
Herbert Hoover Middle reports a student body of 36% White, 9% Hispanic, 9% Black, 38% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Herbert Hoover Middle?
Herbert Hoover Middle is overseen by Montgomery County Public Schools in Montgomery County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.