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Hoover Elementary BioMed Sci Egng
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 Minnesota public elementary schools
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (81).
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsWhat this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 35% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in Minnesota's top 10%.
Schools most like Hoover Elementary BioMed Sci Egng
Hoover Elementary BioMed Sci Egng's state test result (51.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoover Elementary BioMed Sci Egng this school | 469 | 55.2% | 51.7% |
| Lincoln Elementary School for Arts ANOKA | 432 | 55.3% | 39.4% |
| Eisenhower Elementary COON RAPIDS | 491 | 53.8% | 51.8% |
| Mississippi Elementary COON RAPIDS | 439 | 57.2% | 46.9% |
| Sunnyside Elementary NEW BRIGHTON | 498 | 52.4% | 41.1% |
| Pinewood Elementary MOUNDS VIEW | 523 | 52.2% | 39.7% |
Where Hoover Elementary BioMed Sci Egng ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Anoka County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.7% | #301 of 844 | #15 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.4% | #261 of 844 | #14 of 45 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.7% | #358 of 844 | #20 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 469 | #348 of 1,130 | #30 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #295 of 769 | #14 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.1% | #182 of 796 | #15 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.2% | #268 of 942 | #17 of 50 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.9% | #224 of 244 | #13 of 14 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 469 | 36 | 13.0:1 | 55% (259) |
| 2023-24 | 455 | 37 | 12.3:1 | 55% (252) |
| 2022-23 | 482 | 36 | 13.4:1 | 61% (294) |
| 2020-21 | 474 | 32 | 14.8:1 | 45% (215) |
| 2017-18 | 465 | 28.3 | 16.4:1 | 48% (222) |
| 2015-16 | 484 | 28 | 17.3:1 | 46% (224) |
| 2010-11 | 519 | 28 | 18.5:1 | 43% (224) |
| 2000-01 | 664 | 42 | 15.8:1 | 22% (146) |
| 1990-91 | 600 | 34 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (465 to 469); teachers up 27% (28.3 to 36).
About Hoover Elementary BioMed Sci Egng
Hoover Elementary BioMed Sci Egng is a mid-sized elementary school based in COON RAPIDS, Minnesota. It teaches 469 students in kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in Minnesota have about 344 students on average; enrollment here is 36% higher.
Hoover Elementary BioMed Sci Egng falls under Anoka-Hennepin School District, which has 53 schools enrolling 38,746 students.
White students are 52% of those enrolled at Hoover Elementary BioMed Sci Egng. The remaining shares are 13% Black, 13% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, and 10% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Anoka County's population at about 75%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 67, compared with 70 nationally.
The school had 36 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 13.0:1. It is about the same as the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Minnesota. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 55%. That is 13 points above the 42% average for public schools in Anoka County.
Among Minnesota public elementary schools, Hoover Elementary BioMed Sci Egng outscored 78%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
Hoover Elementary BioMed Sci Egng ranks in the top 10% of Minnesota schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 51.7%. Predicted: 35.4%. Difference: 16.4 points.
The school's county is Anoka County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $101,869 a year, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Anoka County number 145, with about 59,656 students.
Hoover Elementary BioMed Sci Egng's nearest public school is Pathways (about 0.7 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Hoover Elementary BioMed Sci Egng is 1st of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment at Hoover Elementary BioMed Sci Egng was 474 in 2020-21 and 469 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 14.8:1 to 13.0:1.
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