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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at HERBERT HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
772
Middle
DISTRICT 713 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KENMORE-TONAWANDA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361623004392
HERBERT HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL
249 THORNCLIFF RD, BUFFALO, NY 14223 · (716) 874-8405 · Erie County
GRADES 05–07MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL772 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 33% of New York public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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 New York public middle schools
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
72 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
357 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 5 | 270 | 35% |
| Grade 6 | 239 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 257 | 33% |
| Ungraded | 6 | 1% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 72% · 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
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
52.0%
NY avg 58.3%
Math
56.0%
NY avg 57.4%
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57.
Source: NYS Assessments. 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
49.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% typical for New York 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 New York'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 SCHOOL
HERBERT HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (49.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HERBERT HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 772 | 46.2% | 49.0% |
| BEN FRANKLIN MIDDLE SCHOOL BUFFALO | 654 | 46.3% | 42.1% |
| PINE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL EAST SYRACUSE | 697 | 44.5% | 59.0% |
| A D OLIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL BROCKPORT | 726 | 48.1% | 47.0% |
| DRAPER MIDDLE SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 655 | 41.2% | 50.5% |
| INDIAN RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL PHILADELPHIA | 730 | 47.9% | 59.8% |
Matched among New York 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 SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #447 of 766 | #22 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #426 of 768 | #21 of 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #313 of 768 | #12 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 772 | #174 of 796 | #10 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #416 of 683 | #21 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.6% | #315 of 688 | #10 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.2% | #455 of 773 | #8 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.3% | #398 of 524 | #14 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
772
-40 (-5%) vs 2020
+24% since 1990-91, when it was 624
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 8.8:1
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 | 772 | 71.9 | 10.7:1 | 46% (357) |
| 2023-24 | 764 | 76.3 | 10.0:1 | 51% (392) |
| 2022-23 | 758 | 81.3 | 9.3:1 | 51% (388) |
| 2020-21 | 812 | 92 | 8.8:1 | 63% (508) |
| 2017-18 | 824 | 77.4 | 10.7:1 | 50% (416) |
| 2015-16 | 726 | 62 | 11.7:1 | 42% (307) |
| 2010-11 | 651 | 68 | 9.6:1 | 40% (263) |
| 2000-01 | 727 | 66 | 11.0:1 | 35% (255) |
| 1990-91 | 624 | 47 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HERBERT HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About HERBERT HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL
HERBERT HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL is a medium-sized middle school serving families in BUFFALO, New York. The school serves 772 students in grades 5 through 7 in 2024-25. The average among middle schools in New York is roughly 531 students; this school is 45% larger than that.
KENMORE-TONAWANDA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 6,302 students, and its 10 schools include HERBERT HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL.
White students account for 68% of enrollment at HERBERT HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL. Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 8% Black, 8% multiracial, and 6% Asian. HERBERT HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL has a diversity index of 52%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
A ratio of 10.7:1 comes from the school's 71.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across middle schools in New York, the average ratio is about 10.3:1. The lunch program counts 46% of students at HERBERT HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
allk12 grades HERBERT HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL a C. The grade compares the school only with New York public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
HERBERT HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (49.0%) and its predicted rate (58.0%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New York schools.
Federal survey data for Erie County show that median household income is about $72,839, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. A total of 226 public schools operate in Erie County, serving about 122,519 students.
The nearest public school is HERBERT HOOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, at less than a tenth of a mile. HERBERT HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. HERBERT HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL comes in 5th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
HERBERT HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL saw enrollment fall 5% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The ratio was 8.8:1 in 2020-21 and 10.7:1 in 2024-25.
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Erie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
950,622
Census ACS
Median income
$72,839
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
226
122,519 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in KENMORE-TONAWANDA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- KENMORE WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,235 students
- KENMORE EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,052 students
- BEN FRANKLIN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 654 students
- THOMAS A EDISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 609 students
- HERBERT HOOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 570 students
- CHARLES A LINDBERGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 496 students
Other schools in BUFFALO
- CHARTER SCHOOL FOR APPLIED TECHNOLOGIESCombined · 2,260 students
- KENMORE WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,235 students
- HUTCHINSON CENTRAL TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,140 students
- TAPESTRY CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 1,120 students
- CITY HONORS SCHOOLHigh · 1,088 students
- INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLElementary · 933 students
Other Herbert Hoover Middle schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Herbert Hoover Middle. HERBERT HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL is the 4th largest of the 5.
- Herbert Hoover Middle SchoolEDISON, NJ · 1,060 students
- Herbert Hoover MiddlePotomac, MD · 930 students
- Herbert Hoover MiddleSan Jose, CA · 910 students
- Herbert Hoover MiddleMerced, CA · 629 students
Nearby schools
- HERBERT HOOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.0 mi · 570
- KENMORE WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 1,235
- THOMAS A EDISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 609
- KENMORE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 180
- CHARLES A LINDBERGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 496
- KENMORE EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.6 mi · 1,052
Frequently asked questions
About HERBERT HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at HERBERT HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL?
HERBERT HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 772 students in grades 05-07.
What age range does HERBERT HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
HERBERT HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 05 through grade 07.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HERBERT HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HERBERT HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 10.7:1 (72 FTE teachers).
How diverse is HERBERT HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL?
HERBERT HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 68% White, 11% Hispanic, 8% Black, 6% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is HERBERT HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
HERBERT HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of KENMORE-TONAWANDA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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