Hoover Elementary School

Hoover Elementary School operates as a well-populated K-5 school in Medford, Oregon, run under Medford SD 549C. Current enrollment sits at 591 students spanning grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 321 students per school, that is 84% larger than typical.

Medford SD 549C runs 25 schools in total, collectively educating 13,735 students. Hoover Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hoover Elementary School lists that 76% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Asian.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Hoover Elementary School logs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.3:1. The state averages around 16.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 87% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Hoover Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Oregon public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 28.8%; Hoover Elementary School posts 65.3%, +36.5 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Jackson County put the typical household earns roughly $73,999 per year, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Jackson County runs 70 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,143 students), of which Hoover Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Innovation Academy, roughly 0.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hoover Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Hoover Elementary School comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 35.7%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hoover Elementary School has declined 18%, going from 725 students in 2018 to 591 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 23.7:1 in 2018 to 21.3:1 today.

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