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Hoover El Sch
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedWhat this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 57 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 Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% typical for Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Hoover El Sch
Set in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, Hoover El Sch is a reasonably sized K-5 school, one of the schools within Neshaminy SD. It enrolls 661 students across grades K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 49% larger than typical.
Neshaminy SD runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 9,353 students. Hoover El Sch is one of those campuses.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Hoover El Sch reports that the largest single group is White, at 68% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 11% Hispanic, 7% Black, 7% multiracial, 6% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 81% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Hoover El Sch logs 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.7:1. The state averages around 13.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Hoover El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.5%; this one delivers 64.0%.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Bucks County put median household earnings sit near $114,764, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Hoover El Sch is one of 123 public schools in Bucks County (combined enrollment of about 81,956 students).
The closest other public school is Valley El Sch, roughly 1.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Hoover El Sch comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 46.3%.
Hoover El Sch operates from a residential location.
Looking at the recent track record. Hoover El Sch's enrollment has climbed 6% since 2018, when it stood at 623 (now 661). Over the same period, the White share fell from 77% to 68%.
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