Hoover El Sch

Located at 37 Robb Hollow Rd, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Hoover El Sch is a low-enrollment K-5 school that teaches 285 students (grades K through 5), part of Mt Lebanon SD. That puts it 36% leaner than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 443 students.

Mt Lebanon SD comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 5,477 students; Hoover El Sch is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hoover El Sch logs that 72% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 19% Asian, 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.1:1, putting Hoover El Sch higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 19% of students at Hoover El Sch qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Allegheny County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Hoover El Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 69.6%; this one delivers 84.2%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Allegheny County) logs that median household income runs about $78,548, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hoover El Sch is one of 277 public schools in Allegheny County (combined enrollment of about 141,392 students).

The closest other public school is Jefferson El Sch, roughly 0.7 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 80.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 4%: 275 students in 2018 compared to 285 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 77% to 72% across the same window.

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