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W E HOOVER EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 34 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 8 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% typical for Texas 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 Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About W E HOOVER EL
As a modestly sized intermediate school in AZLE, Texas, W E HOOVER EL enrolls 535 students from grades 5 through 6, operated by AZLE ISD.
AZLE ISD runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 7,304 students. W E HOOVER EL is one of those campuses.
For racial and ethnic makeup, W E HOOVER EL lists that 67% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 30% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.
In terms of school funding signals, W E HOOVER EL logs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.5:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 54% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Tarrant County's rate of about 63%.
With demographic context factored in, W E HOOVER EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.4%, the actual is 45.6%, a residual of -4.7 points.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Tarrant County put the typical household earns roughly $84,207 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Tarrant County runs 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), of which W E HOOVER EL is one.
Nearest neighbor: SANTO FORTE J H, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), W E HOOVER EL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 49.5%.
The school occupies a small-town site.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at W E HOOVER EL has grew 24%, going from 433 students in 2018 to 535 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 75% to 67% over that span.
Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the W E HOOVER EL community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Tarrant County at a glance
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