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What's the one class at Hooper School every student should take?
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Enrollment
516
Elementary
DISTRICT 479 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEBER DISTRICT·NCES 490120000618
Hooper School
5500 S 5900 W, HOOPER, UT 84315 · (801) 452-4320 · Weber County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL516 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.6:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.8:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
101 students
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 33%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientEnglish Language Arts
47.9%
UT avg 41.4% . -3.1pp since 2023
Math
51.8%
UT avg 41.8% . -6.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Source: RISE / Utah Aspire+. 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
55.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.2%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% typical for Utah 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 Utah'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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
516
-105 (-17%) vs 2017
% White
90%
was 94%
% Hispanic
7%
was 4%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Hooper School
Located at 5500 S 5900 W, in HOOPER, Utah, Hooper School is an average-sized elementary campus that instructs 516 students (grades K through 6), run under Weber District.
Across the 52 schools in Weber District (32,054 students total), Hooper School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Demographically, Hooper School records that nearly all students (90%) are White. The remainder consists of 7% Hispanic, 2% multiracial.
Looking at school resources, The school employs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.8:1, putting Hooper School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 20% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Weber County's rate of about 35%.
After controlling for student poverty, Hooper School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.2%, the actual is 55.9%, a residual of +5.7 points.
In the surrounding community, Weber County reports that the typical household earns roughly $90,005 per year, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Weber County runs 95 public schools (combined enrollment of about 49,670 students), of which Hooper School is one.
Nearest neighbor: Freedom School, around 1.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Hooper School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 40.7%.
Hooper School operates from a bedroom-community location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hooper School has declined 17%, going from 621 students in 2018 to 516 in 2025.
Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Weber County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
269,648
Census ACS
Median income
$90,005
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
95
49,670 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Weber District
- Weber HighHigh · 2,002 students
- Roy HighHigh · 1,661 students
- Fremont HighHigh · 1,448 students
- Bonneville HighHigh · 1,373 students
- West Field High SchoolHigh · 1,257 students
- Wahlquist Jr HighMiddle · 1,033 students
Nearby schools
- Freedom School1.6 mi · 784
- Country View School1.8 mi · 526
- Rocky Mountain Jr High2.1 mi · 795
- Quest Academy2.3 mi · 1,009
- West Clinton School2.7 mi · 612
- West Haven School2.7 mi · 488
Frequently asked questions
About Hooper SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Hooper School?
Hooper School enrolls approximately 516 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Hooper School serve?
Hooper School serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hooper School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hooper School is approximately 20.6:1 (25 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Hooper School?
Hooper School reports a student body of 90% White, 7% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Hooper School?
Hooper School is overseen by Weber District in Weber County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.