Herbert Hoover High School

Herbert Hoover High School operates as a medium-sized secondary school in Elkview, West Virginia, run under Kanawha County Schools. Current enrollment sits at 782 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 22% bigger than the state mean of about 640.

Kanawha County Schools comprises 61 schools with combined enrollment of 23,085 students; Herbert Hoover High School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Herbert Hoover High School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%). That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 86%.

On the resource side, The school lists 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Kanawha County) logs that median household income runs about $60,943, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Herbert Hoover High School is one of 70 public schools in Kanawha County (combined enrollment of about 25,173 students).

The closest other public school is Elkview Middle School, roughly 0.9 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Herbert Hoover High School has remained close to its prior level, going from 772 students in 2018 to 782 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.