Hoover Elementary

Set in New Berlin, Wisconsin, Hoover Elementary is a mid-sized K-5 school, run under West Allis-West Milwaukee School District. It educates 335 students across grades pre-K through 5.

West Allis-West Milwaukee School District runs 16 schools in total, collectively educating 6,619 students. Hoover Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Hoover Elementary shows that the largest single group is White at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 22% Hispanic, 21% Black, 9% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 87%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Hoover Elementary has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting Hoover Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 56% of students at Hoover Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Waukesha County's rate of about 17%.

With demographic context factored in, Hoover Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.2%; this one delivers 42.5%.

In the area at large, Waukesha County reports that median household income runs about $106,076, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. Across Waukesha County's 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 60,032 students), Hoover Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nathan Hale High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hoover Elementary ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 48.9%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hoover Elementary has contracted 14%, going from 388 students in 2018 to 335 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 63% to 44% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

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