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Hoover Elementary School

Serves grades PK - 4

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
148 N Oliphant
West Branch, IA 52358
Phone
(319) 643-7211
District
West Branch Comm School District
County
CEDAR COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
370
Classroom Teachers
25

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Iowa

3

(10 is best)

Better than 27.4% of all IA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

5

(10 is best)

Hoover Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

100 80 60 40 20 0
74%
71%
64%
66%
83%
75%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

80 60 40 20 0
58%
73%
47%
73%
69%
73%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
15
14
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 55 14.9%
Kindergarten 81 21.9%
Grade 1 60 16.2%
Grade 2 70 18.9%
Grade 3 61 16.5%
Grade 4 43 11.6%
Total 370 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 90.5% 90.6% 75.9%
Black 1.7% 1.5% 7.3%
Hispanic 7.8% 7.5% 13.2%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 0.2% 2.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.1% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 23.5% 24.5% 41.1%
Free lunch eligible 20.8% 21.5% 35.6%
Reduced lunch eligible 2.7% 3.0% 5.5%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 4,916 3,207,004
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 39.3 57
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 7.1% 5.9%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.3% 20.1%
20-44 YEARS OLD 31.4% 32.0%
45-64 YEARS OLD 28.2% 24.2%
65 OR OLDER 15.0% 17.8%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 1,956 1,303,763
Single Parent Households With Children 4.1% 7.8%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 97.5% 93.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 28.4% 30.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 16.1% 16.3%
$100,000 - $149,999 15.5% 18.4%
$75,000 - $99,999 22.7% 14.1%
$50,000 - $74,999 19.9% 17.8%
$30,000 - $49,999 12.2% 15.4%
$15,000 - $29,999 11.1% 10.5%
$15,000 or less 2.4% 7.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,816 $5,937,000 20.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $369 $321,000 1.1%
Staff $597 $520,000 1.8%
General Administration $443 $386,000 1.3%
School Administration $617 $537,000 1.9%
Operation $1,086 $946,000 3.3%
Transportation $379 $330,000 1.2%
Other $235 $205,000 0.7%
Total Support $3,726 $3,245,000 11.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $22,287 $19,412,000 67.9%
Total Expenditures $32,829 $28,594,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,491 $3,832,227,000 47.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $784 $400,839,000 5.0%
Staff $806 $412,275,000 5.1%
General Administration $316 $161,505,000 2.0%
School Administration $727 $372,123,000 4.6%
Operation $1,129 $577,474,000 7.2%
Transportation $419 $214,335,000 2.7%
Other $407 $208,438,000 2.6%
Total Support $4,588 $2,346,989,000 29.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,653 $1,868,692,000 23.2%
Total Expenditures $15,732 $8,047,908,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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