Is Hoover Elementary School a good school?

Hoover Elementary School ranks in the bottom 19.5% of Illinois elementary schools.

How many students attend Hoover Elementary School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 528 students attended Hoover Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Hoover Elementary School?

Students at Hoover Elementary School are 70% African American, 27% Hispanic, 2% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Hoover Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Hoover Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Schrum Memorial School High : Thornton Fractnl No High School

Hoover Elementary School

Summary:

Hoover Elementary School is a public elementary school in Calumet City, Illinois, serving 556 students in grades PK-5. The school is part of the Hoover-Schrum Memorial School District 157, which is ranked 762 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 0-star rating.

Hoover Elementary School has consistently ranked in the bottom quarter of Illinois elementary schools over the past decade, with a current ranking of 1663 out of 2067 schools and a 1-star rating. The school struggles with high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 12.2% to 34.9%, which is significantly higher than the state average. Academically, only 21.4% of students were proficient or better in ELA, and just 4.4% were proficient or better in Math, compared to state averages of 41.2% and 28.4%, respectively. The school's performance on the Illinois Science Assessment was also low, with only 30.7% of students proficient or better.

Interestingly, while Coolidge Elementary School in nearby Lansing outperforms Hoover Elementary in both ELA and Math proficiency, Hoover's African American students perform relatively well, ranking in the top half of Illinois elementary schools. However, the school's Hispanic, English Language Learner, and Special Education students all perform in the bottom quarter of the state. With 57.91% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, the high percentage of low-income students may be a contributing factor to the school's academic challenges.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

1260 Superior Ave
Calumet City, IL 60409-5731

(708) 862-4230

District: Hoover-Schrum Memorial School District 157

SchoolDigger Rank:
1663^rd of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $18,460

Students who attend Hoover Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Schrum Memorial School
High:	Thornton Fractnl No High School

Student/teacher ratio: 13.5

Number of students: 528

Racial breakdown:

African American:

70.3%

Hispanic:

26.9%

Two or more races:

2.3%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 40.5%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Hoover Elementary School ranks worse than 80.5% of elementary schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 20.64. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: African American (70.3%), Hispanic (26.9%), two or more races (2.3%). (See more...)

Compare Details 40.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Hoover Elementary School is 13.5. (See more...)

Compare Hoover Elementary School employs 39 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Hoover Elementary School is $18,460.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Hoover Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Hoover Elementary School 1663^rd of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Hoover Elementary School in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Hoover-Schrum Memorial School District 157:

SchoolDigger ranks Hoover-Schrum Memorial School District 157 762^nd of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Hoover Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Hoover Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	13.11	1743^rd	2020	13.7%
2004	20.10	1706^th	2030	16.0%
2005	15.00	1780^th	2022	12.0%
2006	32.38	1635^th	2086	21.6%
2007	25.69	1745^th	2095	16.7%
2008	31.66	1595^th	2092	23.8%
2009	21.00	1782^nd	2120	15.9%
2010	14.27	1915^th	2139	10.5%
2011	4.85	2091^st	2147	2.6%
2012	13.43	1970^th	2166	9.0%
2013	8.94	2045^th	2167	5.6%
2014	15.69	1837^th	2093	12.2%
2015	15.76	1816^th	2052	11.5%
2016	8.75	2006^th	2046	2.0%
2017	7.87	2019^th	2044	1.2%
2018	10.72	1946^th	2037	4.5%
2019	13.38	1922^nd	2086	7.9%
2022	23.36	1552^nd	2082	25.5%
2023	22.49	1588^th	2077	23.5%
2024	20.64	1663^rd	2067	19.5%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Hoover Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	41.10	407^th	718	43.3%
2019	41.83	420^th	743	43.5%
2022	53.86	250^th	768	67.4%
2023	53.71	255^th	788	67.6%
2024	32.29	605^th	826	26.8%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Hoover Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2019	22.05	1079^th	1194	9.6%
2022	39.96	554^th	1113	50.2%
2023	26.23	889^th	1156	23.1%
2024	15.70	1161^st	1195	2.8%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Hoover Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	17.37	1645^th	1765	6.8%
2019	22.22	1591^st	1816	12.4%
2022	39.59	1028^th	1763	41.7%
2023	37.79	1100^th	1808	39.2%
2024	31.58	1275^th	1793	28.9%

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Rank History for Female students at Hoover Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	10.98	1877^th	1964	4.4%
2019	13.69	1857^th	2019	8.0%
2022	26.19	1420^th	1970	27.9%
2023	23.48	1492^nd	1957	23.8%
2024	23.02	1507^th	1942	22.4%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Hoover Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	19.82	841^st	886	5.1%

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Rank History for Male students at Hoover Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	12.15	1869^th	1972	5.2%
2019	17.26	1756^th	2019	13.0%
2022	21.91	1534^th	1977	22.4%
2023	24.31	1472^nd	1984	25.8%
2024	19.27	1601^st	1959	18.3%

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Rank History for African American students at Hoover Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	28.65	536^th	698	23.2%
2019	31.37	509^th	711	28.4%
2022	57.52	194^th	684	71.6%
2023	50.87	253^rd	692	63.4%
2024	44.56	323^rd	655	50.7%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Hoover Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	20.86	842^nd	938	10.2%
2019	25.93	782^nd	955	18.1%
2022	39.65	552^nd	954	42.1%
2023	47.15	460^th	970	52.6%
2024	32.12	664^th	959	30.8%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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Enrollment information for Hoover Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	126	30	2	9	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	167
1989	119	27	1	10	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	157
1990	118	31	2	6	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	157
1991	118	34	3	8	0	n/a	n/a	0	163
1992	113	33	1	11	0	n/a	n/a	0	158
1993	107	39	0	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	151
1994	134	59	3	9	0	n/a	n/a	0	205
1995	125	55	3	18	0	n/a	n/a	0	201
1996	125	55	3	18	0	n/a	n/a	0	201
1997	124	69	5	28	4	n/a	n/a	0	230
1998	116	76	3	26	4	n/a	n/a	0	225
1999	109	65	0	24	1	n/a	n/a	0	199
2000	99	122	3	20	2	n/a	n/a	0	246
2001	99	150	3	44	0	n/a	n/a	0	296
2002	64	164	2	47	0	n/a	n/a	0	277
2003	64	164	2	47	0	n/a	n/a	0	277
2004	47	222	2	48	0	n/a	n/a	0	319
2005	53	399	9	93	1	n/a	n/a	20	575
2006	40	435	3	105	0	n/a	n/a	5	588
2007	35	446	0	114	0	n/a	n/a	7	602
2008	30	415	1	144	0	n/a	n/a	4	594
2009	19	441	2	140	0	n/a	n/a	11	613
2010	19	426	1	127	0	n/a	n/a	11	584
2011	12	444	0	125	0	0	12	0	593
2012	16	448	1	115	0	0	9	0	589
2013	22	461	0	124	0	0	9	0	616
2014	12	448	0	138	0	1	15	0	614
2015	12	460	3	142	0	0	9	0	626
2016	3	479	3	137	0	0	7	0	629
2017	10	425	2	132	2	0	12	0	583
2018	7	416	3	134	4	0	8	0	572
2019	9	409	2	126	3	0	9	0	558
2020	10	421	1	113	1	0	11	0	557
2021	7	390	1	106	2	0	9	0	515
2022	1	412	0	126	0	0	14	0	553
2023	3	406	0	136	1	0	10	0	556
2024	2	371	0	142	1	0	12	0	528

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Hoover Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	167	9.0	18.5	n/a
1989	157	9.0	17.4	n/a
1990	157	9.0	17.4	n/a
1991	163	10.0	16.3	n/a
1992	158	9.0	17.5	n/a
1993	151	10.0	15.1	n/a
1994	205	13.0	15.8	n/a
1995	201	14.4	14.0	n/a
1996	201	14.4	14.0	n/a
1997	230	14.4	16.0	n/a
1998	225	12.4	18.1	n/a
1999	199	13.2	15.1	n/a
2000	246	13.2	18.6	n/a
2001	296	15.4	19.2	n/a
2002	277	17.5	15.8	0
2003	277	17.5	15.8	0
2004	319	22.5	14.2	0
2005	575	35.5	16.2	75
2006	588	36.1	16.3	80.6
2007	602	46.0	13.1	81.2
2008	594	36.0	16.5	83.9
2009	613	38.3	16.0	81.7
2010	584	37.0	15.7	88.1
2011	593	36.0	16.4	85.2
2012	589	36.0	16.3	92.4
2013	616	46.2	13.3	88.8
2014	614	39.0	15.7	70.4
2015	626	40.0	15.6	91.2
2016	629	39.0	16.1	97.6
2017	583	40.0	14.5	76.8
2018	572	38.0	15.0	99
2019	558	37.0	15.0	94.6
2020	557	40.0	13.9	98.6
2021	515	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	553	37.5	14.7	69.4
2023	556	36.5	15.2	57.9
2024	528	39.0	13.5	40.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Hoover Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	167	9.0	18.5	n/a
1989	157	9.0	17.4	n/a
1990	157	9.0	17.4	n/a
1991	163	10.0	16.3	n/a
1992	158	9.0	17.5	n/a
1993	151	10.0	15.1	n/a
1994	205	13.0	15.8	n/a
1995	201	14.4	14.0	n/a
1996	201	14.4	14.0	n/a
1997	230	14.4	16.0	n/a
1998	225	12.4	18.1	n/a
1999	199	13.2	15.1	n/a
2000	246	13.2	18.6	n/a
2001	296	15.4	19.2	n/a
2002	277	17.5	15.8	0
2003	277	17.5	15.8	0
2004	319	22.5	14.2	0
2005	575	35.5	16.2	75
2006	588	36.1	16.3	80.6
2007	602	46.0	13.1	81.2
2008	594	36.0	16.5	83.9
2009	613	38.3	16.0	81.7
2010	584	37.0	15.7	88.1
2011	593	36.0	16.4	85.2
2012	589	36.0	16.3	92.4
2013	616	46.2	13.3	88.8
2014	614	39.0	15.7	70.4
2015	626	40.0	15.6	91.2
2016	629	39.0	16.1	97.6
2017	583	40.0	14.5	76.8
2018	572	38.0	15.0	99
2019	558	37.0	15.0	94.6
2020	557	40.0	13.9	98.6
2021	515	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	553	37.5	14.7	69.4
2023	556	36.5	15.2	57.9
2024	528	39.0	13.5	40.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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