Is Herbert Hoover Elementary School a good school?

Herbert Hoover Elementary School ranks 1774 th of 2445 New York elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

How many students attend Herbert Hoover Elementary School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 599 students attended Herbert Hoover Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Herbert Hoover Elementary School?

Students at Herbert Hoover Elementary School are 71% White, 8% Hispanic, 8% African American, 7% Two or more races, 6% Asian.

What schools do graduates of Herbert Hoover Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Herbert Hoover Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Herbert Hoover Middle School High : Kenmore West Senior High School

Herbert Hoover Elementary School

Summary:

Herbert Hoover Elementary School is a public elementary school in Buffalo, New York, serving 565 students from kindergarten to 5th grade. The school is part of the Kenmore-Tonawanda Union Free School District, which is ranked 617 out of 865 school districts in New York and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Herbert Hoover Elementary School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of New York elementary schools over the past decade, with a 1- or 2-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's test scores on the New York State Assessments are lower than the district and state averages, and its performance varies significantly across different student subgroups. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, the school's ranking for Hispanic students was in the top 45% of New York elementary schools, while the ranking for White students was in the bottom 12%. Additionally, the school has a relatively high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 43.36% to 44.6% over the past few years.

Interestingly, the nearby schools within the Kenmore-Tonawanda Union Free School District, such as Holmes Elementary School and Ben Franklin Elementary School, also perform below the state average on test scores and have similar demographic characteristics to Herbert Hoover Elementary School. This suggests that the challenges faced by Herbert Hoover Elementary School may be systemic within the district. However, when compared to schools in the Buffalo City School District, which is ranked even lower than the Kenmore-Tonawanda Union Free School District, Herbert Hoover's performance appears to be relatively better.

Detail:

Public K-5

199 Thorncliff Rd
Buffalo, NY 14223-1241

(716) 874-8414

District: Kenmore-Tonawanda Union Free School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
1774^th of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $18,389

Students who attend Herbert Hoover Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Herbert Hoover Middle School
High:	Kenmore West Senior High School

Student/teacher ratio: 11.8

Number of students: 599

Racial breakdown:

White:

71.0%

Hispanic:

8.2%

African American:

7.8%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 45.1%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Herbert Hoover Elementary School ranks worse than 72.6% of elementary schools in New York. It also ranks 3^rd among 5 ranked elementary schools in the Kenmore-Tonawanda Union Free School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 29.02. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (71%), Hispanic (8.2%), African American (7.8%). (See more...)

Compare Details 45.1% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Herbert Hoover Elementary School is 11.8. 2 elementary schools in the Kenmore-Tonawanda Union Free School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Herbert Hoover Elementary School employs 50.5 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Herbert Hoover Elementary School is $18,389. 2 elementary schools in the Kenmore-Tonawanda Union Free School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Herbert Hoover Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Herbert Hoover Elementary School 1774^th of 2445 New York public elementary schools. (See Herbert Hoover Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Kenmore-Tonawanda Union Free School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Kenmore-Tonawanda Union Free School District 617^th of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Herbert Hoover Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Herbert Hoover Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2006	70.28	733^rd	2206	66.8%
2007	72.58	642^nd	2219	71.1%
2008	58.31	1145^th	2227	48.6%
2009	70.33	702^nd	2257	68.9%
2010	76.75	463^rd	2263	79.5%
2011	64.77	851^st	2286	62.8%
2012	66.54	823^rd	2320	64.5%
2013	51.26	1075^th	2325	53.8%
2014	57.77	954^th	2345	59.3%
2015	59.65	905^th	2352	61.5%
2016	40.68	1429^th	2366	39.6%
2017	39.60	1453^rd	2386	39.1%
2018	52.38	1136^th	2395	52.6%
2019	34.47	1591^st	2413	34.1%
2021	38.29	1409^th	2201	36.0%
2022	38.99	1486^th	2434	38.9%
2023	29.68	1763^rd	2439	27.7%
2024	29.02	1774^th	2445	27.4%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Herbert Hoover Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	61.51	77^th	202	61.9%
2019	37.37	98^th	180	45.6%
2022	22.85	230^th	289	20.4%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Herbert Hoover Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	55.73	291^st	938	69.0%
2019	32.34	623^rd	860	27.6%
2023	31.81	739^th	1001	26.2%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Herbert Hoover Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	34.65	1300^th	1941	33.0%
2019	24.58	1597^th	1859	14.1%
2021	38.93	600^th	1044	42.5%
2022	32.23	1432^nd	2031	29.5%
2023	50.12	782^nd	2016	61.2%
2024	34.09	1376^th	2110	34.8%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	49.18	946^th	2045	53.7%
2019	25.31	1617^th	2032	20.4%
2021	31.31	1238^th	1678	26.2%
2022	34.65	1405^th	2099	33.1%
2023	30.01	1465^th	2041	28.2%
2024	28.71	1544^th	2078	25.7%

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Rank History for Female students at Herbert Hoover Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	59.50	959^th	2338	59.0%
2019	36.52	1513^th	2357	35.8%
2021	35.90	1311^th	1955	32.9%
2022	39.39	1478^th	2401	38.4%
2023	24.74	1894^th	2403	21.2%
2024	26.36	1861^st	2413	22.9%

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Rank History for Male students at Herbert Hoover Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	47.01	1261^st	2340	46.1%
2019	34.15	1585^th	2358	32.8%
2021	38.77	1246^th	1961	36.5%
2022	39.06	1478^th	2400	38.4%
2023	38.83	1464^th	2400	39.0%
2024	34.87	1598^th	2411	33.7%

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Rank History for Asian students at Herbert Hoover Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	45.54	397^th	601	33.9%
2019	6.11	525^th	548	4.2%
2022	39.33	459^th	671	31.6%

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Rank History for African American students at Herbert Hoover Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	54.47	364^th	948	61.6%
2019	41.29	482^nd	891	45.9%
2022	30.77	664^th	936	29.1%
2024	28.11	690^th	927	25.6%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Herbert Hoover Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	34.69	959^th	1392	31.1%
2019	28.50	986^th	1315	25.0%
2022	31.22	1106^th	1503	26.4%
2023	38.59	885^th	1429	38.1%
2024	49.27	686^th	1531	55.2%

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Rank History for White students at Herbert Hoover Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	39.62	916^th	1408	34.9%
2019	29.43	1018^th	1338	23.9%
2021	24.77	995^th	1224	18.7%
2022	29.58	1056^th	1399	24.5%
2023	20.02	1131^st	1337	15.4%
2024	16.84	1224^th	1392	12.1%

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Data source: test scores: NY State Education Department, 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: NY State Education Department

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Enrollment information for Herbert Hoover Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	737	3	3	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	744
1990	778	3	4	5	1	n/a	n/a	0	791
1991	733	6	1	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	745
1992	721	5	3	9	1	n/a	n/a	0	739
1993	708	7	5	8	5	n/a	n/a	0	733
1994	691	4	10	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	709
1995	594	6	9	8	0	n/a	n/a	0	617
1996	594	6	9	8	0	n/a	n/a	0	617
1997	587	8	7	7	0	n/a	n/a	0	609
1998	586	8	7	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	601
1999	558	7	7	2	5	n/a	n/a	0	579
2000	587	12	7	4	2	n/a	n/a	0	612
2001	580	15	9	7	1	n/a	n/a	0	612
2002	591	13	4	3	3	n/a	n/a	0	614
2003	591	13	4	3	3	n/a	n/a	0	614
2004	576	11	7	6	1	n/a	n/a	0	601
2005	538	18	2	16	3	n/a	n/a	0	577
2006	549	16	4	7	4	n/a	n/a	0	580
2007	568	19	3	16	4	n/a	n/a	0	610
2008	581	29	5	18	5	n/a	n/a	16	654
2009	582	28	6	21	2	n/a	n/a	0	639
2010	545	26	9	24	3	n/a	n/a	0	607
2011	524	24	12	24	2	0	0	0	586
2012	513	15	11	27	2	0	9	0	577
2013	512	17	5	28	1	0	7	0	570
2014	519	21	6	34	1	0	12	0	593
2015	510	20	7	36	0	0	16	0	589
2016	524	27	14	38	0	0	13	0	616
2017	465	42	21	50	0	0	24	0	602
2018	480	36	23	53	1	0	27	0	620
2019	463	42	18	54	2	1	33	0	613
2020	469	43	19	59	2	0	35	0	627
2021	438	39	16	50	4	0	33	0	580
2022	403	39	21	50	3	0	40	0	556
2023	405	40	28	54	3	0	35	0	565
2024	425	47	33	49	2	0	43	0	599

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 Herbert Hoover Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	744	41.9	17.7	n/a
1990	791	45.9	17.2	n/a
1991	745	43.9	16.9	n/a
1992	739	40.9	18.0	n/a
1993	733	39.2	18.7	n/a
1994	709	38.2	18.6	14.5
1995	617	35.1	17.6	11.8
1996	617	35.1	17.6	11.8
1997	609	35.0	17.4	10.8
1998	601	35.0	17.2	10.6
1999	579	35.1	16.5	11.2
2000	612	36.4	16.8	23.4
2001	612	38.2	16.0	26.1
2002	614	38.5	15.9	22.8
2003	614	38.5	15.9	22.8
2004	601	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	577	39.2	14.7	33.1
2006	580	40.0	14.5	27.9
2007	610	41.7	14.6	29.8
2008	654	40.7	16.1	32.6
2009	639	42.7	15.0	31.6
2010	607	40.5	14.9	33.3
2011	586	45.1	12.9	44.9
2012	577	37.4	15.4	32.8
2013	570	34.1	16.7	33.2
2014	593	37.0	16.0	32
2015	589	38.0	15.5	38.5
2016	616	41.0	15.0	39.1
2017	602	40.9	14.6	47
2018	620	47.0	13.1	47.9
2019	613	48.0	12.7	47
2020	627	56.1	11.1	44.7
2021	580	53.1	10.9	44.1
2022	556	54.6	10.1	44.6
2023	565	52.7	10.7	43.4
2024	599	50.5	11.8	45.1

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 Herbert Hoover Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	744	41.9	17.7	n/a
1990	791	45.9	17.2	n/a
1991	745	43.9	16.9	n/a
1992	739	40.9	18.0	n/a
1993	733	39.2	18.7	n/a
1994	709	38.2	18.6	14.5
1995	617	35.1	17.6	11.8
1996	617	35.1	17.6	11.8
1997	609	35.0	17.4	10.8
1998	601	35.0	17.2	10.6
1999	579	35.1	16.5	11.2
2000	612	36.4	16.8	23.4
2001	612	38.2	16.0	26.1
2002	614	38.5	15.9	22.8
2003	614	38.5	15.9	22.8
2004	601	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	577	39.2	14.7	33.1
2006	580	40.0	14.5	27.9
2007	610	41.7	14.6	29.8
2008	654	40.7	16.1	32.6
2009	639	42.7	15.0	31.6
2010	607	40.5	14.9	33.3
2011	586	45.1	12.9	44.9
2012	577	37.4	15.4	32.8
2013	570	34.1	16.7	33.2
2014	593	37.0	16.0	32
2015	589	38.0	15.5	38.5
2016	616	41.0	15.0	39.1
2017	602	40.9	14.6	47
2018	620	47.0	13.1	47.9
2019	613	48.0	12.7	47
2020	627	56.1	11.1	44.7
2021	580	53.1	10.9	44.1
2022	556	54.6	10.1	44.6
2023	565	52.7	10.7	43.4
2024	599	50.5	11.8	45.1

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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