Hoover Elementary

Hoover Street Elementary School is a public primary school located in Francis Avenue, Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1904, Hoover Elementary is part of Local District 4 of the Los Angeles Unified School District. It offers primary education from pre-kindergarten to 5th grade level, following a 4-track school calendar. Hoover has approximately 1655 students enrolled. The school also have a 19.95 Students per Teacher Ratio (STR) which ranks it #122 among 224 elementary schools in Los Angeles based on STR.

Rankings

From the 2006 California Academic Performance Index (API) Base report, the school has an API score of 647, which corresponds to a state rank of 1 (1 is the worst, 10 is the best. The API Score is a number between 200 and 1000 that reflects a school’s or school district’s performance on statewide student assessments administered in 2006).

School Statistics

99% of Hoover Elementary's teachers have full teaching credentials. They also average 12 years in teaching experience, with 12 average years teaching in district. Only 4% of the Hoover faculty are first year teachers...the school's average class size is 20 for kindergarten, 18 for grade 1, 20 for grades 2 and 3, 28 for grade 4, and 29 for grade 5...the student-staff ratio is 37 Students per paraprofessional staff, 236 Students per office/clerical staff, and 127 Students per other classified staff.

Majority of Hoover's students, approximately 95% of them are Hispanic or Latino. Other race/ethnicities that make up the rest of the student body are Asian (3%), African American (1%), Filipino ( <1% ), White ( <1% ), and American Indian or Alaska Native ( <1% ).