Herbert Hoover Middle

Summary:

Herbert Hoover Middle is a public middle school located in Merced, California, serving 614 students in grades 7-8. The school is part of the Merced City Elementary School District, which is ranked 1195 out of 1568 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Herbert Hoover Middle has faced several challenges, including high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 6.8% to 40.6% over the past few years, which are significantly higher than the state average and nearby schools in the district. Academically, the school's performance on Smarter Balanced Assessments and CAST Science tests is generally below the state and district averages, with proficiency rates in English Language Arts/Literacy ranging from 32.04% to 37.37% and in Mathematics from 16.13% to 16.78%, compared to state averages of 47.19% and 45.95%, and 33.83% and 31.57%, respectively. The school's performance also varies significantly across different student groups, with African American students performing relatively well, but Hispanic, White, and Multi-racial students, as well as English Language Learners and Special Education students, struggling and ranking in the bottom 40% of California middle schools.

When compared to other middle schools in the Merced City Elementary School District, such as Tenaya Middle and Rudolph Rivera Middle, Herbert Hoover Middle generally performs worse academically. Additionally, the school's high percentage of students eligible for free and reduced-price lunch, ranging from 78.12% to 80.65%, suggests that socioeconomic factors may be contributing to the school's lower academic performance, underscoring the need for targeted interventions and support to address the unique challenges faced by students from low-income backgrounds.


Detail:

Public 7-8

 800 East 26th St.
       Merced, CA  95340-3108


(209) 385-6631

District: Merced City Elementary

SchoolDigger Rank:
1889th of 2,777 California Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $8,097 Help


Students who attend Herbert Hoover Middle usually attend:

High:    Golden Valley High

Feeder schools for Herbert Hoover Middle:

Elementary:    Ada Givens Elementary
    Charles Wright Elementary
    John Muir Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  25.9 Help
Number of students:  607

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
72.0%
White:
14.7%
African American:
4.8%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  82.9% Help


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Compare Details Herbert Hoover Middle ranks worse than 68% of middle schools in California. It also ranks 3rd among 4 ranked middle schools in the Merced City Elementary School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 28.21. (See more...)
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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
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (72%), White (14.7%), African American (4.8%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 82.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Herbert Hoover Middle is 25.9, which is the 2nd best among 4 middle schools in the Merced City Elementary School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Herbert Hoover Middle is $8,097, which is the 2nd highest among 4 middle schools in the Merced City Elementary School District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Herbert Hoover Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Herbert Hoover Middle 1889th of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Herbert Hoover Middle in the ranking list.)

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Merced City Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Merced City Elementary 1195th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Herbert Hoover Middle

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Rank History for all students at Herbert Hoover Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 26.01 1294th 1769 26.9%
2005 22.39 1387th 1777 21.9%
2006 20.82 1464th 1804 18.8%
2007 30.07 1387th 1999 30.6%
2008 22.06 1631st 2005 18.7%
2009 20.46 1729th 2063 16.2%
2010 21.67 1798th 2179 17.5%
2011 24.47 1785th 2236 20.2%
2012 18.68 1945th 2259 13.9%
2013 24.50 1891st 2379 20.5%
2015 17.06 2115th 2477 14.6%
2016 23.89 1875th 2497 24.9%
2017 21.39 1977th 2508 21.2%
2018 22.89 1888th 2480 23.9%
2019 28.32 1857th 2715 31.6%
2022 29.60 1797th 2740 34.4%
2023 30.05 1817th 2802 35.2%
2024 28.21 1889th 2777 32.0%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Herbert Hoover Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 15.40 573rd 678 15.5%
2024 28.14 512th 699 26.8%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Herbert Hoover Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 33.51 935th 1442 35.2%
2022 41.96 691st 1540 55.1%
2023 33.84 1041st 1529 31.9%
2024 33.89 1015th 1477 31.3%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Herbert Hoover Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 32.27 1004th 1538 34.7%
2024 31.70 1037th 1550 33.1%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Herbert Hoover Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 25.49 1737th 2230 22.1%
2019 27.64 1782nd 2369 24.8%
2022 30.34 1686th 2458 31.4%
2023 31.23 1711th 2549 32.9%
2024 29.77 1780th 2575 30.9%
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Rank History for Female students at Herbert Hoover Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 23.70 1716th 2262 24.1%
2019 25.04 1791st 2380 24.7%
2022 29.06 1688th 2509 32.7%
2023 35.92 1452nd 2547 43.0%
2024 29.62 1684th 2546 33.9%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Herbert Hoover Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 19.45 1321st 1369 3.5%
2019 27.43 1114th 1491 25.3%
2022 25.15 1252nd 1531 18.2%
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Rank History for Male students at Herbert Hoover Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 21.70 1791st 2273 21.2%
2019 30.00 1607th 2407 33.2%
2022 30.62 1627th 2527 35.6%
2023 24.32 1899th 2558 25.8%
2024 26.30 1814th 2547 28.8%
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Rank History for Asian students at Herbert Hoover Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 16.74 641st 745 14.0%
2022 19.76 602nd 733 17.9%
2023 16.14 615th 718 14.3%
2024 26.76 567th 741 23.5%
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Rank History for African American students at Herbert Hoover Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 17.20 547th 600 8.8%
2019 21.26 545th 643 15.2%
2022 41.15 337th 637 47.1%
2023 35.12 389th 614 36.6%
2024 55.33 227th 626 63.7%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Herbert Hoover Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 24.04 1650th 2072 20.4%
2019 30.02 1543rd 2213 30.3%
2022 32.18 1551st 2359 34.3%
2023 29.22 1684th 2391 29.6%
2024 28.52 1700th 2383 28.7%
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Rank History for White students at Herbert Hoover Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 33.19 1020th 1496 31.8%
2019 28.65 1154th 1602 28.0%
2022 36.36 992nd 1555 36.2%
2023 46.15 806th 1552 48.1%
2024 26.93 1121st 1535 27.0%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Herbert Hoover Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 374 46 246 289 3 n/a n/a 0 958
1989 388 54 250 283 1 n/a n/a 0 976
1990 382 74 240 331 0 n/a n/a 0 1027
1991 356 76 260 356 1 n/a n/a 0 1049
1992 341 76 280 376 1 n/a n/a 0 1074
1993 359 73 331 364 2 n/a n/a 0 1129
1994 333 70 375 358 0 n/a n/a 0 1136
1995 274 48 325 328 3 n/a n/a 0 978
1996 274 48 325 328 3 n/a n/a 0 978
1997 249 49 247 299 3 n/a n/a 0 847
1998 241 66 262 297 3 n/a n/a 0 869
1999 280 71 220 318 5 n/a n/a 0 894
2000 310 62 205 327 5 n/a n/a 0 909
2001 326 58 182 345 3 n/a n/a 0 914
2002 331 68 135 388 2 n/a n/a 0 924
2003 331 68 135 388 2 n/a n/a 0 924
2004 250 58 162 434 1 n/a n/a 1 906
2005 211 61 153 461 2 n/a n/a 0 888
2006 155 64 119 461 2 n/a n/a 0 801
2007 149 59 95 459 1 n/a n/a 3 766
2008 144 43 77 472 2 n/a n/a 0 738
2009 199 61 64 469 2 2 3 0 800
2010 206 69 68 507 4 2 1 0 857
2011 200 50 70 559 2 3 31 0 915
2012 180 46 62 586 5 1 24 0 904
2013 176 41 56 589 2 2 17 0 883
2014 178 44 50 525 3 0 9 0 809
2015 174 53 46 558 2 0 12 0 845
2016 111 36 30 403 1 0 29 0 610
2017 97 34 14 391 1 1 19 0 557
2018 87 45 24 403 2 1 16 0 578
2019 102 34 35 409 2 0 23 0 605
2020 98 36 34 426 3 0 23 0 620
2021 88 35 34 430 3 0 18 0 608
2022 85 30 32 446 3 0 24 0 620
2023 94 35 26 426 2 1 30 0 614
2024 89 29 24 437 1 1 26 0 607

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

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Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Herbert Hoover Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 958 40.4 23.7 n/a
1989 976 38.1 25.6 n/a
1990 1027 39.3 26.1 n/a
1991 1049 42.0 24.9 n/a
1992 1074 42.7 25.1 61.9
1993 1129 44.8 25.2 68.5
1994 1136 46.3 24.5 69.8
1995 978 37.1 26.4 73.3
1996 978 37.1 26.4 73.3
1997 847 33.9 25.0 72.7
1998 869 38.3 22.7 69.9
1999 894 38.4 23.3 67.4
2000 909 36.4 25.0 67.7
2001 914 38.4 23.8 67.2
2002 924 37.0 25.0 62.4
2003 924 37.0 25.0 62.4
2004 906 38.2 23.7 71
2005 888 37.1 23.9 73.1
2006 801 34.0 23.6 69.3
2007 766 33.3 23.0 84.4
2008 738 39.8 18.5 77.2
2009 800 32.6 19.8 84.3
2010 857 35.5 24.1 82.8
2011 915 n/a n/a 79.9
2012 904 32.2 28.0 n/a
2013 883 30.7 28.7 79.6
2014 809 33.8 23.8 82.1
2015 845 33.0 25.6 91.5
2016 610 24.0 25.4 86.7
2017 557 24.3 22.8 84
2018 578 22.6 25.5 86.3
2019 605 23.9 25.2 80.2
2020 620 n/a n/a 81.9
2021 608 21.4 28.4 78.1
2022 620 22.6 27.3 80.6
2023 614 22.6 27.1 79
2024 607 23.3 25.9 82.9

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 Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 958 40.4 23.7 n/a
1989 976 38.1 25.6 n/a
1990 1027 39.3 26.1 n/a
1991 1049 42.0 24.9 n/a
1992 1074 42.7 25.1 61.9
1993 1129 44.8 25.2 68.5
1994 1136 46.3 24.5 69.8
1995 978 37.1 26.4 73.3
1996 978 37.1 26.4 73.3
1997 847 33.9 25.0 72.7
1998 869 38.3 22.7 69.9
1999 894 38.4 23.3 67.4
2000 909 36.4 25.0 67.7
2001 914 38.4 23.8 67.2
2002 924 37.0 25.0 62.4
2003 924 37.0 25.0 62.4
2004 906 38.2 23.7 71
2005 888 37.1 23.9 73.1
2006 801 34.0 23.6 69.3
2007 766 33.3 23.0 84.4
2008 738 39.8 18.5 77.2
2009 800 32.6 19.8 84.3
2010 857 35.5 24.1 82.8
2011 915 n/a n/a 79.9
2012 904 32.2 28.0 n/a
2013 883 30.7 28.7 79.6
2014 809 33.8 23.8 82.1
2015 845 33.0 25.6 91.5
2016 610 24.0 25.4 86.7
2017 557 24.3 22.8 84
2018 578 22.6 25.5 86.3
2019 605 23.9 25.2 80.2
2020 620 n/a n/a 81.9
2021 608 21.4 28.4 78.1
2022 620 22.6 27.3 80.6
2023 614 22.6 27.1 79
2024 607 23.3 25.9 82.9

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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Per Pupil Expenditures for Herbert Hoover Middle

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $8,097

Data source: California Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Herbert Hoover Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1857th of 2715 Middle schoolsRanks 1817th of 2802 Middle schools
 3.6%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Herbert Hoover Middle)43.137.3
 5.8%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Merced City Elementary)38.736.7
 1.9%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.447.4
 3.9%
7th Grade Mathematics (Herbert Hoover Middle)2317.2
 5.7%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Merced City Elementary)20.317.7
 2.7%
   7th Grade Mathematics (California)37.933.2
 4.7%
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Herbert Hoover Middle)4034.1
 5.9%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Merced City Elementary)41.934.1
 7.8%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.445.7
 3.8%
8th Grade Mathematics (Herbert Hoover Middle)16.919.3
 2.4%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Merced City Elementary)19.717.2
 2.4%
   8th Grade Mathematics (California)36.629.9
 6.7%
8th Grade Science (Herbert Hoover Middle)13.515.1
 1.6%
   8th Grade Science (Merced City Elementary)17.913.3
 4.6%
   8th Grade Science (California)30.828.8
 2.1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students605614
 1.5%
African American3435
 2.9%
American Indian22
Asian3526
 25.7%
Hispanic409426
 4.2%
Pacific Islander01
White10294
 7.8%
Two or More Races2330
 30.4%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients80.2%79%
 1.2%


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Students at Herbert Hoover Middle are 72% Hispanic, 15% White, 5% African American, 4% Two or more races, 4% Asian.

In the 2023-24 school year, 607 students attended Herbert Hoover Middle.

Herbert Hoover Middle ranks 1889th of 2777 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Students who attend Herbert Hoover Middle usually go on to attend Golden Valley High


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