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Herbert Hoover Middle

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Herbert Hoover Middle ranks 1967 th of 2761 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Public Grades 7-8

1967^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,761 California Middle Schools

Better than 29% of California middle schools

Summary

Herbert Hoover Middle is a public school serving 629 students in grades 7 and 8 within the Merced City Elementary district, which faces significant academic challenges across the region.

Academically, the school performs below state averages, with about 35% of students proficient in English and 20% in math, though its math scores are the highest among its closest district peers like Tenaya Middle and Rudolph Rivera Middle. A major concern is chronic absenteeism, affecting 25% of students, which is higher than at some similar schools. The school has a very high student-teacher ratio of nearly 30-to-1, the highest among the nearby schools analyzed, and serves a student population where economic disadvantage is very common.

When compared to other schools, an interesting finding is that Herbert H. Cruickshank Middle in the same district achieves stronger academic results with similar resources, suggesting differences in approach may affect outcomes. Furthermore, schools in neighboring districts, such as Winton Middle, show that higher performance is possible even with similar student demographics, indicating that district-level support systems can play a key role. For Hoover to improve, focusing on reducing class sizes, addressing absenteeism, and learning from the effective practices of higher-performing schools with similar challenges would be essential.

629

Students ?

29.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$16,927

Per pupil spending ?

87.3%

Free/discounted lunch ?

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

(209) 385-6631

District: Merced City Elementary

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

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

73.0%

White:

16.2%

Two or more races:

4.3%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Recently slipping — 35th percentile in 2023 → 29th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (25% vs 41% meeting standards)

!Ranking has slipped from its 35th-percentile peak (2023) to 29th (2025)

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school25%

District avg27%

California avg41%

1,967^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 29%▲ up 14 pts since 2015

From bottom 15% (2015) to bottom 29% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

3^rd of 4Middle Schools in the Merced City Elementary

1221^st of 1,543Merced City Elementary among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	25.8	1967 of 2761	28.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	28.2	1893 of 2783	32.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	30.1	1803 of 2781	35.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	29.6	1797 of 2740	34.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	28.3	1857 of 2715	31.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	22.9	1888 of 2480	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	21.4	1977 of 2508	21.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	23.9	1875 of 2497	24.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	17.1	2115 of 2477	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	24.5	1891 of 2379	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	18.7	1945 of 2259	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	24.5	1785 of 2236	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	21.7	1798 of 2179	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	20.5	1729 of 2063	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	22.1	1631 of 2005	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	30.1	1387 of 1999	30.6%	★★☆☆☆
2006	20.8	1464 of 1804	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	22.4	1387 of 1777	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	26.0	1294 of 1769	26.9%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	55.3	228 of 627	63.6%	★★★☆☆
2023	35.1	389 of 613	36.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	41.1	337 of 637	47.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	21.3	545 of 643	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	17.2	547 of 600	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	26.8	569 of 743	23.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.1	612 of 715	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.8	602 of 733	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	16.7	641 of 745	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	25.1	1252 of 1531	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	27.4	1114 of 1491	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	19.5	1321 of 1369	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	33.9	1015 of 1478	31.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	33.8	1036 of 1521	31.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	42.0	691 of 1540	55.1%	★★★☆☆
2019	33.5	935 of 1442	35.2%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	22.4	1971 of 2533	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	29.6	1688 of 2551	33.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	35.9	1447 of 2531	42.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	29.1	1688 of 2509	32.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	25.0	1791 of 2380	24.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.7	1716 of 2262	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	26.4	1773 of 2395	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	28.5	1704 of 2388	28.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	29.2	1675 of 2374	29.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	32.2	1551 of 2359	34.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	30.0	1543 of 2213	30.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	24.0	1650 of 2072	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	28.2	1838 of 2542	27.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	29.8	1783 of 2579	30.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	31.2	1700 of 2531	32.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	30.3	1686 of 2458	31.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	27.6	1782 of 2369	24.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	25.5	1737 of 2230	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	29.1	1715 of 2534	32.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	26.3	1818 of 2552	28.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.3	1887 of 2538	25.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	30.6	1627 of 2527	35.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	30.0	1607 of 2407	33.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	21.7	1791 of 2273	21.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	28.1	514 of 701	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	15.4	572 of 677	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	37.5	859 of 1566	45.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	31.7	1039 of 1552	33.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	32.3	1000 of 1531	34.7%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	27.4	1112 of 1520	26.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.9	1123 of 1537	26.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	46.2	803 of 1543	48.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	36.4	992 of 1555	36.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	28.7	1154 of 1602	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	33.2	1020 of 1496	31.8%	★★☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

African American (2024)64th percentile+32 vs school

Special Education (2025)45th percentile+16 vs school

Male (2025)32nd percentile+4 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)31st percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)28th percentile~ school

White (2025)27th percentile~ school

Multi-racial (2024)27th percentile-5 vs school

Hispanic (2025)26th percentile-3 vs school

Asian (2024)23rd percentile-9 vs school

Female (2025)22nd percentile-7 vs school

Disabled (2022)18th percentile-16 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy35%-14 vs state

Mathematics20%-18 vs state

Science15%-18 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)		Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)				Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Herbert Hoover Middle	Public	7-8	800 East 26th St.	Merced	95340	Merced County	Merced City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 385-6631	629	21	29.6	87.3%	102 (16.2%)	19 (3.0%)	459 (73.0%)	19 (3.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	27 (4.3%)	25.8	1967^th of 2761 public middle schools	28.8%		28.2	1893^rd of 2783 public middle schools	32.0%	74	15.0	15.0		34.0	35.3	34.7		22.4	16.9	19.7	$16,927	$2,611	$14,316
Tenaya Middle	Public	7-8	760 West Eighth St.	Merced	95341	Merced County	Merced City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 385-6687	607	22	27.2	91.6%	21 (3.5%)	35 (5.8%)	504 (83.0%)	27 (4.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	18 (3.0%)	18.4	2299^th of 2761 public middle schools	16.7%		19.9	2264^th of 2783 public middle schools	18.6%	35	12.6	12.6		31.0	27.2	29.2		14.4	13.6	14.0	$18,018	$3,093	$14,925
Rudolph Rivera Middle	Public	7-8	945 Buena Vista Dr.	Merced	95348	Merced County	Merced City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 385-6680	608	21	28.7	81.7%	60 (9.9%)	45 (7.4%)	368 (60.5%)	106 (17.4%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	25 (4.1%)	26.5	1942^nd of 2761 public middle schools	29.7%		29.5	1829^th of 2783 public middle schools	34.3%	113	21.8	21.8		31.8	40.9	36.3		12.1	16.7	14.3	$17,480	$2,679	$14,801
Weaver Middle	Public	6-8	3076 East Childs Ave.	Merced	95341	Merced County	Weaver Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 723-2174	1,073	48	22.1	93.7%	83 (7.7%)	40 (3.7%)	744 (69.3%)	165 (15.4%)	3 (0.3%)	4 (0.4%)	33 (3.1%)	30.8	1804^th of 2761 public middle schools	34.7%		29.3	1842^nd of 2783 public middle schools	33.8%	38	17.3	17.3	34.0	35.5	27.8	32.5	24.6	29.6	28.1	27.3	$17,133	$2,743	$14,390
Herbert H. Cruickshank Middle	Public	7-8	601 Mercy Ave.	Merced	95340	Merced County	Merced City Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 385-6330	624	21	30.1	58.5%	112 (17.9%)	32 (5.1%)	360 (57.7%)	75 (12.0%)	7 (1.1%)	3 (0.5%)	35 (5.6%)	43	1391^st of 2761 public middle schools	49.6%		39	1508^th of 2783 public middle schools	45.8%	117	16.0	16.0		50.7	45.9	48.3		28.5	29.3	28.9	$16,205	$2,333	$13,872
Bellevue Senior Elementary	Public	7-8	1020 East Bellevue Rd.	Atwater	95301	Merced County	Atwater Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 357-6140	178	12	15.2	93.8%	8 (4.5%)	5 (2.8%)	161 (90.4%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.7%)	33.1	1712^th of 2761 public middle schools	38.0%		37.7	1538^th of 2783 public middle schools	44.7%	174	23.3	23.3		41.9	38.1	40.0		21.6	19.8	20.7	$13,834	$1,921	$11,913
Cesar E. Chavez Middle	Public	6-8	161 South Plainsburg Rd.	Planada	95365	Merced County	Planada Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 382-0768	305	17	17.4	89.8%	4 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	299 (98.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	42.4	1416^th of 2761 public middle schools	48.7%		45.5	1298^th of 2783 public middle schools	53.4%	118	30.1	30.1	40.8	52.5	41.3	44.9	19.8	27.0	29.0	25.1	$25,189	$19,459	$5,730
Mitchell Intermediate	Public	7-8	1753 Fifth St.	Atwater	95301	Merced County	Atwater Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 357-6124	744	31	23.8	75.9%	97 (13.0%)	15 (2.0%)	577 (77.6%)	37 (5.0%)	3 (0.4%)	3 (0.4%)	12 (1.6%)	38.9	1520^th of 2761 public middle schools	44.9%		43.6	1352^nd of 2783 public middle schools	51.4%	168	17.6	17.6		48.1	45.0	46.5		25.0	24.3	24.7	$16,502	$2,752	$13,750
Atwater Senior Academy	Public	6-8	1800 Juniper Ave.	Atwater	95301	Merced County	Atwater Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 357-6515	5	1	4.9		0 (0.0%)	2 (40.0%)	3 (60.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)						6.3				0.0	$38,536	$7,034	$31,502
Winton Middle	Public	6-8	6300 North Cypress Ave.	Winton	95388	Merced County	Winton	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 357-6189	579	25	22.7	92.1%	39 (6.7%)	4 (0.7%)	499 (86.2%)	33 (5.7%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	47.3	1256^th of 2761 public middle schools	54.5%		39.2	1492^nd of 2783 public middle schools	46.4%	236	27.2	27.2	47.4	39.4	52.1	46.3	30.2	27.6	34.9	30.9	$16,077	$1,255	$14,822

Frequently Asked Questions about Herbert Hoover Middle

What district is Herbert Hoover Middle in?

Merced City Elementary

How many students attend Herbert Hoover Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 629 students attended Herbert Hoover Middle.

Is Herbert Hoover Middle a good school?

Herbert Hoover Middle ranks 1967^th of 2761 California middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

What high school do graduates of Herbert Hoover Middle attend?

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

What is the racial makeup of Herbert Hoover Middle?

Students at Herbert Hoover Middle are 73% Hispanic, 16% White, 4% Two or more races, 3% African American, 3% Asian.

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