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Hoover Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-5
1566th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,737 Illinois Elementary Schools
Better than 10% of Illinois elementary schools
Summary

Hoover Elementary School in Calumet City serves prekindergarten through grade 5 and enrolls 571 students. In 2025–2026, 37% of students were proficient in English Language Arts (ELA) and 18% in Math. Math is a relative strength compared with the district, but the most important finding is that both subjects remain well below state proficiency: Hoover trailed Illinois by 19 points in ELA and 22 points in Math.

Compared with its district, Hoover-Schrum Memorial School District 157, Hoover scored lower in ELA (37% versus 42%) but higher in Math (18% versus 14%). Its strongest nearby grade-level comparison was grade 5 ELA: Hoover’s 41.5% was close to the 42.2% average for six nearby schools with results. Grade 4 Math was a weaker comparison: Hoover scored 20.6%, below the nearby average of 25.9% and the state’s 42%. Chronic absenteeism was 28%, above the state’s 24% and just below the district’s 29%.

Scores have risen since 2023–2024: ELA increased by 16 percentage points to 37%, and Math by 13 points to 18%; the state gaps narrowed slightly over that period but remain substantial. SchoolDigger places Hoover at the 10th percentile with zero stars, the third-lowest percentile among seven nearby schools with rankings; only Wentworth Intermediate School and Caroline Sibley Elementary School rank lower. Hoover’s 2024–2025 student-teacher ratio was 14.2, below the nearby average of 17.2. Its 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible rate was 35%, between Wilson Elementary School at 16% and Wentworth at 63%. One notable SchoolDigger subgroup shift is that the English Language Learner Students percentile fell from 68 in 2022–2023 to 9 in 2024–2025, indicating a sharp decline in the school’s standing for how well it serves that group. Hoover’s grade 5 Math score is suppressed, so it cannot be compared.

571
Students ?
14.2
Student/teacher ratio ?
$19,218
Per pupil spending ?
35.0%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
98.5%
Measles protection (all grades) (2025-26)
 1260 Superior Ave
       Calumet City, IL  60409-5731

(708) 862-4230

District: Hoover-Schrum Memorial School District 157


Students who attend Hoover Elementary School usually attend:

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

African American:
71.1%
Hispanic:
25.7%
Two or more races:
1.9%
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At a glance
▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 12th percentile in 2015 → 10th in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Illinois average (26% vs 48% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (10th percentile)
!Science scores 25 pts below the Illinois average
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school26%
District avg26%
Illinois avg48%
1,566th of 1,737
Illinois public elementary schools ?
Bottom 10%▲ up 8 pts since 2016
From bottom 2% (2016) to bottom 10% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
718th of 738Hoover-Schrum Memorial School District 157 among Illinois 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

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202611.91566 of 17379.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202512.01876 of 20568.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202420.61663 of 206719.5%★☆☆☆☆
202322.51588 of 207723.5%★☆☆☆☆
202223.41552 of 208225.5%★☆☆☆☆
201913.41922 of 20867.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201810.71946 of 20374.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20177.92019 of 20441.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20168.82006 of 20462.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201515.81816 of 205211.5%★☆☆☆☆
201415.71837 of 209312.2%★☆☆☆☆
20138.92045 of 21675.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201213.41970 of 21669.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20114.92091 of 21472.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201014.31915 of 213910.5%★☆☆☆☆
200921.01782 of 212015.9%★☆☆☆☆
200831.71595 of 209223.8%★☆☆☆☆
200725.71745 of 209516.7%★☆☆☆☆
200632.41635 of 208621.6%★☆☆☆☆
200515.01780 of 202212.0%★☆☆☆☆
200420.11706 of 203016.0%★☆☆☆☆
200313.11743 of 202013.7%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202628.8118 of 15423.4%★☆☆☆☆
202532.9475 of 68831.0%★★☆☆☆
202444.6323 of 65550.7%★★★☆☆
202350.9253 of 69263.4%★★★☆☆
202257.5194 of 68471.6%★★★★☆
201931.4509 of 71128.4%★☆☆☆☆
201828.6536 of 69823.2%★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202517.0995 of 10495.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202419.8841 of 8865.1%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202522.0715 of 7889.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202432.3605 of 82626.8%★☆☆☆☆
202353.7255 of 78867.6%★★★☆☆
202253.9250 of 76867.4%★★★☆☆
201941.8420 of 74343.5%★★☆☆☆
201841.1407 of 71843.3%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202510.11840 of 19425.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202423.01507 of 194222.4%★☆☆☆☆
202323.51492 of 195723.8%★☆☆☆☆
202226.21420 of 197027.9%★☆☆☆☆
201913.71857 of 20198.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201811.01877 of 19644.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202525.6785 of 98220.1%★☆☆☆☆
202432.1664 of 95930.8%★★☆☆☆
202347.2460 of 97052.6%★★★☆☆
202239.6552 of 95442.1%★★☆☆☆
201925.9782 of 95518.1%★☆☆☆☆
201820.9842 of 93810.2%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202520.91545 of 180014.2%★☆☆☆☆
202431.61275 of 179328.9%★☆☆☆☆
202337.81100 of 180839.2%★★☆☆☆
202239.61028 of 176341.7%★★☆☆☆
201922.21591 of 181612.4%★☆☆☆☆
201817.41645 of 17656.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
20268.41248 of 13114.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202515.11697 of 194712.8%★☆☆☆☆
202419.31601 of 195918.3%★☆☆☆☆
202324.31472 of 198425.8%★☆☆☆☆
202221.91534 of 197722.4%★☆☆☆☆
201917.31756 of 201913.0%★☆☆☆☆
201812.11869 of 19725.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankIllinois percentileRating
202516.21178 of 12928.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202415.71161 of 11952.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202326.2889 of 115623.1%★☆☆☆☆
202240.0554 of 111350.2%★★★☆☆
201922.01079 of 11949.6%☆☆☆☆☆
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 (2026)23rd percentile+14 vs school
Hispanic (2025)20th percentile+11 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)14th percentile+5 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)9th percentile~ school
Special Education (2025)9th percentile~ school
Female (2025)5th percentile-4 vs school
Disabled (2025)5th percentile-4 vs school
Male (2026)5th percentile-5 vs school
By subject vs Illinois (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts37%-19 vs state
Science22%-25 vs state
Mathematics18%-22 vs state

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Frequently Asked Questions about Hoover Elementary School

In the 2024-25 school year, 571 students attended Hoover Elementary School.

Hoover Elementary School ranks in the bottom 9.8% of Illinois elementary schools.

Students who attend Hoover Elementary School usually go on to attend:

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

Students at Hoover Elementary School are 71% African American, 26% Hispanic, 2% Two or more races.

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Latest Illinois data All new data »
2025–26 school spending dataOct 30, 2026
2025–26 attendance data, dropout rates & graduation ratesOct 30, 2026
2025–26 ACT, IAR, ISA & PreACT Secure test scoresOct 30, 2026
2013–14 through 2025–26 immunization rates (updated)Oct 19, 2026


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of Education.

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