Summary
Mollie B Hoover Elementary School is a grades 4–5 school serving 375 students in Crawfordsville, Indiana, part of Crawfordsville Community Schools, where 65.6% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, per-student spending is $11,883, the student-teacher ratio is 14:1, and chronic absenteeism stands at 8.7%.
Academically, the school outperforms its district: in 2025–26 ILEARN results, 40.71% of students were proficient in English language arts versus 35.97% district-wide, 47.06% in math versus 36.92%, and 45.18% in science versus 38.82%. Its state rank rose to 443 of 1,015 (56th percentile, 3 stars), up from 577 of 1,005 (43rd percentile, 2 stars). But results split sharply by grade: fourth graders are at or above state levels in ELA (48.19% vs 42.2%), math (53.01% vs 52%), and science (45.18% vs 43.8%), while fifth graders lag in ELA (33.53% vs 42.2%), math slightly (41.38% vs 42%), and social studies (42.77% vs 47.2%) — the school's clearest weak spot.
Compared with nearby schools in other districts, Mollie generally trails in ELA and math — Sugar Creek posted 66.1% and 78.81%, Ladoga 61.11% and 72.22%, and Pleasant Hill 66.39% and 71.31% — though Mollie's 65.6% poverty rate is higher than all of them. Attendance is a standout strength: 8.7% chronic absenteeism is below the district's 11.9% and the state's 16.7%, better than every nearby school except Lester B Sommer (7.0%). Within Crawfordsville, Mollie outperforms Meredith Nicholson (24.62% ELA, 41.03% math) and has far lower absenteeism than Laura Hose (20.0%) and Meredith (14.6%).
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