Summary
Hoover Elementary is a PK–5 school with 335 students located at 12705 W Euclid Ave in New Berlin, Wisconsin — though it belongs to the West Allis-West Milwaukee School District rather than the surrounding New Berlin School District. In 2025–2026, Hoover Elementary ranked 667th of 1,039 elementary schools in Wisconsin — 36th percentile, 2 stars. That is an improvement over the 19th–27th percentile, 1-star results it posted from 2020–2021 through 2024–2025, but still well below its 2018–2019 standing of 287th of 1,037 (72nd percentile, 4 stars).
Performance varies sharply by grade. Hoover's 4th graders scored above the state in ELA, math, social studies, and science, and topped same-district peers such as Walker Elementary, Franklin Elementary, and Irving Elementary in 4th-grade ELA, social studies, and science. Third and fifth grades are the opposite: 3rd-grade math proficiency was 28.21% and 5th-grade math 26.83%, both well below district and state and the lowest among nearby same-district schools. Chronic absenteeism was 11.2% in 2024–2025, better than the district's 19.5% and the state's 17.3%, though higher than Mitchell Elementary (3.9%) and higher than schools in the New Berlin School District and Whitnall School District, which ranged from 1.2% to 3.9%.
About 56.1% of Hoover students qualify for free/reduced lunch, compared with 9.6%–25.9% at nearby schools such as Poplar Creek Elementary, Ronald Reagan Elementary, Orchard Lane Elementary, and Edgerton Elementary. Hoover spends $15,777 per student with a 13.2:1 student-teacher ratio — more funding and smaller classes than several of those schools — so resources alone do not explain the proficiency gap. Low-income students (20th–30th percentile) and special education students (28th–30th percentile) rank below the statewide median. Overall, Hoover is recovering and its 4th grade is a genuine strength, but early-grade math, 5th-grade math, and equity gaps remain the biggest priorities.
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