Hoover Elementary, Stockton CA - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Hoover Elementary

Hoover Elementary serves kindergarten through eighth grade in Stockton, a large inland city in California's San Joaquin Valley. The school enrolls roughly the size you'd expect for a full K-8 school in an urban area, with the enrollment spread fairly evenly across grades, though the lower elementary grades are somewhat larger. About two-thirds of the student body is Hispanic, with substantial shares of Black, Asian, and white students; a smaller number identify as Asian, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, or multiracial. A substantial majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which speaks to the economic profile of the neighborhood and families the school serves.

The academic performance picture is consistently low across tested subjects and grade levels. On California's state assessment in English language arts, proficiency rates range from roughly one in five students in the earlier grades to about one in ten in the eighth grade. Math proficiency is similarly low, ranging from about one in four in fourth grade to roughly one in twenty in eighth grade. Science results in fifth and eighth grade are also very low, around one in five and one in ten respectively. Across all tested grades and subjects, the school's overall proficiency rate sits in the bottom quartile relative to other schools in San Joaquin County. A parent may want to look into this further with the school to understand what support systems are in place, what interventions are underway, and what the school's own trajectory and efforts look like.

State testing data reach back only to 2024-25, so year-over-year trend information is not available. An older data point from 2012-13 in social studies showed similarly low proficiency, which might suggest this is a longstanding pattern rather than a recent decline, though without intervening years you cannot know what happened in between.

Stockton Unified, the district, has adopted the SIPPS reading program district-wide and credits it with gains in early-grade reading, particularly in kindergarten through second grade. The district also adopted a 2024-2027 strategic plan with equity-focused goals around raising academic achievement, supporting students with disabilities, and creating conditions for Black students to thrive, informed by a district equity audit. Beginning in 2025-26, the district implemented a new cell phone policy during the school day. The district also passed Measure C, a general obligation bond for facility upgrades, with the first issuance of funds in 2025, which means ongoing property tax obligations for district homeowners but also long-term infrastructure support.

Housing in the Stockton area is priced moderately below state benchmarks, and rents are considerably lower than much of coastal California, which continues to draw families and commuters from higher-cost regions. The city has undertaken downtown walkability and bikeability improvements and is actively developing new affordable housing downtown. Stockton's economy is anchored by transportation and logistics (including multiple Amazon fulfillment centers), healthcare, agriculture, government, and education.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 326%

School 26% · District 27% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 17 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Grade 435%

School 35% · District 21% · ▲ 14 pts above district

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

Grade 520%

School 20% · District 14% · ▲ 7 pts above district

▼ 10 pts below state median · even with county median

Grade 624%

School 24% · District 17% · ▲ 7 pts above district

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Grade 77%

School 7% · District 19% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 23 pts below state median · ▼ 15 pts below county median

Grade 85%

School 5% · District 19% · ▼ 14 pts below district

▼ 23 pts below state median · ▼ 17 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 319%

School 19% · District 24% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▼ 22 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

Grade 425%

School 25% · District 24%

▼ 18 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Grade 518%

School 18% · District 25% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▼ 27 pts below state median · ▼ 15 pts below county median

Grade 624%

School 24% · District 28% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▼ 19 pts below state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

Grade 720%

School 20% · District 31% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 26 pts below state median · ▼ 17 pts below county median

Grade 811%

School 11% · District 34% · ▼ 23 pts below district

▼ 33 pts below state median · ▼ 28 pts below county median

Science

Grade 518%

School 18% · District 15% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▼ 10 pts below state median · even with county median

Grade 810%

School 10% · District 15% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 822%

School 22% · District 23% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 27 pts below state median · ▼ 16 pts below county median

This schoolStockton Unified, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income18%Higher-income25%8 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income9%Higher-income18%9 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income30%Higher-income12%18 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income7%Higher-income0%6 pp gap