The top reported proficiency rate is 38% in Math. The lowest is 22% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Hoover Es
Hoover Elementary School serves students from prekindergarten through fifth grade in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, as part of the Bartlesville Public Schools district. The school is located on the southeast side of the city, a community shaped by the oil and gas industry that is home to Phillips 66 and ConocoPhillips. Hoover is one of six elementary schools in the district.
The school’s academic picture comes from the Oklahoma School Testing Program, the state’s annual assessments. Across the grades that were tested, math proficiency was notably stronger than reading. In third grade, roughly one-third of students scored proficient or above in math, with the share rising through fourth and fifth grades. In English language arts, the results were lower: about one-fifth of third graders and one-quarter of fourth graders met the proficient mark, while fifth grade reading results were suppressed in the public data. Science results for fifth graders were similarly suppressed, likely due to small group size reporting rules. The state recently adjusted the test’s cut scores, which means direct year-over-year comparisons are not reliable. Even so, when Hoover is measured against other schools in Washington County using a combined proficiency index across all tested subjects and grades, it lands in the top quartile. That means its overall test results tend to run higher than most of its neighborhood peers.
The school enrolls about four hundred fifty students. The student body is racially and ethnically diverse. Roughly half of students identify as white, about one-fifth identify as two or more races, and about fifteen percent identify as Hispanic. Smaller shares of students are American Indian, Asian, Black, or Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander. Data on the number of students who qualify for free or reduced-price meals was not available, nor were counts of students with disabilities or English learners, so those support contexts are not part of this profile.
Hoover sits within a district that has made recent capital investments. In early 2022, Bartlesville voters approved a bond issue that funds facility upgrades, technology, transportation, and classroom resources across the district. The district has since opened a new middle school building at Madison and completed additions and renovations at Central Middle School. Those investments signal a community that is willing to put money into its school infrastructure.
Bartlesville itself is a regional hub in northeast Oklahoma with an economy tied to the energy sector. The city has seen modest population growth and recently attracted a lithium-ion battery recycling plant to its industrial park. Home values in the area sit near the Oklahoma median, and rents are manageable relative to local incomes. The city’s downtown includes architectural landmarks such as the Frank Lloyd Wright–designed Price Tower, and the Pathfinder Parkway trail system runs along the Caney River, providing outdoor recreation. Rogers State University has a branch campus downtown, and Oklahoma Wesleyan University is also in town, adding a higher education presence.
For a parent considering Hoover Elementary, the school offers a math program that outperforms most county peers, set within a district that has secured funding for newer facilities. The reading and language arts scores are a softer area, and a parent may want to ask the school about intervention strategies and literacy support, especially since the fifth grade results are not visible in the public data. The school serves a wide range of families across the preK to fifth grade span, and the community provides a stable economic base with a mix of industrial and cultural assets.
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