Herbert Hoover High: 36% of kids clear the bar — ahead of the state's 36%. But suspensions run 2× the state rate.
Herbert Hoover posts 36% meeting the standard, against 36% across the state. The number below is the one to ask about on a visit.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Grad rate | College readiness | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 41 | 11% | 36% | 91.0% | 37.1% | 36.8% | 7.6% |
| CA average · High School | 44 | 16% | 36% | 87.6% | 35.4% | 30.2% | 3.6% |
Herbert Hoover High scores 41 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 40th percentile of 2,160 California high schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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🌱 Building Momentum — This label means the data doesn't clearly sort the school one way or the other — ask what the school is proud of, and what it's working on.
Most rating sites would stop at “36% proficient” and call it done. Herbert Hoover deserves a closer read. The school sits in Fresno, where four in five students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
Herbert Hoover's low-income kids hit 56.6% proficiency in ELA — a number the same group reaches at 38.2% statewide. If you're trying to read past zip-code-driven test scores, that's the signal worth weighing.
The seven-year arc
Has stayed near the 40th percentile since 2019.
The pandemic drop is behind this school: 36% of students meet the standard today, above the 33% who did in 2019.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 11 | 53% | 38% | 45% | 35% | 57% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 11 | 12% | 7% | 10% | 10% | 15% |
The story this school is actually telling
of students met or exceeded the standard, versus 35.7% statewide.
of students were suspended, versus 3.6% statewide — the data can't say why.
Of 100 students here: 36 are proficient by 11th grade → 91 graduate → 37 pass an AP exam. The gaps between those bars are the questions to ask.
Herbert Hoover's most underrated number
56.6% of low-income students met the ELA standard — versus 38.2% for the same group statewide. That's the strongest kind of signal a school can post: it holds across income lines.
The 7 things our score weighs
Ask about the discipline philosophy and what a typical suspension is for. Numbers can't tell you whether a campus feels strict or chaotic — a visit can.
- Ask how the school follows up when a student starts missing days — chronic absence often starts outside the classroom, not inside it.
- Ask what typically leads to a suspension, and what happens before it gets there.
- Ask whether extra support — tutoring, counseling, small groups — reaches kids across income lines, not just the students already ahead.
- Ask what share of students complete the full college-prep course sequence, and who gets steered into it.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
- Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
How every group of students does here
At Herbert Hoover High in Fresno, 56.6% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 34.0% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Herbert Hoover High outperforms its district average for low-income students by 22.7 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (14.6% Math proficient); Hispanic students (56.6% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 42.5 percentage points for english learner students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 407 students tested.
6 of 16 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.
Showing up, and staying in class
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
Feeder patterns derived from NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries are approximate and may have changed — verify with your school district for current assignments.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
$1,542 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.
The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
On the state's science test (CAST), 20% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
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Your other options
Nearby High Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 63
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 59
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
A low score doesn't tell the whole story. Read: Your School Scored Low — Here's What That Actually Means
Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 11 | 485 | 18% | 39% | 21% | 22% | 57% | +10 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 11 | 483 | 4% | 11% | 28% | 57% | 15% | −8 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 503 | 2% | 18% | 68% | 12% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 407 | 56.6% | +23 | +18 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 295 | 56.6% | +21 | +18 |
| Asian | 76 | 60.5% | +16 | −14 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herbert Hoover High ← | — | 41 | 11.3% | 36.1% | — | 7.6% |
| University High | 1.4 mi | 90 | 55.5% | 86.7% | — | 0.4% |
| Erma Duncan Polytechnical High | 2.5 mi | 51 | 14.2% | 41.4% | — | 2.7% |
| Bullard High | 2.1 mi | 47 | 13.9% | 35.2% | — | 7.4% |
| California average | — | 44 | 15.8% | 35.7% | — | 3.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 44 | 43 | #1158 | 10.5% | 32.6% | 19.6% | 9.1% | — |
| 2022 | 38 | 36 | #1344 | 6.5% | 22.3% | 49.4% | 7.6% | — |
| 2023 | 39 | 39 | #1304 | 6.8% | 27.6% | 36.5% | 7.8% | — |
| 2024 | 38 | 35 | #1391 | 6.0% | 22.6% | 34.6% | 8.7% | — |
| 2025 | 41 | 40 | #1298 | 11.3% | 36.1% | 36.8% | 7.6% | — |
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 23.1% | 39.6% | +16.5pp |
| Male | 16.3% | 34.4% | +18.1pp |
| Asian | 9.1% | 26.9% | +17.8pp |
| Black/African American | 25.5% | 39.5% | +14.0pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 18.6% | 37.4% | +18.8pp |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 20.0% | 50.0% | +30.0pp |
| Pacific Islander | 7.7% | — | — |
| Two or More Races | 28.3% | 60.0% | +31.7pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 26.5% | 41.8% | +15.3pp |
| English Learners | 6.9% | 34.2% | +27.3pp |
| Foster Youth | 44.0% | 44.9% | +0.9pp |
| Homeless | 44.6% | 70.6% | +26.0pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 20.7% | 38.8% | +18.1pp |
| All Students | 19.3% | 37.0% | +17.7pp |
| Military-Connected | — | 27.3% | — |
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