📍 3501 Country Club Dr., Lakewood, Los Angeles County, 90712
Hoover Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Lakewood, Los Angeles County. The school has 538 pupils enrolled. The Principal is David Costa. It is part of the Long Beach Unified school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 24.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 21.9:1.
Hoover Middle enrolls 538 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 24.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 21.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 57% Hispanic or Latino, 24% Black or African American and 11% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 305 | 57% |
| Black or African American | 131 | 24% |
| Asian | 57 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 21 | 3.9% |
| White | 16 | 3% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 7 | 1.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
336 of the school's 538 students (62%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Hoover Middle is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Hoover Middle is one of 84 schools in Long Beach Unified, based in Long Beach, California. The district serves 62,644 students district-wide and employs 2,733 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 538 students, Hoover Middle is smaller than the district average of about 746 students per school.