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Hoover High School

4800 Aurora Ave, Des Moines, IA, 50310 -

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Definition of Terms

Hoover High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Polk County, IA

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1210 students

% Male / % Female

51% / 49%

Total Classroom Teachers

69 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 369 students

Grade 10 - 332 students

Grade 11 - 265 students

Grade 12 - 244 students

This School

(IA) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:18

1:14

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(IA) School Average

% American Indian	1%	1%
% Asian	4%	1%
% Hispanic	9%	3%
% Black	29%	2%
% White	58%	93%

Additional Student Information

This School

(IA) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

41%

19%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(IA) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Des Moines Independent Community School District

This School's Agency

(IA) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	64	3
Number of Students Managed	33,829 students	786 students
District Total Revenue	$343,144,000	$6,817,000
District Expenditure	$304,488,000	$6,367,000
District Revenue / Student	$10,143	$8,673
District Expenditure / Student	$9,001	$8,101
District Graduation Rates	80%	93%

Small fires reported at two Des Moines high schools (The Des Moines Register)
posted on November 3, 2009 at 02:34:05 pm
School administrators at Hoover High School and Lincoln High School in Des Moines are reporting cases of arson.
High court won’t hear case of girl, 11, who nearly drowned (The Des Moines Register)
posted on October 23, 2009 at 09:08:17 am
The Iowa Supreme Court has declined to hear the case of an 11-year-old who allegedly suffered permanent brain damage after she nearly drowned in a swimming pool at Des Moines’ Hoover High School.
Iowa court declines to hear case involving swimming incident (The Des Moines Register)
posted on October 22, 2009 at 07:06:30 pm
The Iowa Supreme Court has declined to hear the case of an 11-year-old who suffered permanent brain damage after she nearly drowned in the Des Moines Hoover High School swimming pool.
History class dumps books, gets personal (The Des Moines Register)
posted on September 28, 2009 at 09:18:02 am
Students in three Des Moines high schools have shelved their history books and now are learning about the past through firsthand accounts and primary documents.
Chase ends with teenagers’ car hitting light pole (The Des Moines Register)
posted on September 17, 2009 at 09:25:44 am
Four Des Moines high school students face charges after they allegedly led police on a high-speed chase that ended with their vehicle crashing into a light pole on the east side of downtown Wednesday afternoon.

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Herbert Hoover High School, usually referred to simply as Hoover High School or Hoover, is a secondary school located on the Northwest side of Des Moines, Iowa. It is one of five secondary schools under the district of the Des Moines Public Schools, and was named after the 31st United States president Herbert Hoover. The school sports team is called the Huskies.
Students
As of the 2005–2006 school year, there were 1,212 students enrolled at Hoover.
Enrollment Figures
Faculty
Chet Culver was an instructor and sports coach at Hoover High School and is now the governor of Iowa. Timm Pilcher is the advisor for the internationally award-winning newspaper, The Challenger. He is the current president of the Iowa High School Press Association. Chelsea Cunningham is the current Theater Arts and Play Production instructor. The principal is Doug Wheeler, 30, who previously served under Connie Cook as vice-principal. The band director is Randall E. Hoepker.
Extracurricular activities
Hoover High School's boys basketball team was undefeated, and won the state championship in the 2005/2006 school year. They also won the sportsmanship award.Jeremy Hellickson, a top prospect for the Tampa Bay Rays baseball team, attended the school.The girls' swimming team is known as the Marlins, unlike the other sports teams, which are the Huskies. When the school opened in 1967, the swimming team decided they wanted to be different, and the alternate name was born. Their main rival are the Roosevelt Roughriders.University of South Carolina prospect Linebacker Tom Craig played for the Hoover football team. On October 14, 2000, Hoover played South East Polk, Craig managed to sack NFL star Quarterback Kyle Orton 6 times- a school record that still stands. In the summer of 2001, Craig was on the USC summer camp and set to start the season at Strong Side Linebacker, but literally blew out his knee when a crazed X-Girlfriend shot him in the knee. He currently resides in Des Moines, Iowa
Curriculum
Starting the 2008-2009 school year Hoover will start a block schedule. Each day there with be four periods, about 80 minutes in length. This allows for a longer teaching time, and the student also receive a 45 minute lunch. The days are split into green and gold days, which alternate every other day for a total of 8 classes every two days.
Students are required to take at least three years of all core classes. PE is only required for four semesters. The district decides on how many credits a student must have to graduate.
See also
Des Moines Public Schools for other schools in the same district.
References
External links
Herbert Hoover High School Homepage
Challenger Online - Hoover's student run newspaper

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About This Zip Code (50310)

School Zip (50310)

(IA) State Average

Population (Approximate)

31,332 people

2,806,784 people

% (age 25+) w/College Degree

41%

22%

Population Average Age

36 years old

36 years old

Average Household size

2.3 persons

2.4 persons

Median Household Income

$46,095

$40,824

Avg. # of Rooms in Household

5.3 rooms

5.5 rooms

Median Age of Housing Structure

54 years old

50 years old

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Median Value of Housing Unit
Zipcode (50310)

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% Owning / % Renting

70% / 30%

71% / 29%

Nearby Schools:

1. Urbandale High School - 1127 students - 2.4 mi. away - view location
2. Roosevelt High School - 1587 students - 3.1 mi. away - view location
3. Smouse Opportunity School - 421 students - 3.4 mi. away - view location
4. North High School - 1156 students - 3.4 mi. away - view location
5. Bridges - 25 students - 3.4 mi. away - view location

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