Middle · Maryland
Herbert Hoover Middle
Herbert Hoover Middle, a public middle school in Potomac, Maryland: grades 6–8, 930 students, 16.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Montgomery County Public Schools.
Size and class size
Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 930
- Teachers (FTE)
- 56.2
- Students per teacher
- 16.5
- Grades
- 6–8
- Middle
More students per teacher than 86% of middle schools in Maryland
Median 14.4 · 228 schools compared
More students per teacher than 67% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Larger than 75% of middle schools in Maryland
Median 777 · 228 schools compared
Larger than 87% of middle schools in the US
Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Maryland's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Maryland: 49%88%proficient
+5.3 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 100% of middle schools in Maryland
Median 50% · 227 middle schools compared
924 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · MCAP; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Maryland: 28%47%proficient
+1.6 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 96% of middle schools in Maryland
Median 15% · 227 middle schools compared
455 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · MCAP; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Middle · Grades 6–8
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Area
- Large suburb
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Montgomery County Public Schools.
Location
- Address
- 8810 Post Oak Rd, Potomac, MD 20854
- Phone
- (301)968-3740
- City or town
- Potomac
- County
- Montgomery County
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6–8 | 983 | 16.5 | 82% | 46% | |
| 6–8 | 915 | 16.1 | 82% | 38% | |
| 6–8 | 1,365 | 15.5 | 60% | 25% | |
| 6–8 | 1,112 | 16.4 | 68% | 30% | |
| 6–8 | 1,224 | 17.1 | 78% | 43% | |
| 6–8 | 1,259 | 16.8 | 88% | 56% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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