Hoover City Schools present data showing districtwide academic gains, rank among districts recovering from COVID setbacks
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Assistant Superintendent Chris Robbins reported a district report card score of 95 A and presented fall iReady and Education Recovery Scorecard data showing gains in reading and math; Hoover was listed among roughly 102 U.S. districts that recovered in both subjects, the presentation noted.
Assistant Superintendent for Instruction Chris Robbins told the Hoover City Schools Board of Education that the district’s state report card and diagnostic measures indicate strong academic performance across elementary and middle schools.
Robbins said the district’s consolidated state report card score is 95 A, noting that 12 of 16 schools scored 95 or higher and several schools received 99 or 100 ratings. He listed individual school state report-card results, including Bluff Park Elementary (99 A), Rocky Ridge (95 A) and Hoover High School (84 B), and said Spain Park High School earned a 90 A on its scorecard.
Robbins explained the fall iReady diagnostic, used as a baseline for kindergarten through eighth grade, showed modest gains compared with the prior year: reading proficiency rose to 67 percent and math to 70 percent, he said. He added that students identified for intervention decreased in reading to 13 percent and remained at 13 percent in math, emphasizing that midyear diagnostics allow staff to target supports in real time.
Robbins also cited the Education Recovery Scorecard (a multi-district analysis that drew on national assessment data), saying the 2025 update found the average U.S. student remained about half a year behind 2019 learning levels. He said Hoover City Schools is among roughly 102 districts nationally the study identified as having recovered in both reading and math from the COVID-era declines and that Hoover ranked in the top third among those districts on proficiency measures.
Board members asked clarifying questions about how high-school scores are calculated and how the district will address subgroup growth (including English learners). Robbins said the district plans focused efforts on EL growth and secondary math (grades 6–12) and noted consistency across measures—ACAP, iReady and the Education Recovery Scorecard—gave staff confidence in the trends.
Robbins closed by thanking teachers, interventionists and administrators and said the district will continue to refine supports based on ongoing diagnostics. The board offered praise for district leadership and staff and the meeting moved to closing remarks.