Cocopah Middle School

Cocopah Middle School, a well-populated middle school in SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, overseen by Scottsdale Unified District (4240), serves 861 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Arizona's public schools average about 494 students each, so Cocopah Middle School sits 74% above that benchmark.

Scottsdale Unified District (4240) comprises 30 schools with combined enrollment of 20,682 students; Cocopah Middle School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Cocopah Middle School records that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment. Other groups include 12% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Maricopa County as a whole is about 59% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Cocopah Middle School records 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.6:1. The state averages around 17.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Maricopa County indicate median household earnings sit near $89,300, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Maricopa County runs 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), of which Cocopah Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Sequoya Elementary School, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Cocopah Middle School operates from a city-core location.

Five-year trend. Cocopah Middle School's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 881 (now 861). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 82% to 76%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 21.8:1 in 2018 to 19.6:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Cocopah Middle School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.