Cooper Elementary

As a well-populated elementary-level community in Vacaville, California, Cooper Elementary hosts 710 students from grades K through 6, operated by Vacaville Unified. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Cooper Elementary sits 53% bigger than that benchmark.

Within Vacaville Unified, which oversees 17 schools and 12,690 students, Cooper Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Cooper Elementary shows that the largest single group is White at 35%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 31% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, 10% Asian, 6% Black. Compared to Solano County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Cooper Elementary has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.2:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 52% of students at Cooper Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Cooper Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.5%; this one delivers 44.2%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Solano County indicate median household income runs about $100,401, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Solano County's 110 public schools (combined enrollment of about 60,765 students), Cooper Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Vaca Pena Middle, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Cooper Elementary comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 33.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cooper Elementary has edged down 15%, going from 837 students in 2018 to 710 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 42% to 35%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 25.1:1 in 2018 to 22.2:1 today.

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