Cooper Middle

Cooper Middle is one of the modestly sized junior highs in Fresno, California, part of Fresno Unified, with 538 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

Fresno Unified comprises 100 schools with combined enrollment of 67,873 students; Cooper Middle is among them.

In terms of who attends, Cooper Middle records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 78% of enrollment; the rest reads as 7% Black, 7% White, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. Roughly 86% of students at Cooper Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Fresno County's rate of about 75%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Cooper Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 28.2%; this one delivers 30.5%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Fresno County) shows that median household income runs about $74,201, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, Fresno County runs 368 public schools (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students), of which Cooper Middle is one.

Wilson Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cooper Middle. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cooper Middle at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 23.5%.

Cooper Middle operates from a city-core location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 9%: 591 students in 2018 compared to 538 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 23.6:1 in 2018 to 18.3:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.