Cope Middle

Cope Middle is one of the sizable junior highs in Redlands, California, overseen by Redlands Unified, with 1,191 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 81% larger than the state mean of about 659.

Redlands Unified comprises 25 schools with combined enrollment of 19,105 students; Cope Middle is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Cope Middle lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 19% White, 13% Asian, 7% Black, 7% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Cope Middle has 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.4:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 63% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, San Bernardino County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Cope Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.8%; this one delivers 41.4%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for San Bernardino County indicate median household earnings sit near $85,478, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across San Bernardino County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students), Cope Middle is one campus in the mix.

Smiley Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cope Middle at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 47.7%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Cope Middle's enrollment has contracted 13% since 2018, when it stood at 1,374 (now 1,191). The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 40% to 52% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 24.6:1 in 2018 to 22.4:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.