Robert C. Cooley Middle

As a high-enrollment junior high in Roseville, California, Robert C. Cooley Middle educates 1,149 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within Roseville City Elementary. Enrollment runs roughly 74% bigger than the state mean of about 659.

Across the 21 schools in Roseville City Elementary (12,306 students total), Robert C. Cooley Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Robert C. Cooley Middle shows that 46% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest is composed of 20% Hispanic, 19% Asian, 10% multiracial, 4% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Robert C. Cooley Middle higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 36% of students at Robert C. Cooley Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Robert C. Cooley Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.2%; this one delivers 55.5%.

Across the wider county, census data for Placer County shows median household earnings sit near $115,998, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Placer County's 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 70,590 students), Robert C. Cooley Middle is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Blue Oaks Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Robert C. Cooley Middle at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 58.6%.

Robert C. Cooley Middle operates from a metropolitan location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 28%: 897 students in 2018 compared to 1,149 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment grew from 9% to 19% over that span.

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