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Enrollment
1,520
Elementary
DISTRICT 956 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GWINNETT COUNTY·NCES 130255002901
Cooper Elementary School
555 Ozora Rd, Loganville, GA 30052 · (770) 554-7050 · Gwinnett County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,520 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
113 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
876 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 74%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 29 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 209 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 225 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 248 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 251 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 294 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 264 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (209) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (264).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on published attendance-zone data from Gwinnett County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
48.2%
GA avg 40.1% . -5.3pp since 2021
Math
54.4%
GA avg 44.6% . +2.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.2% | 54.4% |
| 2023-24 | 48.1% | 53.0% |
| 2022-23 | 49.4% | 54.5% |
| 2021-22 | 53.5% | 52.2% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
50.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.6%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Georgia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Cooper Elementary School
Cooper Elementary School's state test result (50.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooper Elementary School this school | 1,520 | 57.6% | 50.8% |
| Trip Elementary School Grayson | 1,589 | 59.9% | 60.8% |
| Godley Station School Savannah | 1,585 | 60.8% | 37.1% |
| Harbins Elementary School Dacula | 1,320 | 55.6% | 48.4% |
| Grayson Elementary School Grayson | 1,095 | 56.3% | 57.1% |
| Nickajack Elementary School Smyrna | 1,260 | 43.7% | 45.6% |
Matched among Georgia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Cooper Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Gwinnett County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.8% | #337 of 1,208 | #38 of 84 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.4% | #333 of 1,215 ▲ 36 | #36 of 84 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.2% | #301 of 1,215 ▲ 59 | #32 of 84 ▲ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.5pp | #317 of 1,183 | #37 of 83 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,520 | #6 of 1,324 | #3 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #663 of 1,301 | #66 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.4% | #577 of 1,301 | #64 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.6% | #967 of 1,312 | #53 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.8% | #241 of 386 | #21 of 31 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,520
+116 (+8%) vs 2020
+29% since 2010-11, when it was 1,176
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 15.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,520 | 113 | 13.4:1 | 58% (876) |
| 2023-24 | 1,509 | 111 | 13.6:1 | 58% (876) |
| 2022-23 | 1,447 | 99.5 | 14.5:1 | 50% (728) |
| 2020-21 | 1,404 | 90 | 15.6:1 | 37% (525) |
| 2017-18 | 1,423 | 74.5 | 19.1:1 | 37% (525) |
| 2015-16 | 1,207 | 67 | 18.0:1 | 35% (424) |
| 2010-11 | 1,176 | 72 | 16.3:1 | 31% (366) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cooper Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (1,423 to 1,520); teachers up 52% (74.5 to 113).
About Cooper Elementary School
Cooper Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school serving families in Loganville, Georgia. It enrolls 1,520 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5. That is 151% larger than the average of about 605 students for elementary schools in Georgia.
Enrollment across the 141 schools in Gwinnett County totals 182,518 students.
At Cooper Elementary School, 61% of students are Black. The remaining students are 16% White, 13% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Census figures show Gwinnett County is about 28% Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 57%.
The school had 113 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 13.4:1. The ratio is within a point of the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 58%. Public schools in Gwinnett County average a similar 60%.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Cooper Elementary School would score about 47.6%. It scores 50.8%, 3.2 points above that figure.
Looking at the county, Gwinnett County, the median household earns about $87,890 a year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Gwinnett County has 150 public schools with about 196,924 students, including Cooper Elementary School.
Cooper Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is McConnell Middle School, about 0.3 miles away. The five-mile area around Cooper Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Cooper Elementary School ranks 7th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 50.8% against a local average of 56.8%.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 1,404 students in 2020-21, enrollment increased to 1,520 by 2024-25. The school's ratio dropped from 15.6:1 to 13.4:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Gwinnett County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
979,864
Census ACS
Median income
$87,890
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
150
196,924 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Gwinnett County
- Brookwood High SchoolHigh · 3,803 students
- Grayson High SchoolHigh · 3,627 students
- Parkview High SchoolHigh · 3,216 students
- Peachtree Ridge High SchoolHigh · 3,155 students
- Archer High SchoolHigh · 3,058 students
- North Gwinnett High SchoolHigh · 3,033 students
Other schools in Loganville
- Grayson High SchoolHigh · 3,627 students
- McConnell Middle SchoolMiddle · 2,009 students
- Loganville High SchoolHigh · 1,911 students
- Walnut Grove High SchoolHigh · 1,511 students
- Loganville Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,320 students
- Magill Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,259 students
Other Cooper Elementary schools
11 other US public schools in 9 states are named Cooper Elementary. Cooper Elementary School is the largest of the 12.
- Cooper ElementaryVacaville, CA · 710 students
- COOPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBELLA VISTA, AR · 628 students
- Cooper Elementary SchoolTulsa, OK · 516 students
- Cooper Elementary SchoolCOOPER, TX · 490 students
- Cooper ElementaryMilwaukee, WI · 447 students
Nearby schools
- McConnell Middle School0.3 mi · 2,009
- Grayson High School1.7 mi · 3,627
- Archer High School2.1 mi · 3,058
- Lovin Elementary School2.2 mi · 856
- Grayson Elementary School2.5 mi · 1,095
- Bay Creek Middle School3.0 mi · 1,510
Frequently asked questions
About Cooper Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Cooper Elementary School?
Cooper Elementary School enrolls approximately 1,520 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Cooper Elementary School serve?
Cooper Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Cooper Elementary School?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Cooper Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Cooper Elementary School?
Student demographics at Cooper Elementary School are roughly 16% White, 13% Hispanic, 61% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Cooper Elementary School in?
Cooper Elementary School is part of Gwinnett County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.