Cooper Middle School

Located at 4605 Ewing Rd, in Austell, Georgia, Cooper Middle School is a reasonably sized middle-grades school that enrolls 1,000 students (grades 6 through 8), run under Cobb County. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 763 students each, so Cooper Middle School sits 31% bigger than that benchmark.

Cobb County runs 110 schools in total, collectively educating 105,738 students. Cooper Middle School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Cooper Middle School reports that the largest single group is Black, at 64% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 26% Hispanic, 5% White, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 27% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.1:1 average. About 92% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Cobb County's rate of about 53%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Cooper Middle School sits in the top 10% of Georgia schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 30.0%; actual is 48.8%, +18.9 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, census data for Cobb County shows median household income runs about $102,738, 51% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Cooper Middle School is one of 129 public schools in Cobb County (combined enrollment of about 116,609 students).

The closest other public school is Clarkdale Elementary School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Cooper Middle School comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 34.9%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 3%: 1,033 students in 2018 compared to 1,000 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 18% to 26% over that span.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.