Cooper Middle School

Located at 1050 Plum Grove Cir, in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, Cooper Middle School is a sizable junior high that caters to 732 students (grades 6 through 8), operated by Wheeling CCSD 21. Compared to the state average of about 462 students per school, that is 58% bigger than typical.

Wheeling CCSD 21 comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 6,298 students; Cooper Middle School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Cooper Middle School logs that the largest single group is White, at 60% of enrollment. Other groups include 24% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 3% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 44% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Cooper Middle School lists 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.9:1. The state averages about 13.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 56% of students at Cooper Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Cooper Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 50.6%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Cook County) reports that median household earnings sit near $83,498, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Cooper Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Henry W Longfellow Elem School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cooper Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cooper Middle School at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 46.3%.

Cooper Middle School operates from an outer-ring location.

Over the past 7-year window. Cooper Middle School's enrollment has climbed 8% since 2018, when it stood at 679 (now 732).

On allk12, the feed for Cooper Middle School typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.