Enrollment
231
Elementary
DISTRICT 320 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT DODGE COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 191182000721
Cooper Elementary School
2420 14th Avenue North, Fort Dodge, IA 50501 · (515) 574-5602 · Webster County
GRADES 01–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL231 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 2% of Iowa public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Iowa public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
101 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 45 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 19% |
This year's 1st grade class (45) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (45).
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 48% · 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 grade levels within Fort Dodge Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
41.5%
IA avg 73.6% . -8.9pp since 2023
Math
42.3%
IA avg 70.9% . -12.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 13 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.5% | 42.3% |
| 2023-24 | 50.4% | 55.1% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
45.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.1%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-24.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 70% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 (45.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooper Elementary School this school | 231 | 43.7% | 45.4% |
| Buffalo Elementary School Buffalo | 242 | 43.8% | 71.8% |
| Adams Elementary School Carroll | 232 | 44.4% | 72.4% |
| Longfellow Elementary School Belle Plaine | 267 | 44.2% | 71.1% |
| East Marshall Elementary School Laurel | 242 | 45.5% | 67.9% |
| Parkview Elementary School Marion | 267 | 42.3% | N/A |
Matched among Iowa 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 Iowa | In Webster County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.4% | #529 of 564 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.3% | #551 of 564 ▼ 51 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #550 of 564 ▼ 52 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 231 | #510 of 705 | #5 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #369 of 561 | #4 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.6% | #284 of 561 | #4 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.7% | #298 of 666 | #4 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.8% | #116 of 359 | N/A |
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
231
-44 (-16%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 336
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 231 | 16.2 | 14.2:1 | 44% (101) |
| 2023-24 | 238 | 18.1 | 13.1:1 | 46% (110) |
| 2022-23 | 252 | 21.5 | 11.7:1 | 48% (122) |
| 2020-21 | 275 | 25 | 11.0:1 | 46% (126) |
| 2017-18 | 281 | 24.4 | 11.5:1 | 48% (135) |
| 2015-16 | 307 | 21 | 14.6:1 | 54% (165) |
| 2010-11 | 252 | 21 | 12.0:1 | 44% (111) |
| 2000-01 | 280 | 17 | 16.5:1 | 30% (85) |
| 1990-91 | 336 | 19 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cooper Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (281 to 231); teachers down 33% (24.4 to 16.2).
About Cooper Elementary School
Cooper Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in Fort Dodge, Iowa. The latest federal count shows 231 students in grades 1 through 5. Against the 325-student average for elementary schools in Iowa, enrollment here is 29% lower.
Cooper Elementary School is part of a district of 7 schools: Fort Dodge Comm School District, with 3,385 students.
White students account for 78% of enrollment at Cooper Elementary School. Other groups make up 9% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 4% Black. Webster County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school's share is lower. Cooper Elementary School has a diversity index of 38%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Cooper Elementary School operates with 16.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 14.2:1. Elementary schools in Iowa have a similar average ratio of 13.7:1. About 44% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits.
Cooper Elementary School is graded F by allk12, scoring above 2% of Iowa public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Cooper Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 45.4%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Iowa are predicted to post 70.1%, so the school is 24.6 points behind and in the state's bottom 10%.
Cooper Elementary School is located in Webster County, where median household income is about $68,975, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Cooper Elementary School is one of 12 public schools in Webster County, which together enroll about 4,678 students.
Fort Dodge High School is the public school closest to Cooper Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. Cooper Elementary School has 6 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 56.7% on proficiency, and Cooper Elementary School is below that at 45.4%.
The school's locale code, Town: Remote, means it is in a town far from an urbanized area.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 231 was 16% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 275. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 14.2:1, from 11.0:1.
If you have questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Cooper Elementary School, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Webster County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
36,886
Census ACS
Median income
$68,975
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
4,678 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fort Dodge Comm School District
- Fort Dodge High SchoolHigh · 1,020 students
- Fort Dodge Middle SchoolMiddle · 765 students
- Duncombe Elementary SchoolElementary · 438 students
- Early Childhood CenterElementary · 376 students
- Butler Elementary SchoolElementary · 328 students
- Feelhaver Elementary SchoolElementary · 227 students
Other schools in Fort Dodge
- Fort Dodge High SchoolHigh · 1,020 students
- Fort Dodge Middle SchoolMiddle · 765 students
- Duncombe Elementary SchoolElementary · 438 students
- Early Childhood CenterElementary · 376 students
- Butler Elementary SchoolElementary · 328 students
- Feelhaver Elementary SchoolElementary · 227 students
Other Cooper Elementary schools
11 other US public schools in 9 states are named Cooper Elementary. Cooper Elementary School is the 12th largest of the 12.
- Cooper Elementary SchoolLoganville, GA · 1,520 students
- Cooper ElementaryVacaville, CA · 710 students
- COOPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBELLA VISTA, AR · 628 students
- Cooper Elementary SchoolTulsa, OK · 516 students
- Cooper Elementary SchoolCOOPER, TX · 490 students
Nearby schools
- Fort Dodge High School0.4 mi · 1,020
- Fort Dodge Middle School0.7 mi · 765
- Duncombe Elementary School0.8 mi · 438
- Feelhaver Elementary School1.1 mi · 227
- Early Childhood Center1.2 mi · 376
- Butler Elementary School1.8 mi · 328
Frequently asked questions
About Cooper Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Cooper Elementary School?
Cooper Elementary School enrolls approximately 231 students in grades 01-05.
What age range does Cooper Elementary School serve?
Cooper Elementary School serves students from grade 01 through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Cooper Elementary School?
Approximately 14.2:1 students per teacher at Cooper Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Cooper Elementary School?
Student demographics at Cooper Elementary School are roughly 78% White, 9% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Cooper Elementary School?
Cooper Elementary School is overseen by Fort Dodge Comm School District in Webster County.
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