Enrollment
278
Elementary
DISTRICT 380 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DERBY·NCES 200546000355
Paul B Cooper Elem
4625 Juniper, Wichita, KS 67216 · (316) 554-0934 · Sedgwick County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL278 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of Kansas public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kansas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
232 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 51%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 24 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 18% larger than its 5th grade class (38).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 58% · 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
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
27.5%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
18.7%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.5% | 18.7% |
| 2023-24 | 18.2% | 14.8% |
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades. Kansas set new KAP cut scores in spring 2025, so results from 2023-24 and earlier are not comparable with later years.
Source: KAP. 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
21.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.2%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% typical for Kansas 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 Kansas'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 Paul B Cooper Elem
Paul B Cooper Elem's state test result (21.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul B Cooper Elem this school | 278 | 83.5% | 21.2% |
| Schilling Elem Salina | 376 | 83.5% | 26.9% |
| Oaklawn Elem Wichita | 250 | 87.6% | 25.9% |
| W A White Elem Emporia | 248 | 83.5% | 25.6% |
| O K Elem Wichita | 262 | 79.0% | 29.9% |
| Oak Grove Elem Kansas City | 532 | 79.9% | 36.2% |
Matched among Kansas 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 Paul B Cooper Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Sedgwick County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.2% | #563 of 625 | #60 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.7% | #558 of 625 | #59 of 92 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.5% | #567 of 625 | #69 of 92 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 278 | #412 of 714 | #84 of 98 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #16 of 539 | #3 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.9% | #58 of 540 | #28 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.5% | #95 of 658 | #38 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.3% | #201 of 377 | #40 of 67 |
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
278
+25 (+10%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 330
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 10.1:1
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 | 278 | 27 | 10.3:1 | 83% (232) |
| 2023-24 | 285 | 25.9 | 11.0:1 | 78% (222) |
| 2022-23 | 268 | 24.8 | 10.8:1 | 78% (210) |
| 2020-21 | 253 | 25 | 10.1:1 | 85% (214) |
| 2017-18 | 317 | 26.5 | 12.0:1 | 80% (255) |
| 2015-16 | 370 | 25 | 14.8:1 | 84% (310) |
| 2010-11 | 309 | 31 | 10.0:1 | 87% (270) |
| 2000-01 | 274 | 24 | 11.4:1 | 80% (220) |
| 1990-91 | 330 | 23 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Paul B Cooper Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (317 to 278); teachers up 2% (26.5 to 27).
About Paul B Cooper Elem
Among the schools in Wichita, Kansas, is Paul B Cooper Elem, a medium-sized elementary school. The school reports 278 students in pre-K through 5.
Derby is the local district for Paul B Cooper Elem. It runs 13 schools with 7,416 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Paul B Cooper Elem. The largest is Hispanic students, at 42%. Other students are 34% White, 9% multiracial, 6% Asian, and 6% Black. That is higher than the 17% Hispanic share among all Sedgwick County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 69% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Staffing totals 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 10.3:1. That is lower than the 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 83%. The gap from the 63% average for public schools in Sedgwick County is 20 points.
Measured against Kansas public elementary schools, Paul B Cooper Elem receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 22.2% for Paul B Cooper Elem. The school posts 21.2%, 1.0 points below the prediction.
Among Sedgwick County residents, the median household income is $69,365, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Paul B Cooper Elem is one of 160 public schools in the county.
Nearby, Oaklawn Elem is about 0.6 miles away. Within five miles of Paul B Cooper Elem, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Paul B Cooper Elem is 2nd of 7 nearby schools with test data.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
The school enrolled 278 students in 2024-25, 25 more than the 253 it had in 2020-21.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Sedgwick County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
528,226
Census ACS
Median income
$69,365
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
160
84,569 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Derby
- Derby High SchoolHigh · 2,172 students
- Derby Middle SchMiddle · 923 students
- Derby North Middle SchoolMiddle · 832 students
- Tanglewood ElemElementary · 607 students
- Stone Creek ElementaryElementary · 451 students
- Derby Hills ElemElementary · 410 students
Other schools in Wichita
- East HighHigh · 2,435 students
- Southeast HighHigh · 2,066 students
- North HighHigh · 2,041 students
- Campus High HaysvilleHigh · 1,803 students
- South HighHigh · 1,662 students
- Heights HighHigh · 1,505 students
Nearby schools
- Oaklawn Elem0.6 mi · 250
- White Elem0.8 mi · 414
- Wells Alternative Middle School1.9 mi · 36
- Anderson Elem2.4 mi · 477
- Jardine Technology Middle Magnet2.4 mi · 499
- Colvin Elem2.4 mi · 571
Frequently asked questions
About Paul B Cooper ElemWhat is the total enrollment at Paul B Cooper Elem?
Paul B Cooper Elem enrolls approximately 278 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Paul B Cooper Elem serve?
Paul B Cooper Elem serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Paul B Cooper Elem?
Approximately 10.3:1 students per teacher at Paul B Cooper Elem.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Paul B Cooper Elem?
At Paul B Cooper Elem, the student body is approximately 34% White, 42% Hispanic, 6% Black, 6% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Paul B Cooper Elem public or private?
Paul B Cooper Elem is a public K-12 school, overseen by Derby.
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