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Enrollment
1,490
High
DISTRICT 1,074 · STATE 558
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BOONE COUNTY·NCES 210051002206
Randall K. Cooper High School
2855 Longbranch Rd, Union, KY 41091 · (859) 384-5040 · Boone County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL1,490 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 36% of Kentucky public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 Kentucky public high schools
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
77 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
454 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 63%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 394 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 379 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 364 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 349 | 23% |
| Ungraded | 4 | 0% |
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 47% · 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
KSA (K-PREP) 2024-25 . % Proficient/DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
48.0%
KY avg 47.9%
Math
48.0%
KY avg 42.8%
What this means: On the KSA (K-PREP), Kentucky's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kentucky schools, those numbers are about 48 and 43.
Source: KSA (K-PREP). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of KY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
38.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.7%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 54% typical for Kentucky 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 Randall K. Cooper High School
Randall K. Cooper High School's state test result (38.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Randall K. Cooper High School this school | 1,490 | 30.5% | 38.8% |
| Conner High School Hebron | 1,400 | 33.6% | 43.8% |
| Bullitt East High School Mount Washington | 1,664 | 31.3% | 31.8% |
| Oldham County High School La Grange | 1,547 | 26.1% | 57.5% |
| Central Hardin High School Cecilia | 1,831 | 38.9% | 41.8% |
| Simon Kenton High School Independence | 1,893 | 38.6% | 38.8% |
Matched among Kentucky high 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 Randall K. Cooper High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Kentucky |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.8% | #95 of 211 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #61 of 211 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #99 of 211 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,490 | #31 of 304 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.5:1 | #193 of 217 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.6% | #95 of 217 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.5% | #223 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.1% | #33 of 72 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,490
+88 (+6%) vs 2020
+49% since 2010-11, when it was 1,003
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 1,490 | 76.5 | 19.5:1 | 30% (454) |
| 2023-24 | 1,485 | 80 | 18.6:1 | 32% (468) |
| 2022-23 | 1,462 | 80.5 | 18.2:1 | 30% (442) |
| 2020-21 | 1,402 | 81 | 17.3:1 | 31% (440) |
| 2017-18 | 1,366 | 78.5 | 17.4:1 | 26% (358) |
| 2015-16 | 1,297 | 68 | 19.1:1 | 26% (342) |
| 2010-11 | 1,003 | 56 | 17.9:1 | 24% (236) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Randall K. Cooper High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (1,366 to 1,490); teachers down 3% (78.5 to 76.5).
About Randall K. Cooper High School
In Union, Kentucky, Randall K. Cooper High School is a large high school. Students in grades 9 through 12 attend, and enrollment is 1,490 students. The typical figure for high schools in Kentucky is about 558 students.
Boone County counts 27 schools and 20,514 students, including Randall K. Cooper High School.
White students make up 82% of enrollment at Randall K. Cooper High School. The remaining shares are 6% Black, 5% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. The White share in Boone County as a whole is similar, at about 83%. Randall K. Cooper High School's diversity index is 32%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teacher staffing is 76.5 full-time equivalents, or about 19.5 students per teacher. On average, high schools in Kentucky have 16.6:1, compared with 19.5:1 here. About 30% of students, or 454, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Boone County average 40%.
allk12 grades Randall K. Cooper High School a C+. The grade compares the school only with Kentucky public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Randall K. Cooper High School is 53.7%. It actually posts 38.8%, which is 14.9 points lower and in the bottom 10% of Kentucky schools.
Census estimates describe Boone County this way: the median household income is $99,414, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. In all, Boone County has 34 public schools and roughly 22,394 students.
Nearest public school: Longbranch Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Randall K. Cooper High School ranks 7th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 38.8% against a local average of 47.9%.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Fringe, or in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment at Randall K. Cooper High School grew 6% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 1,402 to 1,490 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 17.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 19.5:1.
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Boone County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
139,841
Census ACS
Median income
$99,414
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
22,394 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Boone County
- Larry A. Ryle High SchoolHigh · 2,077 students
- Conner High SchoolHigh · 1,400 students
- Boone County High SchoolHigh · 1,252 students
- Gray Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,006 students
- Longbranch Elementary SchoolElementary · 957 students
- Conner Middle SchoolMiddle · 865 students
Other schools in Union
- Larry A. Ryle High SchoolHigh · 2,077 students
- Gray Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,006 students
- Longbranch Elementary SchoolElementary · 957 students
- New Haven Elementary SchoolElementary · 716 students
- Shirley Mann Elementary SchoolElementary · 710 students
- Ballyshannon Middle SchoolMiddle · 609 students
Nearby schools
- Longbranch Elementary School0.2 mi · 957
- Ballyshannon Middle School1.3 mi · 609
- Erpenbeck Elementary School2.5 mi · 764
- Camp Ernst Middle School2.7 mi · 688
- A M Yealey Elementary School3.0 mi · 534
- Ockerman Middle School3.1 mi · 674
Frequently asked questions
About Randall K. Cooper High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Randall K. Cooper High School?
Randall K. Cooper High School enrolls approximately 1,490 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Randall K. Cooper High School serve?
Randall K. Cooper High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Randall K. Cooper High School?
Approximately 19.5:1 students per teacher at Randall K. Cooper High School.
How diverse is Randall K. Cooper High School?
Randall K. Cooper High School reports a student body of 82% White, 5% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Randall K. Cooper High School?
Randall K. Cooper High School is overseen by Boone County in Boone County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.