Randall K. Cooper High School

Randall K. Cooper High School operates as an expansive 9-12 campus in Union, Kentucky, operated by Boone County. Current enrollment sits at 1,490 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 167% above the state mean of about 558.

Within Boone County, which oversees 27 schools and 20,514 students, Randall K. Cooper High School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Randall K. Cooper High School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%). Beyond that, the school logs 6% Black, 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. Compared to Boone County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 77 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.6:1, putting Randall K. Cooper High School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 30% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Boone County's rate of about 40%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Randall K. Cooper High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 53.7%; actual is 38.8%, a gap of -14.9 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Boone County put median household earnings sit near $99,414, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Boone County's 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,394 students), Randall K. Cooper High School is one campus in the mix.

Longbranch Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Randall K. Cooper High School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 47.9%.

Randall K. Cooper High School operates from an outlying location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Randall K. Cooper High School's enrollment has expanded 9% since 2018, when it stood at 1,366 (now 1,490). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 89% to 82%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 19.5:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Randall K. Cooper High School community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.