Cooperative Middle School

Cooperative Middle School is a junior high of heavily attended scale in Stratham, New Hampshire, operated by Exeter Region Cooperative School District, teacheing 945 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 149% larger than the state mean of about 379.

Exeter Region Cooperative School District comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 2,293 students; Cooperative Middle School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Cooperative Middle School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). Beyond that, the school lists 3% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Cooperative Middle School has 99 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.6:1. The state averages around 11.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 9% of students at Cooperative Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Cooperative Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 57.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.8%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Rockingham County) logs that median household income runs about $118,331, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. Cooperative Middle School is one of 99 public schools in Rockingham County (combined enrollment of about 41,753 students).

Virtual Learning Academy (H) is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cooperative Middle School at 2nd of 4; the average score across the group is 47.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Looking at the recent track record. Cooperative Middle School's enrollment has shrank 25% since 2018, when it stood at 1,258 (now 945). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.