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Enrollment
447
Elementary
DISTRICT 690 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JOHNSTON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 370237000810
Cooper Academy
849 North Mial St, Clayton, NC 27520 · (919) 553-0256 · Johnston County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL447 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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 North Carolina public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
442 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 82%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 82 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 14% larger than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 71% · 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
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
48.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
57.5%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. 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
52.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina 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 North Carolina'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 Cooper Academy
Cooper Academy's state test result (52.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooper Academy this school | 447 | 98.9% | 52.6% |
| Forest Park Elementary Kannapolis | 472 | 99.4% | 44.5% |
| North Rowan Elementary Spencer | 405 | 99.3% | 15.9% |
| College Park Elementary Wilmington | 470 | 99.4% | 35.7% |
| Dole Elementary Salisbury | 388 | 99.2% | 26.3% |
| Green Elementary Raleigh | 534 | 98.9% | 53.1% |
Matched among North Carolina 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 Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Johnston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.6% | #739 of 1,297 | #19 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.5% | #685 of 1,296 | #17 of 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #667 of 1,300 | #20 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 447 | #762 of 1,485 | #22 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #629 of 1,377 | #8 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.4% | #117 of 1,379 | #2 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.9% | #709 of 1,414 | #16 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.6% | #43 of 937 | #1 of 14 |
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
447
-188 (-30%) vs 2020
-4% since 2000-01, when it was 467
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 447 | 30.6 | 14.6:1 | 99% (442) |
| 2023-24 | 441 | 43 | 10.3:1 | 99% (438) |
| 2022-23 | 444 | 40 | 11.1:1 | 68% (301) |
| 2020-21 | 635 | 48 | 13.2:1 | 50% (316) |
| 2017-18 | 694 | 47 | 14.8:1 | 54% (378) |
| 2015-16 | 619 | 47 | 13.2:1 | 60% (369) |
| 2010-11 | 589 | 39 | 15.1:1 | 52% (306) |
| 2000-01 | 467 | 32 | 14.6:1 | 31% (144) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cooper Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 36% (694 to 447); teachers down 35% (47 to 30.6).
About Cooper Academy
Cooper Academy is a medium-sized elementary school based in Clayton, North Carolina. The school reports 447 students in pre-K through 5.
Johnston County Public Schools has 37,320 students in 48 schools, and Cooper Academy is one of those schools.
Cooper Academy's enrollment has no majority group, and Black students are the largest at 36%. It is also 30% Hispanic, 25% White, and 9% multiracial. Johnston County's residents are about 17% Black, 19 points below the school's share. By the diversity index, Cooper Academy comes in at 71%.
Federal data list 30.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at Cooper Academy in 2024-25, for a ratio of 14.6:1. Elementary schools in North Carolina average about 14.9:1, a similar figure. The lunch program counts 99% of students at Cooper Academy as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Measured against North Carolina public elementary schools, Cooper Academy receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Cooper Academy's average proficiency rate on state tests of 52.6% is 3.9 points above the 48.6% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Johnston County has about 234,263 residents, and median household income is about $83,384, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Federal data list 52 public schools in Johnston County, with a combined enrollment of about 41,004.
Clayton High is located about 0.9 miles from Cooper Academy. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 59.2% proficiency; Cooper Academy posts 52.6%.
The federal government classifies Cooper Academy's location as Suburb: Small.
The student count in 2024-25 was 447, 30% below the 635 of 2020-21. Students per teacher rose from 13.2 in 2020-21 to 14.6 in 2024-25.
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Johnston County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
234,263
Census ACS
Median income
$83,384
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
41,004 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Johnston County Public Schools
- Corinth Holders HighHigh · 2,187 students
- Clayton HighHigh · 1,929 students
- Cleveland HighHigh · 1,889 students
- West Johnston HighHigh · 1,563 students
- Smithfield-Selma HighHigh · 1,548 students
- South Johnston HighHigh · 1,355 students
Other schools in Clayton
- American Leadership Academy - JohnstonCombined · 2,082 students
- Clayton HighHigh · 1,929 students
- Cleveland HighHigh · 1,889 students
- River Dell ElementaryElementary · 981 students
- Riverwood MiddleMiddle · 902 students
- Cleveland ElementaryElementary · 851 students
Nearby schools
- Clayton High0.9 mi · 1,929
- West Clayton Elementary1.4 mi · 742
- Clayton Middle2.1 mi · 609
- Johnston Charter Academy2.4 mi · 677
- East Clayton Elementary2.8 mi · 524
- Riverwood Middle3.0 mi · 902
Frequently asked questions
About Cooper AcademyHow many students attend Cooper Academy?
Cooper Academy enrolls approximately 447 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Cooper Academy serve?
Cooper Academy serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Cooper Academy have?
Cooper Academy employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
How diverse is Cooper Academy?
Cooper Academy reports a student body of 25% White, 30% Hispanic, 36% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Cooper Academy in?
Cooper Academy is part of Johnston County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.