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Enrollment
591
Elementary
DISTRICT 459 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NASH COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 370327001346
Coopers Elementary
6833 NC Highway 58, Elm City, NC 27822 · (252) 937-9035 · Nash County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL591 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 89% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
17.9:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.9:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
588 students
DISTRICT 98% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 54 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 100 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 108 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (88).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
58.4%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
74.5%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NC schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
69.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 48% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 21 points, placing it in North Carolina's top 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 Coopers Elementary
Coopers Elementary's state test result (69.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coopers Elementary this school | 591 | 99.5% | 69.0% |
| Bethware Elementary Kings Mountain | 548 | 99.5% | 69.5% |
| Northwest Elementary Pikeville | 559 | 98.0% | 65.1% |
| Alamance Elementary Greensboro | 499 | 99.4% | 70.0% |
| Pittsboro Elementary Pittsboro | 503 | 99.4% | 66.0% |
| Celeste Henkel Elementary Statesville | 558 | 98.9% | 58.1% |
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 Coopers Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Nash County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #254 of 1,297 | #1 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.5% | #234 of 1,296 | #1 of 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.4% | #370 of 1,300 | #1 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 591 | #372 of 1,485 | #4 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #1,295 of 1,377 | #4 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.8% | #810 of 1,379 | #8 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #159 of 1,414 | #3 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.0% | #750 of 937 | #7 of 9 |
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
591
+52 (+10%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 750
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
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 | 591 | 33 | 17.9:1 | 99% (588) |
| 2023-24 | 618 | 36.5 | 16.9:1 | 64% (394) |
| 2022-23 | 585 | 34.5 | 17.0:1 | 62% (361) |
| 2020-21 | 539 | 41 | 13.2:1 | 34% (184) |
| 2017-18 | 629 | 38 | 16.6:1 | 57% (360) |
| 2015-16 | 679 | 36 | 18.9:1 | 58% (396) |
| 2010-11 | 713 | 41 | 17.4:1 | 49% (351) |
| 2000-01 | 648 | 54 | 12.0:1 | 39% (251) |
| 1990-91 | 750 | 42 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Coopers Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (629 to 591); teachers down 13% (38 to 33).
About Coopers Elementary
This page covers Coopers Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school in Elm City, North Carolina. The school's 591 students are in pre-K through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in North Carolina average about 467 students each.
District-wide, Nash County Public Schools has 28 schools and 14,587 students.
Coopers Elementary's enrollment is 61% White. Enrollment also includes 20% Black, 13% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. Among people living in Nash County, the White share is about 48%. Coopers Elementary has a diversity index of 57%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school has about 17.9 students per teacher and 33 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in North Carolina is 14.9:1, lower than at this school. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. That is close to the 98% average for public schools in Nash County.
allk12 grades Coopers Elementary an A. The grade compares the school only with North Carolina public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Coopers Elementary ranks in the top 10% of North Carolina schools. It scores 69.0%; the prediction is 48.5%.
Within Nash County, median household income is about $62,426, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 27 public schools in Nash County, with a combined enrollment of about 14,285.
Nearest public school: Nash Central Middle, about 4.9 miles away. Other public schools within ten miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, Coopers Elementary is 4th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.
Federal counts put enrollment at 539 in 2020-21 and 591 in 2024-25, a 10% increase. Federal data show the ratio rising from 13.2:1 to 17.9:1.
Discussions about Coopers Elementary may include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Nash County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
96,216
Census ACS
Median income
$62,426
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
14,285 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Nash County Public Schools
- Southern Nash HighHigh · 1,048 students
- Northern Nash HighHigh · 1,035 students
- Rocky Mount HighHigh · 1,023 students
- Red Oak MiddleMiddle · 840 students
- Southern Nash MiddleMiddle · 795 students
- Nash Central HighHigh · 703 students
Other schools in Elm City
- Elm City MiddleMiddle · 399 students
- Gardners ElementaryElementary · 280 students
Nearby schools
- Nash Central Middle4.9 mi · 531
- Nash Central High5.6 mi · 703
- Nashville Elementary6.0 mi · 593
- CITI High School6.9 mi · 87
- NRM Early College High School7.0 mi · 376
- New Hope Elementary7.1 mi · 460
Frequently asked questions
About Coopers ElementaryHow many students attend Coopers Elementary?
Coopers Elementary enrolls approximately 591 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Coopers Elementary serve?
Coopers Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Coopers Elementary have?
Coopers Elementary employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Coopers Elementary?
Student demographics at Coopers Elementary are roughly 61% White, 13% Hispanic, 20% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Coopers Elementary in?
Coopers Elementary is part of Nash County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.