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What's the one class at COOLEY EL every student should take?
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Enrollment
393
Elementary
DISTRICT 487 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EL PASO ISD·NCES 481830001677
Cooley Elementary School
107 N COLLINGSWORTH ST, EL PASO, TX 79905 · (915) 236-8600 · El Paso County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL393 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
380 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 65%
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 | 77 | 20% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 37% larger than its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 63% · 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
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
37.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +21.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
38.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +17.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 21 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 17 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 12.0% | 25.0% | 27.0% | 36.0% |
| Mathematics | 11.0% | 27.0% | 30.0% | 32.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 37.0% | 38.0% |
| 2024-25 | 34.0% | 29.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 32.0% |
| 2022-23 | 42.0% | 36.0% |
| 2021-22 | 39.0% | 33.0% |
| 2020-21 | 16.0% | 21.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. 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
28.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% typical for Texas 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 Texas'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 Cooley Elementary School
Cooley Elementary School's state test result (28.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooley Elementary School this school | 393 | 96.7% | 28.1% |
| Martinez R Elementary School HOUSTON | 380 | 96.8% | 40.4% |
| John Q Adams Elementary School DALLAS | 399 | 98.0% | 24.4% |
| Ketelsen Elementary School HOUSTON | 382 | 96.6% | 43.4% |
| Janowski Elementary School HOUSTON | 395 | 94.7% | 47.0% |
| Sam Rosen Elementary School FORT WORTH | 407 | 95.1% | 24.6% |
Matched among Texas 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 Cooley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.1% | #3,829 of 4,401 | #122 of 133 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #3,094 of 4,466 ▲ 726 | #107 of 133 ▲ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #3,918 of 4,466 ▲ 30 | #126 of 133 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.5pp | #1,021 of 3,998 | #23 of 132 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 393 | #3,538 of 4,938 | #102 of 141 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #589 of 4,622 | #22 of 134 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.3% | #4,129 of 4,628 | #81 of 134 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.7% | #312 of 4,789 | #3 of 139 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.6% | #723 of 2,838 | #40 of 93 |
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
393
0 (0%) vs 2020
-54% since 1990-91, when it was 861
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 393 | 31.1 | 12.6:1 | 97% (380) |
| 2023-24 | 382 | 27.7 | 13.8:1 | 97% (369) |
| 2022-23 | 411 | 30 | 13.7:1 | 97% (397) |
| 2020-21 | 393 | 28 | 14.0:1 | 99% (389) |
| 2017-18 | 528 | 36.2 | 14.6:1 | 96% (508) |
| 2015-16 | 569 | 36 | 15.8:1 | 93% (529) |
| 2010-11 | 540 | 36 | 15.0:1 | 96% (519) |
| 2000-01 | 723 | 49 | 14.8:1 | 96% (693) |
| 1990-91 | 861 | 50 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cooley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (528 to 393); teachers down 14% (36.2 to 31.1).
About Cooley Elementary School
EL PASO, Texas, is home to Cooley Elementary School, a small elementary school. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 393 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Texas) has about 519 students.
EL PASO ISD has 48,118 students in 76 schools, and Cooley Elementary School is one of those schools.
About 95% of the student body at Cooley Elementary School is Hispanic. The remaining students are 3% White and 2% Black. Among people living in El Paso County, the Hispanic share is about 83%. Pick two students at random and there is a 9% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 12.6:1, with 31.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is lower than the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Cooley Elementary School is 97%. For comparison, public schools in El Paso County average 74%.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Cooley Elementary School is 32.4%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 28.1%.
El Paso County has these Census figures: the median household income is $59,806, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. El Paso County is home to 273 public schools and about 165,404 public school students.
Dr Josefina Villamil Tinajero PK-8 is the public school closest to Cooley Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Cooley Elementary School ranks 7th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 28.1% against a local average of 45.9%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 393 to 393. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 14.0:1 to 12.6:1.
Discussion on this page can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
El Paso County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
870,779
Census ACS
Median income
$59,806
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
273
165,404 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in EL PASO ISD
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 2,835 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 2,576 students
- Chapin High SchoolHigh · 1,766 students
- El Paso High SchoolHigh · 1,636 students
- Hornedo Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,442 students
- Don Haskins PK-8Elementary · 1,405 students
Other schools in EL PASO
- Eastlake High SchoolHigh · 3,004 students
- Pebble Hills High SchoolHigh · 2,952 students
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 2,835 students
- Socorro High SchoolHigh · 2,579 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 2,576 students
- Montwood High SchoolHigh · 2,499 students
Other Cooley Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Cooley Elementary. Cooley Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Cooley Elementary SchoolWATERFORD, MI · 377 students
Nearby schools
- Dr Josefina Villamil Tinajero PK-80.5 mi · 1,231
- Hawkins Elementary School0.7 mi · 256
- Delta Academy0.7 mi · 53
- Silva Health Magnet0.9 mi · 544
- Jefferson High School1.1 mi · 998
- Coach Wally Hartley PK-81.6 mi · 1,256
Frequently asked questions
About Cooley Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Cooley Elementary School?
Cooley Elementary School enrolls approximately 393 students in grades PK-05.
Is Cooley Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cooley Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Cooley Elementary School have?
Cooley Elementary School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Cooley Elementary School?
Student demographics at Cooley Elementary School are roughly 3% White, 95% Hispanic, 2% Black.
What district is Cooley Elementary School in?
Cooley Elementary School is part of EL PASO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.