COOPER EL

COOPER EL operates as a modestly sized K-5 school in GARLAND, Texas, operated by GARLAND ISD. Current enrollment sits at 398 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 23% leaner than the state mean of about 519.

GARLAND ISD runs 76 schools in total, collectively educating 53,173 students. COOPER EL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, COOPER EL reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 63%. The remainder is composed of 14% Black, 13% White, 7% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

In terms of school funding signals, COOPER EL lists 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting COOPER EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 88% of students at COOPER EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Dallas County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), COOPER EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 30.5%.

Across the wider county, Dallas County reports that median household income runs about $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. COOPER EL is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).

Nearest neighbor: ETHRIDGE EL, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts COOPER EL at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 37.4%.

COOPER EL operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at COOPER EL has declined 31%, going from 581 students in 2018 to 398 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 57% to 63%. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

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