COOPER H S

COOPER H S is one of the roomy secondary schools in ABILENE, Texas, one of the schools within ABILENE ISD, with 1,570 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so COOPER H S sits 97% bigger than that benchmark.

ABILENE ISD comprises 26 schools with combined enrollment of 14,536 students; COOPER H S is among them.

Demographically, COOPER H S records that 43% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 34% White, 15% Black, 5% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 109 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 61% of students at COOPER H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, COOPER H S tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.0%.

Around the school, Taylor County reports that the typical household earns roughly $67,139 per year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Taylor County runs 54 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,159 students), of which COOPER H S is one.

ALCORTA EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around COOPER H S. On composite proficiency, COOPER H S comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 37.9%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at COOPER H S has edged down 12%, going from 1,787 students in 2018 to 1,570 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 36% to 43% across the same window.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.