Enrollment
189
Middle
DISTRICT 301 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COOPER ISD·NCES 481515001023
Cooper Junior High School
823 FM 1528, COOPER, TX 75432 · (903) 395-2111 · Delta County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL189 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 29% of Texas public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 Texas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
113 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 68 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 64 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 57 | 30% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Cooper Junior High School→Cooper High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within COOPER ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
57.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -10.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
34.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -16.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 10 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 30.0% | 27.0% | 25.0% | 18.0% |
| Mathematics | 13.0% | 21.0% | 28.0% | 38.0% |
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 | 57.0% | 34.0% |
| 2024-25 | 61.0% | 51.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 21.0% |
| 2020-21 | 67.0% | 50.0% |
% 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
38.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Cooper Junior High School
Cooper Junior High School's state test result (38.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooper Junior High School this school | 189 | 59.8% | 38.9% |
| Pewitt Junior High School OMAHA | 176 | 60.2% | 52.2% |
| Ore City Middle School ORE CITY | 191 | 63.9% | 35.8% |
| Seymour Middle School SEYMOUR | 188 | 57.4% | 53.4% |
| Groesbeck Middle School GROESBECK | 208 | 56.3% | 36.0% |
| Woden Junior High School WODEN | 194 | 61.9% | 58.1% |
Matched among Texas middle 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 Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #990 of 1,635 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #1,185 of 1,670 ▼ 709 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #688 of 1,670 ▼ 184 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 189 | #1,559 of 1,749 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.8% | #949 of 1,648 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
189
+19 (+11%) vs 2020
+20% since 1990-91, when it was 157
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 189 | 14.4 | 13.1:1 | 60% (113) |
| 2023-24 | 182 | 9.6 | 19.0:1 | 58% (105) |
| 2022-23 | 179 | 14 | 12.8:1 | 58% (104) |
| 2020-21 | 170 | 12 | 14.2:1 | 59% (100) |
| 2017-18 | 183 | 12.8 | 14.3:1 | 58% (106) |
| 2015-16 | 179 | 14 | 12.8:1 | 53% (95) |
| 2010-11 | 174 | 16 | 10.9:1 | 58% (101) |
| 2000-01 | 227 | 15 | 15.1:1 | 48% (109) |
| 1990-91 | 157 | 13 | 12.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cooper Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (183 to 189); teachers up 13% (12.8 to 14.4).
About Cooper Junior High School
Cooper Junior High School is the name of a very small middle school in COOPER, Texas. The school offers grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 189 students. The school is 71% below the average for middle schools in Texas.
Cooper Junior High School sits within COOPER ISD, which has 3 schools and 903 students.
Of every 100 students at Cooper Junior High School, about 64 are White. The rest of enrollment is 20% Hispanic, 8% Black, and 5% multiracial. Among all residents of Delta County, the White share is about 81%. The diversity index for Cooper Junior High School is 54%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Based on 14.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, Cooper Junior High School has a ratio of 13.1:1. The average for middle schools in Texas, 14.4:1, is higher. Income data for the school show 60% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Delta County is 70%.
On the allk12 Grade, Cooper Junior High School lands at C, ahead of 29% of Texas public middle schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Cooper Junior High School is 9.2 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Texas schools.
Delta County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $66,575 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 15% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Cooper Junior High School shares Delta County with 3 other public schools.
Cooper High School is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number 2. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 40.8%; Cooper Junior High School's is 38.9%, ranking 5th of 8.
Cooper Junior High School falls in the Rural: Remote locale category, used for schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 189, up from 170 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 13.1 students per teacher, compared with 14.2 in 2020-21.
On allk12, people connected to Cooper Junior High School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Delta County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,438
Census ACS
Median income
$66,575
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
4
994 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in COOPER ISD
- Cooper Elementary SchoolElementary · 490 students
- Cooper High SchoolHigh · 224 students
Other schools in COOPER
- Cooper Elementary SchoolElementary · 490 students
- Cooper High SchoolHigh · 224 students
Nearby schools
- Cooper High School0.0 mi · 224
- Cooper Elementary School0.4 mi · 490
- North Hopkins High School7.8 mi · 231
- North Hopkins Elementary School7.8 mi · 264
- Fannindel Elementary School10.5 mi · 91
- Albert C Williams Elementary School13.9 mi · 317
Frequently asked questions
About Cooper Junior High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Cooper Junior High School?
Cooper Junior High School enrolls approximately 189 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Cooper Junior High School serve?
Cooper Junior High School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Cooper Junior High School?
Approximately 13.1:1 students per teacher at Cooper Junior High School.
How diverse is Cooper Junior High School?
Cooper Junior High School reports a student body of 64% White, 20% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Cooper Junior High School public or private?
Cooper Junior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by COOPER ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.