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Enrollment
812
Middle
DISTRICT 872 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COPPERAS COVE ISD·NCES 481524001033
Copperas Cove Junior High School
702 JOE LOMBARDI WAY, COPPERAS COVE, TX 76522 · (254) 547-6959 · Coryell County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL812 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 51% of Texas public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
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
12.0:1
68 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
496 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 | 279 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 250 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 283 | 35% |
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
53.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +25.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
50.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +19.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 25 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 19 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 21.0% | 32.0% | 24.0% | 23.0% |
| Mathematics | 17.0% | 33.0% | 31.0% | 19.0% |
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 | 53.0% | 50.0% |
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 34.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 33.0% |
| 2022-23 | 49.0% | 34.0% |
| 2021-22 | 28.0% | 26.0% |
| 2020-21 | 28.0% | 31.0% |
% 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
44.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% 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 Copperas Cove Junior High School
Copperas Cove Junior High School's state test result (44.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copperas Cove Junior High School this school | 812 | 61.1% | 44.6% |
| Henderson Middle School HENDERSON | 700 | 63.4% | 32.0% |
| Brenham Junior High School BRENHAM | 756 | 58.1% | 42.6% |
| Cryar Intermediate School CONROE | 779 | 63.8% | 46.8% |
| Brenham Middle School BRENHAM | 703 | 60.9% | 37.4% |
| Donna Shepard Academy MANSFIELD | 819 | 57.4% | 49.2% |
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 Copperas Cove Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #719 of 1,635 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #547 of 1,670 ▲ 582 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #888 of 1,670 ▲ 245 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.0pp | #779 of 1,570 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 812 | #542 of 1,749 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #168 of 1,542 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.4% | #73 of 1,543 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.1% | #915 of 1,648 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.8% | #888 of 942 |
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
812
-168 (-17%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 903
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 812 | 67.7 | 12.0:1 | 61% (496) |
| 2023-24 | 842 | 67 | 12.6:1 | 64% (541) |
| 2022-23 | 924 | 67.5 | 13.7:1 | 63% (583) |
| 2020-21 | 980 | 63 | 15.6:1 | 62% (603) |
| 2017-18 | 827 | 59 | 14.0:1 | 56% (461) |
| 2015-16 | 791 | 60 | 13.2:1 | 57% (451) |
| 2010-11 | 811 | 63 | 12.9:1 | 46% (375) |
| 2000-01 | 550 | 38 | 14.5:1 | 29% (158) |
| 1990-91 | 903 | 17 | 53.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Copperas Cove Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (827 to 812); teachers up 15% (59 to 67.7).
About Copperas Cove Junior High School
COPPERAS COVE, Texas, is home to Copperas Cove Junior High School, a medium-sized middle-grades school. School enrollment was 812 students in 2024-25, in grades 6 through 8. For comparison, middle schools in Texas average about 643 students.
COPPERAS COVE ISD has 11 schools and 7,761 students, and Copperas Cove Junior High School is one of those schools.
White students are the largest group at Copperas Cove Junior High School, with 35% of enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 34% Hispanic, 14% Black, 11% multiracial, and 3% Pacific Islander. The White share of the county population is higher, at 59%. By the diversity index, Copperas Cove Junior High School comes in at 72%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1 at Copperas Cove Junior High School, with 67.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among middle schools in Texas, the typical ratio is 14.4:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 61% of enrollment.
Measured against Texas public middle schools, Copperas Cove Junior High School receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Copperas Cove Junior High School is 3.0 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 44.6% actual, 47.6% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Texas.
Federal survey data for Coryell County show that median household income is about $71,301, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. A total of 25 public schools operate in Coryell County, serving about 14,561 students.
Mae Stevens Early Learning Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 46.1% on proficiency, and Copperas Cove Junior High School is below that at 44.6%.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Copperas Cove Junior High School went from 980 students to 812. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.6:1 to 12.0:1 over the same years.
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Coryell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
84,748
Census ACS
Median income
$71,301
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
14,561 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in COPPERAS COVE ISD
- Copperas Cove High SchoolHigh · 2,247 students
- S C Lee Junior High SchoolMiddle · 932 students
- C R Clements/Hollie Parsons Elementary SchoolElementary · 847 students
- J L Williams/Lovett Ledger Elementary SchoolElementary · 635 students
- House Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 622 students
- Fairview/Miss Jewell Elementary SchoolElementary · 473 students
Other schools in COPPERAS COVE
- Copperas Cove High SchoolHigh · 2,247 students
- S C Lee Junior High SchoolMiddle · 932 students
- C R Clements/Hollie Parsons Elementary SchoolElementary · 847 students
- J L Williams/Lovett Ledger Elementary SchoolElementary · 635 students
- House Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 622 students
- Taylor Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 555 students
Nearby schools
- Mae Stevens Early Learning Academy0.5 mi · 318
- C R Clements/Hollie Parsons Elementary School0.8 mi · 847
- Crossroads High School1.0 mi · 130
- Hettie Halstead Elementary School1.2 mi · 390
- Fairview/Miss Jewell Elementary School1.6 mi · 473
- Martin Walker Elementary School1.8 mi · 355
Frequently asked questions
About Copperas Cove Junior High SchoolHow many students attend Copperas Cove Junior High School?
Copperas Cove Junior High School enrolls approximately 812 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Copperas Cove Junior High School serve?
Copperas Cove Junior High School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Copperas Cove Junior High School have?
Copperas Cove Junior High School employs 68 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Copperas Cove Junior High School?
Student demographics at Copperas Cove Junior High School are roughly 35% White, 34% Hispanic, 14% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Copperas Cove Junior High School?
Copperas Cove Junior High School is overseen by COPPERAS COVE ISD in Coryell County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.