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Enrollment
763
Elementary
DISTRICT 756 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LUBBOCK-COOPER ISD·NCES 481518012577
Lubbock-Cooper Central Elementary School
4020 135TH ST, LUBBOCK, TX 79423 · (806) 993-2341 · Lubbock County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL763 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
131 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 | 41 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 99 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 134 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 116 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 129 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 124 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 120 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (99) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (120).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
66.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +41.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
62.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +54.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 41 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 54 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 37.0% | 29.0% | 22.0% | 12.0% |
| Mathematics | 33.0% | 29.0% | 23.0% | 15.0% |
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 | 66.0% | 62.0% |
| 2024-25 | 72.0% | 69.0% |
| 2023-24 | 70.0% | 72.0% |
| 2022-23 | 41.0% | 41.0% |
| 2021-22 | 35.0% | 50.0% |
| 2020-21 | 25.0% | 8.0% |
% 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
68.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Lubbock-Cooper Central Elementary School
Lubbock-Cooper Central Elementary School's state test result (68.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lubbock-Cooper Central Elementary School this school | 763 | 17.2% | 68.7% |
| Sandra Mossman Elementary School LEAGUE CITY | 789 | 16.3% | 58.4% |
| Darwin L Gilmore Elementary School LEAGUE CITY | 676 | 19.5% | 65.6% |
| Zue S Bales Intermediate School FRIENDSWOOD | 640 | 16.9% | 69.5% |
| Henry Bauerschlag Elementary School LEAGUE CITY | 737 | 18.3% | 63.7% |
| Brentwood Elementary School AUSTIN | 671 | 14.0% | 70.3% |
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 Lubbock-Cooper Central Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Lubbock County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.7% | #354 of 4,401 | #3 of 50 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #806 of 4,466 ▼ 372 | #11 of 52 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #932 of 4,466 ▼ 310 | #12 of 52 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +23.0pp | #355 of 3,998 | #2 of 34 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 763 | #582 of 4,938 | #3 of 54 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #678 of 4,622 | #8 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.7% | #2,455 of 4,628 | #35 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.2% | #4,504 of 4,789 | #53 of 53 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.5% | #1,642 of 2,838 | #21 of 33 |
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
763
-1 (0%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 763 | 59.7 | 12.8:1 | 17% (131) |
| 2023-24 | 911 | 60.5 | 15.1:1 | 24% (221) |
| 2022-23 | 849 | 58.5 | 14.5:1 | 23% (198) |
| 2020-21 | 764 | 56 | 13.6:1 | 27% (204) |
| 2017-18 | 892 | 62.5 | 14.3:1 | 34% (302) |
| 2015-16 | 748 | 47 | 15.9:1 | 36% (273) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lubbock-Cooper Central Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (892 to 763); teachers down 4% (62.5 to 59.7).
About Lubbock-Cooper Central Elementary School
Lubbock-Cooper Central Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in LUBBOCK, Texas, one of the schools in LUBBOCK-COOPER ISD. A federal count lists 763 students at the school, in pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Texas is about 519, so this school runs 47% larger than that.
LUBBOCK-COOPER ISD has 8,030 students in 10 schools, and Lubbock-Cooper Central Elementary School is one of those schools.
A majority of students at Lubbock-Cooper Central Elementary School, 67%, are White. The rest of enrollment is 21% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 4% Black, and 3% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at Lubbock-Cooper Central Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 50%.
Dividing enrollment by its 59.7 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 12.8:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1, higher than at this school. Lubbock-Cooper Central Elementary School reports 17% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Lubbock County is 57%.
In Texas, Lubbock-Cooper Central Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 68.7% actual against a predicted 66.4%.
County data help place the school in context: in Lubbock County, median household income is about $64,155, roughly 33% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. The public schools of Lubbock County number 110 and enroll about 52,301.
The shortest distance from Lubbock-Cooper Central Elementary School to another public school is about 1.0 miles, to Lubbock-Cooper New Hope Academy. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Lubbock-Cooper Central Elementary School is 3rd among 8 schools close by.
Lubbock-Cooper Central Elementary School is coded as City: Large in federal locale data.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (764) to 2024-25 (763).
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Lubbock-Cooper Central Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Lubbock County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
318,884
Census ACS
Median income
$64,155
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
110
52,301 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LUBBOCK-COOPER ISD
- Lubbock-Cooper High SchoolHigh · 1,856 students
- Lubbock-Cooper Middle SchoolMiddle · 901 students
- Lubbock-Cooper East Elementary SchoolElementary · 857 students
- Lubbock-Cooper Laura Bush Middle SchoolMiddle · 857 students
- Lubbock-Cooper North Elementary SchoolElementary · 826 students
- Lubbock-Cooper South Elementary SchoolElementary · 708 students
Other schools in LUBBOCK
- Monterey High SchoolHigh · 2,117 students
- Lubbock High SchoolHigh · 1,927 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 1,878 students
- Lubbock-Cooper High SchoolHigh · 1,856 students
- Lubbock-Cooper Middle SchoolMiddle · 901 students
- Lubbock-Cooper East Elementary SchoolElementary · 857 students
Nearby schools
- Lubbock-Cooper New Hope Academy1.0 mi · 67
- Lubbock-Cooper Laura Bush Middle School1.1 mi · 857
- Lubbock-Cooper East Elementary School1.5 mi · 857
- Lubbock-Cooper Liberty High School1.6 mi · 571
- Lubbock-Cooper North Elementary School1.9 mi · 826
- Honey Elementary School3.0 mi · 442
Frequently asked questions
About Lubbock-Cooper Central Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lubbock-Cooper Central Elementary School?
Lubbock-Cooper Central Elementary School enrolls approximately 763 students in grades PK-05.
Is Lubbock-Cooper Central Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lubbock-Cooper Central Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Lubbock-Cooper Central Elementary School?
Approximately 12.8:1 students per teacher at Lubbock-Cooper Central Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Lubbock-Cooper Central Elementary School?
Student demographics at Lubbock-Cooper Central Elementary School are roughly 67% White, 21% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Lubbock-Cooper Central Elementary School in?
Lubbock-Cooper Central Elementary School is part of LUBBOCK-COOPER ISD.
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