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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at LUBBOCK-COOPER EAST EL this year?
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Enrollment
857
Elementary
DISTRICT 756 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LUBBOCK-COOPER ISD·NCES 481518013525
Lubbock-Cooper East Elementary School
2727 134TH ST, LUBBOCK, TX 79423 · (806) 993-2342 · Lubbock County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL857 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% of Texas public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
349 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 | 78 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 124 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 127 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 130 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 135 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 130 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 133 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (124) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (133).
Student demographics
60%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
49.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +24.0pp since 2021
Mathematics
44.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -6.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 24 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 19.0% | 30.0% | 28.0% | 23.0% |
| Mathematics | 19.0% | 25.0% | 24.0% | 32.0% |
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 | 49.0% | 44.0% |
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 44.0% |
| 2022-23 | 50.0% | 75.0% |
| 2021-22 | 25.0% | 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
44.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 East Elementary School
Lubbock-Cooper East Elementary 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lubbock-Cooper East Elementary School this school | 857 | 40.7% | 44.6% |
| Lubbock-Cooper North Elementary School LUBBOCK | 826 | 41.8% | 61.6% |
| Klein Road Elementary School NEW BRAUNFELS | 773 | 44.4% | 44.0% |
| Greenwood Intermediate School MIDLAND | 822 | 37.2% | 42.0% |
| Piney Woods Elementary School SPLENDORA | 832 | 47.2% | 33.3% |
| Fairmont Elementary School PASADENA | 776 | 34.5% | 61.8% |
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 East Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Lubbock County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.6% | #2,007 of 4,401 | #25 of 50 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #2,383 of 4,466 ▲ 39 | #28 of 52 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #2,610 of 4,466 ▼ 277 | #31 of 52 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -16.0pp | #135 of 3,998 | #4 of 34 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 857 | #284 of 4,938 | #1 of 54 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #2,679 of 4,622 | #36 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.1% | #1,393 of 4,628 | #7 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.7% | #3,919 of 4,789 | #45 of 53 |
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
857
+257 (+43%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 857 | 56.2 | 15.3:1 | 41% (349) |
| 2023-24 | 802 | 55.8 | 14.4:1 | 52% (418) |
| 2022-23 | 759 | 55.7 | 13.6:1 | 55% (418) |
| 2020-21 | 600 | 43 | 13.9:1 | 54% (322) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lubbock-Cooper East Elementary School.
About Lubbock-Cooper East Elementary School
Lubbock-Cooper East Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school. Its address is in LUBBOCK, Texas. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 857 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Texas enroll about 519 students on average.
Lubbock-Cooper East Elementary School is run by LUBBOCK-COOPER ISD, whose 10 schools enroll 8,030 students.
The biggest share of students at Lubbock-Cooper East Elementary School, 47%, is Hispanic. The next largest groups are 42% White, 5% multiracial, and 5% Black. In Lubbock County overall, about 36% of residents are Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Lubbock-Cooper East Elementary School scores 60%.
The school has 56.2 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 15.3 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Texas is about 15.1:1. The school reported 41% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That rate is below the 57% average among public schools in Lubbock County.
Lubbock-Cooper East Elementary School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 25% of Texas public elementary schools.
In Texas, Lubbock-Cooper East Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 44.6% actual against a predicted 56.3%.
The county, Lubbock County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $64,155 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 33%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Counting Lubbock-Cooper East Elementary School, Lubbock County has 110 public schools.
Lubbock-Cooper New Hope Academy is the nearest public school to Lubbock-Cooper East Elementary School, about 1.4 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Lubbock-Cooper East Elementary School comes in 8th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Fringe: in rural territory close to an urban area.
Lubbock-Cooper East Elementary School had 600 students in 2020-21 and 857 in 2024-25, according to federal records. Those counts may cover different grade spans. Federal data show the ratio rising from 13.9:1 to 15.3:1.
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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 Laura Bush Middle SchoolMiddle · 857 students
- Lubbock-Cooper North Elementary SchoolElementary · 826 students
- Lubbock-Cooper Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 763 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 Laura Bush Middle SchoolMiddle · 857 students
Nearby schools
- Lubbock-Cooper New Hope Academy1.4 mi · 67
- Lubbock-Cooper Laura Bush Middle School1.4 mi · 857
- Lubbock-Cooper Central Elementary School1.5 mi · 763
- Lubbock-Cooper North Elementary School1.8 mi · 826
- Lubbock-Cooper High School2.3 mi · 1,856
- Lubbock-Cooper Middle School2.5 mi · 901
Frequently asked questions
About Lubbock-Cooper East Elementary SchoolHow large is Lubbock-Cooper East Elementary School?
Lubbock-Cooper East Elementary School enrolls approximately 857 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Lubbock-Cooper East Elementary School serve?
Lubbock-Cooper East Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Lubbock-Cooper East Elementary School?
Approximately 15.3:1 students per teacher at Lubbock-Cooper East Elementary School.
How diverse is Lubbock-Cooper East Elementary School?
Lubbock-Cooper East Elementary School reports a student body of 42% White, 47% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Lubbock-Cooper East Elementary School in?
Lubbock-Cooper East Elementary School is part of LUBBOCK-COOPER ISD.
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