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Enrollment
857
Middle
DISTRICT 879 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LUBBOCK-COOPER ISD·NCES 481518012535
Lubbock-Cooper Laura Bush Middle School
3425 118TH ST, LUBBOCK, TX 79423 · (806) 993-2332 · Lubbock County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL857 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% of Texas public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
12.2:1
70 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
204 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 | 302 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 274 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 281 | 33% |
Student demographics
57%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
72.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +72.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
60.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +33.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 72 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 33 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 38.0% | 34.0% | 17.0% | 11.0% |
| Mathematics | 23.0% | 37.0% | 22.0% | 18.0% |
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 | 72.0% | 60.0% |
| 2024-25 | 72.0% | 60.0% |
| 2023-24 | 68.0% | 56.0% |
| 2022-23 | 45.0% | 45.0% |
| 2021-22 | 30.0% | 25.0% |
| 2020-21 | 0.0% | 27.0% |
% 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
57.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Laura Bush Middle School
Lubbock-Cooper Laura Bush Middle School's state test result (57.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lubbock-Cooper Laura Bush Middle School this school | 857 | 23.8% | 57.6% |
| Alamo Heights Junior High School SAN ANTONIO | 1,123 | 22.8% | 61.1% |
| Church Hill Middle School NEW BRAUNFELS | 780 | 28.3% | 60.2% |
| Victory Lakes Intermediate School LEAGUE CITY | 944 | 26.2% | 57.6% |
| Bayside Intermediate School LEAGUE CITY | 978 | 27.7% | 54.7% |
| Boerne Middle North BOERNE | 863 | 24.0% | 63.7% |
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 Lubbock-Cooper Laura Bush Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Lubbock County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.6% | #290 of 1,635 | #2 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #295 of 1,670 ▼ 12 | #2 of 20 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #247 of 1,670 ▼ 5 | #2 of 20 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +21.0pp | #247 of 1,570 | #7 of 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 857 | #469 of 1,749 | #2 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #201 of 1,542 | #9 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.9% | #619 of 1,543 | #9 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.8% | #1,530 of 1,648 | #20 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.7% | #892 of 942 | #12 of 13 |
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
857
-152 (-15%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 70.1 | 12.2:1 | 24% (204) |
| 2023-24 | 859 | 70.9 | 12.1:1 | 30% (261) |
| 2022-23 | 971 | 72.2 | 13.4:1 | 34% (331) |
| 2020-21 | 1,009 | 65 | 15.5:1 | 35% (349) |
| 2017-18 | 872 | 49.8 | 17.5:1 | 26% (231) |
| 2015-16 | 787 | 44 | 17.9:1 | 27% (210) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lubbock-Cooper Laura Bush Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (872 to 857); teachers up 41% (49.8 to 70.1).
About Lubbock-Cooper Laura Bush Middle School
As a medium-sized middle school, Lubbock-Cooper Laura Bush Middle School serves students in LUBBOCK, Texas. The school reports 857 students in grades 6 through 8. The school's enrollment is 33% larger than the 643 average for middle schools in Texas.
Lubbock-Cooper Laura Bush Middle School is one school in LUBBOCK-COOPER ISD, a system of 10 schools with 8,030 students.
White students are the majority at Lubbock-Cooper Laura Bush Middle School, with 53% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 39% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 3% Black, and 2% multiracial. Among all residents of Lubbock County, the White share is about 63%. Pick two students at random and there is a 57% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Staffing totals 70.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.2:1. That is lower than the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 24%. That is 33 points below the 57% average for public schools in Lubbock County.
Lubbock-Cooper Laura Bush Middle School is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 72% of Texas public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Compared with Texas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Lubbock-Cooper Laura Bush Middle School's results are 5.9 points below predicted: 57.6% against 63.5%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Lubbock County show that the median household income is $64,155, roughly 33% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Lubbock-Cooper Laura Bush Middle School is one of 110 public schools in the county.
Of nearby public schools, Lubbock-Cooper New Hope Academy is the closest, at about 0.1 miles. Lubbock-Cooper Laura Bush Middle School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 60.5% proficiency; Lubbock-Cooper Laura Bush Middle School posts 57.6%.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment declined 15% from its 2020-21 level of 1,009. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.5:1 in 2020-21 to 12.2:1 in 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Lubbock-Cooper Laura Bush Middle 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 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 East Elementary SchoolElementary · 857 students
Nearby schools
- Lubbock-Cooper New Hope Academy0.1 mi · 67
- Lubbock-Cooper North Elementary School0.8 mi · 826
- Lubbock-Cooper Central Elementary School1.1 mi · 763
- Lubbock-Cooper East Elementary School1.4 mi · 857
- Honey Elementary School2.1 mi · 442
- Waters Elementary School2.7 mi · 464
Frequently asked questions
About Lubbock-Cooper Laura Bush Middle SchoolHow large is Lubbock-Cooper Laura Bush Middle School?
Lubbock-Cooper Laura Bush Middle School enrolls approximately 857 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Lubbock-Cooper Laura Bush Middle School serve?
Lubbock-Cooper Laura Bush Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lubbock-Cooper Laura Bush Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lubbock-Cooper Laura Bush Middle School is approximately 12.2:1 (70 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Lubbock-Cooper Laura Bush Middle School?
Student demographics at Lubbock-Cooper Laura Bush Middle School are roughly 53% White, 39% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Lubbock-Cooper Laura Bush Middle School in?
Lubbock-Cooper Laura Bush Middle School is part of LUBBOCK-COOPER ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.