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Lubbock-Cooper West Elementary School
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 43 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 95 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 115 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (115).
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 71 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 14 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 19 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 43.0% | 31.0% | 17.0% | 9.0% |
| Mathematics | 37.0% | 34.0% | 18.0% | 11.0% |
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 74.0% | 71.0% |
| 2024-25 | 78.0% | 70.0% |
| 2023-24 | 71.0% | 74.0% |
| 2022-23 | 50.0% | 83.0% |
| 2021-22 | 60.0% | 90.0% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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%.
Schools most like Lubbock-Cooper West Elementary School
Lubbock-Cooper West Elementary School's state test result (66.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lubbock-Cooper West Elementary School this school | 624 | 24.0% | 66.5% |
| I W and Eleanor Hyde Elementary School LEAGUE CITY | 600 | 23.8% | 59.5% |
| Wylie West Elementary School ABILENE | 673 | 24.1% | N/A |
| Deerwood Elementary School KINGWOOD | 641 | 23.7% | 51.5% |
| Shadow Forest Elementary School KINGWOOD | 584 | 20.0% | 58.8% |
| Dorothy Smith Pullen Elementary School ROCKWALL | 616 | 25.6% | 67.5% |
Where Lubbock-Cooper West Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Lubbock County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.5% | #436 of 4,401 | #4 of 50 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #375 of 4,466 ▲ 18 | #3 of 52 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #514 of 4,466 ▼ 153 | #7 of 52 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.0pp | #1,979 of 3,998 | #13 of 34 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 624 | #1,427 of 4,938 | #9 of 54 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #795 of 4,622 | #10 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.6% | #1,748 of 4,628 | #19 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.0% | #4,346 of 4,789 | #52 of 53 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.4% | #1,390 of 2,838 | #15 of 33 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 624 | 48.1 | 13.0:1 | 24% (150) |
| 2023-24 | 627 | 48 | 13.1:1 | 31% (196) |
| 2022-23 | 596 | 46.8 | 12.7:1 | 25% (149) |
| 2020-21 | 630 | 47 | 13.4:1 | 23% (147) |
| 2017-18 | 755 | 48.6 | 15.5:1 | 23% (172) |
| 2015-16 | 713 | 50 | 14.3:1 | 19% (133) |
| 2010-11 | 755 | 54 | 14.0:1 | 19% (147) |
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (755 to 624); teachers down 1% (48.6 to 48.1).
About Lubbock-Cooper West Elementary School
LUBBOCK, Texas, is home to Lubbock-Cooper West Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 624 students on the rolls. That compares with an average of about 519 students for elementary schools in Texas.
District-wide, LUBBOCK-COOPER ISD has 10 schools and 8,030 students.
The share of White students at Lubbock-Cooper West Elementary School is 58%, a majority. The school is also 31% Hispanic, 5% Asian, and 5% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 57%.
Its ratio of 13.0:1 is based on 48.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. In all, 24% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Lubbock County average 57%.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Lubbock-Cooper West Elementary School would score about 63.4%. It scores 66.5%, 3.1 points above that figure.
For the population of Lubbock County, the median household earns about $64,155 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 33% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Lubbock-Cooper West Elementary School shares Lubbock County with 109 other public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Lubbock-Cooper West Elementary School is closest to Smith Elementary School, about 0.9 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Lubbock-Cooper West Elementary School ranks 3rd of 9 on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (630) to 2024-25 (624).
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