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RAYMOND B COOPER J H
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About RAYMOND B COOPER J H
As a heavily attended intermediate school in WYLIE, Texas, RAYMOND B COOPER J H enrolls 1,019 students from grades 7 through 8, overseen by WYLIE ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so RAYMOND B COOPER J H sits 58% bigger than that benchmark.
RAYMOND B COOPER J H is one of 29 schools operated by WYLIE ISD, a district that caters to 25,007 students overall.
Looking at the student body, RAYMOND B COOPER J H lists that 35% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 26% Asian, 19% Hispanic, 15% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Collin County as a whole is about 54% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.
Looking at school resources, RAYMOND B COOPER J H logs 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.9:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 25% of students at RAYMOND B COOPER J H qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
After controlling for student poverty, RAYMOND B COOPER J H sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.0%; this one delivers 71.7%.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Collin County put the typical household earns roughly $121,600 per year, 56% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. RAYMOND B COOPER J H is one of 338 public schools in Collin County (combined enrollment of about 227,575 students).
Nearest neighbor: DR AL DRAPER INTERMED, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around RAYMOND B COOPER J H. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), RAYMOND B COOPER J H ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 74.4%.
The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RAYMOND B COOPER J H has edged up 14%, going from 891 students in 2018 to 1,019 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment grew from 17% to 26% over that span.
On this page, members of the RAYMOND B COOPER J H community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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