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Enrollment
1,019
Middle
DISTRICT 1,018 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WYLIE ISD·NCES 484653011179
Raymond B Cooper Junior High School
101 HENSLEY LN, WYLIE, TX 75098 · (972) 429-3250 · Collin County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,019 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 95% of Texas public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
16.9:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
254 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 7 | 522 | 51% |
| Grade 8 | 497 | 49% |
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
81.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +35.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
72.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +24.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 72 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 35 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 24 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 54.0% | 27.0% | 11.0% | 8.0% |
| Mathematics | 43.0% | 29.0% | 15.0% | 13.0% |
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 | 81.0% | 72.0% |
| 2024-25 | 74.0% | 72.0% |
| 2023-24 | 76.0% | 69.0% |
| 2022-23 | 59.0% | 54.0% |
| 2021-22 | 55.0% | 43.0% |
| 2020-21 | 46.0% | 48.0% |
% 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
69.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% 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%.
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 Raymond B Cooper Junior High School
Raymond B Cooper Junior High School's state test result (69.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raymond B Cooper Junior High School this school | 1,019 | 24.9% | 69.0% |
| Dr Al Draper Intermed WYLIE | 963 | 26.2% | 69.8% |
| Garland McMeans Junior High School KATY | 1,133 | 28.0% | 82.8% |
| Walter & Lois Curtis Middle School ALLEN | 1,323 | 19.2% | 74.2% |
| Smith Middle School CYPRESS | 1,091 | 21.1% | 79.2% |
| Davis Intermediate School WYLIE | 957 | 24.1% | 64.8% |
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 Raymond B Cooper Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Collin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #110 of 1,635 | #20 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #118 of 1,670 ▼ 5 | #18 of 57 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #115 of 1,670 ▲ 103 | #16 of 57 ▲ 14 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +20.0pp | #289 of 1,570 | #11 of 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,019 | #263 of 1,749 | #18 of 57 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #1,282 of 1,542 | #46 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.4% | #30 of 1,543 | #5 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.9% | #1,511 of 1,648 | #28 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.4% | #191 of 437 | #14 of 20 |
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
1,019
+23 (+2%) vs 2020
+65% since 2010-11, when it was 618
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 17.8:1
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 | 1,019 | 60.5 | 16.9:1 | 25% (254) |
| 2023-24 | 1,016 | 60.5 | 16.8:1 | 26% (261) |
| 2022-23 | 1,008 | 58.8 | 17.2:1 | 27% (271) |
| 2020-21 | 996 | 56 | 17.8:1 | 25% (253) |
| 2017-18 | 891 | 53.3 | 16.7:1 | 22% (198) |
| 2015-16 | 768 | 45 | 17.1:1 | 27% (208) |
| 2010-11 | 618 | 38 | 16.3:1 | 30% (188) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Raymond B Cooper Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (891 to 1,019); teachers up 14% (53.3 to 60.5).
About Raymond B Cooper Junior High School
Raymond B Cooper Junior High School is a large middle-grades school that serves part of WYLIE, Texas. Students in grades 7 through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 1,019 students. The average among middle schools in Texas is roughly 643 students; this school is 58% bigger than that.
Enrollment across the 21 schools in WYLIE ISD totals 19,401 students.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Raymond B Cooper Junior High School, at 35%. Other groups include 26% Asian, 19% Hispanic, 15% Black, and 3% multiracial. By comparison, Collin County residents are about 54% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 74% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The ratio of students to teachers is 16.9:1, with 60.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The school has more students per teacher than the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Raymond B Cooper Junior High School is 25%.
allk12 grades Raymond B Cooper Junior High School an A+. The grade compares the school only with Texas public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 63.0% for Raymond B Cooper Junior High School. The school posts 69.0%, 5.9 points above the prediction.
Federal survey data for Collin County show that the median household income is $121,600, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 56% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Collin County is home to 338 public schools and about 227,575 public school students.
Dr Al Draper Intermed is located about 0.1 miles from Raymond B Cooper Junior High School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Raymond B Cooper Junior High School is 7th of 9 on proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (996) to 2024-25 (1,019).
The Raymond B Cooper Junior High School community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Collin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,163,337
Census ACS
Median income
$121,600
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
56%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
338
227,575 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WYLIE ISD
- Wylie High SchoolHigh · 3,189 students
- Wylie East High SchoolHigh · 2,709 students
- Ab Harrison Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,093 students
- Grady Burnett Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,064 students
- Frank McMillan Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,011 students
- Dr Al Draper IntermedMiddle · 963 students
Other schools in WYLIE
- Wylie High SchoolHigh · 3,189 students
- Wylie East High SchoolHigh · 2,709 students
- Ab Harrison Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,093 students
- Grady Burnett Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,064 students
- Frank McMillan Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,011 students
- Dr Al Draper IntermedMiddle · 963 students
Nearby schools
- Dr Al Draper Intermed0.1 mi · 963
- Wylie High School0.6 mi · 3,189
- Don Whitt Elementary School1.0 mi · 728
- Cheri Cox Elementary School1.3 mi · 670
- R V Groves Elementary School1.9 mi · 680
- Tibbals Elementary School2.0 mi · 609
Frequently asked questions
About Raymond B Cooper Junior High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Raymond B Cooper Junior High School?
Raymond B Cooper Junior High School enrolls approximately 1,019 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Raymond B Cooper Junior High School serve?
Raymond B Cooper Junior High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Raymond B Cooper Junior High School have?
Raymond B Cooper Junior High School employs 60 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Raymond B Cooper Junior High School?
At Raymond B Cooper Junior High School, the student body is approximately 35% White, 19% Hispanic, 15% Black, 26% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Raymond B Cooper Junior High School public or private?
Raymond B Cooper Junior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by WYLIE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.