Enrollment
385
Elementary
DISTRICT 360 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPOKANE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530825001370
Cooper Elementary
3200 N Ferrall St, Spokane, WA 99217 · (509) 354-2500 · Spokane County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL385 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 64% of Washington public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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 Washington public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
268 students
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 51%
Community
0
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 | 13 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (57).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 68% · 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
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
41.1%
WA avg 58.4% . -9.7pp since 2014
Math
37.5%
WA avg 51.2% . -13.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are down about 10 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 13 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.1% | 37.5% |
| 2023-24 | 46.3% | 43.5% |
| 2022-23 | 42.2% | 37.2% |
| 2021-22 | 40.3% | 31.9% |
| 2018-19 | 56.2% | 56.2% |
| 2017-18 | 51.2% | 45.2% |
| 2016-17 | 43.6% | 39.8% |
| 2015-16 | 54.5% | 52.4% |
| 2014-15 | 50.7% | 50.5% |
% Met or Exceeded Standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. 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
44.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.5%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for Washington 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 Washington'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 Cooper Elementary
Cooper Elementary's state test result (44.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooper Elementary this school | 385 | 69.6% | 44.2% |
| East Farms STEAM School Newman Lake | 387 | 65.4% | 37.6% |
| Westview Elementary Spokane | 328 | 69.8% | 57.8% |
| Trentwood School SPOKANE VALLEY | 402 | 64.9% | 46.5% |
| Shiloh Hills Elementary SPOKANE | 465 | 70.8% | 42.5% |
| East Port Orchard Elementary PORT ORCHARD | 423 | 66.7% | 39.2% |
Matched among Washington 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 Cooper Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Spokane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #536 of 936 | #53 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #719 of 1,103 ▼ 159 | #61 of 83 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.1% | #718 of 1,102 ▼ 147 | #61 of 83 ▼ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.2pp | #365 of 928 | #40 of 81 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 385 | #693 of 1,268 | #42 of 92 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #44 of 1,085 | #15 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.2% | #737 of 1,088 | #27 of 83 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.6% | #268 of 1,169 | #28 of 86 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.5% | #188 of 778 | #20 of 67 |
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
385
-52 (-12%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 553
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 385 | 30.5 | 12.6:1 | 70% (268) |
| 2023-24 | 396 | 31.5 | 12.6:1 | 78% (307) |
| 2022-23 | 378 | 32.5 | 11.6:1 | 76% (287) |
| 2020-21 | 437 | 31 | 14.1:1 | 72% (313) |
| 2017-18 | 517 | 37.4 | 13.8:1 | 76% (394) |
| 2015-16 | 535 | 36 | 14.9:1 | 78% (417) |
| 2010-11 | 538 | 30 | 17.9:1 | 66% (355) |
| 2000-01 | 620 | 30 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 553 | 27 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cooper Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (517 to 385); teachers down 18% (37.4 to 30.5).
About Cooper Elementary
Cooper Elementary serves students in Spokane, Washington, as a medium-sized elementary school. A federal count lists 385 students at the school, in pre-K through 5.
Cooper Elementary is part of a district of 62 schools: Spokane School District, with 28,853 students.
White students make up a majority at Cooper Elementary, at 68%. Next come 11% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 4% Black, and 4% Pacific Islander. That compares with about 83% White among all Spokane County residents. Cooper Elementary's diversity index is 51%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reported 30.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 12.6:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. Eligible students account for 70% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. Compared with the 52% average for public schools in Spokane County, the school's rate is higher.
Cooper Elementary is graded B by allk12, scoring above 64% of Washington public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Cooper Elementary is 10.7 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 44.2% actual, 33.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Washington.
According to the American Community Survey, in Spokane County, the median household income is $78,582, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 33% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. There are 187 public schools in Spokane County, enrolling about 76,588 students in all.
Spokane Area Professional-Technical Skills Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles away. Within five miles of Cooper Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 5 schools in the immediate area with test results, Cooper Elementary ranks 1st on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as City: Mid-size by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment declined 12% from its 2020-21 level of 437. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 14.1:1 to 12.6:1.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Spokane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
549,056
Census ACS
Median income
$78,582
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
187
76,588 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Spokane School District
- Lewis & Clark High SchoolHigh · 1,673 students
- North Central High SchoolHigh · 1,647 students
- Ferris High SchoolHigh · 1,644 students
- Rogers High SchoolHigh · 1,498 students
- Shadle Park High SchoolHigh · 1,445 students
- Sacajawea Middle SchoolMiddle · 855 students
Other schools in Spokane
- Mead Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,827 students
- Lewis & Clark High SchoolHigh · 1,673 students
- North Central High SchoolHigh · 1,647 students
- Ferris High SchoolHigh · 1,644 students
- Rogers High SchoolHigh · 1,498 students
- Shadle Park High SchoolHigh · 1,445 students
Other Cooper Elementary schools
11 other US public schools in 9 states are named Cooper Elementary. Cooper Elementary is the 8th largest of the 12.
- Cooper Elementary SchoolLoganville, GA · 1,520 students
- Cooper ElementaryVacaville, CA · 710 students
- COOPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBELLA VISTA, AR · 628 students
- Cooper Elementary SchoolTulsa, OK · 516 students
- Cooper Elementary SchoolCOOPER, TX · 490 students
Nearby schools
- Spokane Area Professional-Technical Skills Center0.8 mi · 20
- On Track Academy0.8 mi · 442
- Bemiss Elementary0.8 mi · 368
- Shaw Middle School0.8 mi · 693
- Alternative Northeast Community Center Preschool0.9 mi · 37
- Regal Elementary0.9 mi · 381
Frequently asked questions
About Cooper ElementaryHow many students attend Cooper Elementary?
Cooper Elementary enrolls approximately 385 students in grades PK-05.
Is Cooper Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cooper Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Cooper Elementary have?
Cooper Elementary employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Cooper Elementary?
Student demographics at Cooper Elementary are roughly 68% White, 11% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Cooper Elementary public or private?
Cooper Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Spokane School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.