Enrollment
256
Elementary
DISTRICT 306 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHEBOYGAN AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551365001782
Cooper Elementary
2014 Cooper Ave, Sheboygan, WI 53083 · (920) 459-3693 · Sheboygan County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL256 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
184 students
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 42%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 31 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (31) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (44).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 54% · 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
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
33.3%
WI avg 53.1% . +2.6pp since 2023
Math
41.3%
WI avg 54.8% . -1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.3% | 41.3% |
| 2023-24 | 30.7% | 42.9% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. 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
37.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.5%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin'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 (37.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooper Elementary this school | 256 | 71.9% | 37.3% |
| Lincoln Elementary Wausau | 204 | 75.0% | 37.5% |
| Franklin Elementary Wausau | 181 | 69.1% | 39.6% |
| James Madison Elementary Sheboygan | 327 | 74.6% | 48.6% |
| Wilson Elementary Sheboygan | 472 | 70.8% | 58.1% |
| Thomas Jefferson Elementary Wausau | 372 | 61.0% | 61.0% |
Matched among Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin | In Sheboygan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.3% | #784 of 982 | #20 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #717 of 992 ▼ 5 | #19 of 23 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #807 of 992 ▲ 19 | #19 of 23 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 256 | #765 of 1,157 | #16 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #307 of 901 | #7 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.7% | #65 of 901 | #6 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.9% | #170 of 1,064 | #7 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.2% | #319 of 664 | #9 of 16 |
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
256
-24 (-9%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 259
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 256 | 20.8 | 12.3:1 | 72% (184) |
| 2023-24 | 281 | 21.8 | 12.9:1 | 60% (169) |
| 2022-23 | 281 | 22.3 | 12.6:1 | 58% (162) |
| 2020-21 | 280 | 22 | 12.7:1 | 55% (155) |
| 2017-18 | 302 | 24.4 | 12.4:1 | 49% (148) |
| 2015-16 | 305 | 22 | 13.9:1 | 50% (153) |
| 2010-11 | 288 | 17 | 16.9:1 | 44% (127) |
| 2000-01 | 270 | 17 | 15.9:1 | 26% (71) |
| 1990-91 | 259 | 14 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cooper Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (302 to 256); teachers down 14% (24.4 to 20.8).
About Cooper Elementary
Cooper Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, (ZIP code 53083). The school has 256 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Wisconsin average about 323 students, which makes this school 21% below average.
Sheboygan Area School District (26 schools, 9,285 students) runs Cooper Elementary.
White students account for 40% of enrollment at Cooper Elementary, more than any other group. Smaller groups are 31% Asian, 14% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 4% Black. County-wide, 83% of Sheboygan County residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 71%.
Cooper Elementary lists 20.8 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 12.3 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Wisconsin, the average ratio is 14.7:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 72% of the student body. Among public schools in Sheboygan County, the average eligibility rate is 45%.
Cooper Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of Wisconsin schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 37.3% and a predicted 33.5%.
The school is in Sheboygan County, where the median household earns about $73,094 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Across Sheboygan County, 52 public schools serve about 17,340 students.
Cooper Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Jefferson Elementary, about 0.7 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Cooper Elementary ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Federal data place Cooper Elementary in the City: Small locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 24 students, from 280 to 256.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Cooper Elementary. You can also rate the school on this page.
Sheboygan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
117,991
Census ACS
Median income
$73,094
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
17,340 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sheboygan Area School District
- North HighHigh · 1,482 students
- South HighHigh · 1,075 students
- Horace Mann MiddleMiddle · 617 students
- Urban MiddleMiddle · 568 students
- Early Learning CenterElementary · 521 students
- Wilson ElementaryElementary · 472 students
Other schools in Sheboygan
- North HighHigh · 1,482 students
- South HighHigh · 1,075 students
- Horace Mann MiddleMiddle · 617 students
- Urban MiddleMiddle · 568 students
- Early Learning CenterElementary · 521 students
- Wilson ElementaryElementary · 472 students
Other Cooper Elementary schools
11 other US public schools in 9 states are named Cooper Elementary. Cooper Elementary is the 11th largest of the 12.
- Cooper ElementaryMilwaukee, WI · 447 students
- Cooper ElementarySuperior, WI · 363 students
- Cooper Elementary SchoolLoganville, GA · 1,520 students
- Cooper ElementaryVacaville, CA · 710 students
- COOPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBELLA VISTA, AR · 628 students
Nearby schools
- Jefferson Elementary0.7 mi · 252
- Urban Middle0.7 mi · 568
- Pigeon River Elementary0.8 mi · 254
- Etude Elementary0.8 mi · 190
- North High0.8 mi · 1,482
- Grant Elementary1.4 mi · 337
Frequently asked questions
About Cooper ElementaryHow many students attend Cooper Elementary?
Cooper Elementary enrolls approximately 256 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 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Cooper Elementary?
Student demographics at Cooper Elementary are roughly 40% White, 14% Hispanic, 4% Black, 31% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Cooper Elementary in?
Cooper Elementary is part of Sheboygan Area School District.
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