Cooper Montessori

Set in Burlington, Wisconsin, Cooper Montessori is a modestly sized primary school, overseen by Burlington Area School District. It teaches 225 students across grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 30% leaner than the typical public school in Wisconsin, which averages around 323 students.

Burlington Area School District comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 3,035 students; Cooper Montessori is among them.

Demographically, Cooper Montessori shows that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 72% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 21% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Racine County's rate of about 48%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Cooper Montessori tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 64.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 67.2%.

Zooming out to the county, Racine County reports that median household income runs about $78,096, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Racine County runs 54 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,901 students), of which Cooper Montessori is one.

Nearest neighbor: Burlington Alternative School, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cooper Montessori at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 62.2%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 48%: 435 students in 2018 compared to 225 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share increased from 77% to 89%. Class-load math has widened: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 in 2025.

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