Cooper Montessori

Families in Burlington, Wisconsin, are served by Cooper Montessori, a small elementary school. The school has 225 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 6. Elementary schools in Wisconsin have about 323 students on average; enrollment here is 30% lower.

Burlington Area School District runs 9 schools with a combined 3,035 students. Cooper Montessori is one of them.

Cooper Montessori is 89% White by enrollment. Other reported shares: 5% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. That compares with about 72% White among all Racine County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 20%.

Classroom staffing at Cooper Montessori totals 12.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 17.8:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Wisconsin average 14.7:1. Federal data show 21% of students (48) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 48% for public schools in Racine County.

Cooper Montessori sits between the top and bottom 10% of Wisconsin schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 67.2% and a predicted 64.5%.

For the population of Racine County, median household income comes to about $78,096, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Racine County counts 54 public schools with about 25,901 students.

Cooper Montessori's nearest public school is Burlington Alternative School (about 0.4 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Cooper Montessori is 2nd of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.

Under the NCES locale system, Cooper Montessori is Town: Fringe.

By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 225, from 375 in 2020-21. Its ratio of students to teachers was 12.9:1 in 2020-21, and 17.8:1 in 2024-25.

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