Cooper ISD
Cooper, Texas · Delta County · Grades Pre-K–12
Cooper ISD runs 3 schools (1 elementary, 1 middle, 1 high) with 903 students. By enrollment it is the 598th largest of 1210 districts in Texas, where the median district has 886 students. NCES classifies its area as rural, remote.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank compares the 1210 Texas districts listed on this site.
District at a glance
| Schools | 3 |
| Students | 903 |
| Teachers (full-time equivalent) | 70.4 |
| Students per teacher | 12.8 (state 14.9) |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 68.4% (state 61.6%) |
| County | Delta County |
| Area type | Rural, remote |
| NCES district ID | 4815150 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25, totals of the district's schools. Students per teacher = students ÷ full-time-equivalent teachers.
Schools in Cooper ISD
| School | Level | Grades | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooper Elementary School | Elementary | Pre-K–5 | 490 | 17 | 76.7% |
| Cooper High School | High | 9–12 | 224 | 8.2 | 57.6% |
| Cooper Junior High School | Middle | 6–8 | 189 | 13.1 | 59.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25.
Map of Cooper ISD schools
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Cooper ISD in context
Size
Cooper ISD enrolls less than 0.1% of Texas' 5,544,769 public school students and is close to the median district (886 students). The largest of its schools is Cooper Elementary School with 490 students, and the smallest is Cooper Junior High School with 189; the average is 301, against 626 statewide.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment. Share = district students ÷ all students in Texas schools listed here; averages = students ÷ schools.
Grades
Its largest grade this year is grade 1, with 74 students. Grade 12 has 53 students and kindergarten has 69, 23% fewer in the later grade. Each grade is a different group of students, so this is not a dropout or growth rate. Cooper ISD enrolls 61 children in pre-K.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade, all schools in the district.
Students
White students are the largest group in Cooper ISD at 66%, above their 24.4% share of Texas public school students. Hispanic students make up 18.6%.
68.4% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 61.6% statewide. By school, the share runs from 57.6% at Cooper High School to 76.7% at Cooper Elementary School. All 3 of its schools serve free breakfast and lunch to every student under the Community Eligibility Provision or Provision 2 or 3, with no application.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District and state shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Staff
Its 70.4 full-time-equivalent teachers work out to 12.8 students per teacher, fewer than the state's 14.9. With 1 counselors it has 903 students per counselor; the median Texas district has 379, and the American School Counselor Association recommends no more than 250. It reports no librarians or media specialists.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 district staff file (full-time equivalents). Students per counselor = district students ÷ counselors. Benchmark: American School Counselor Association, 250 students per counselor.
Location
Cooper ISD is based in rural territory more than 25 miles from an urbanized area and more than 10 miles from a town, an area NCES calls rural, remote. The nearest district is North Hopkins ISD, 7.8 miles away with 495 students. 14 districts are within 25 miles, and 5 of them enroll more students than Cooper ISD. Delta County has 2 districts on this site.
Source: NCES EDGE locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines between the average locations of each district's schools.
Staff
| Role | Full-time equivalent | Students per staff member |
|---|---|---|
| Teachers | 70.3 | 13 |
| School counselors | 1 | 903 |
| Librarians and media specialists | 0 | – |
| School psychologists | 0 | – |
| Instructional aides | 21.6 | 42 |
| Other student support staff | 2 | 452 |
| School administrators | 5 | 181 |
| District administrators | 2 | 452 |
| All staff | 137.8 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 district staff file. Students per staff member = district students ÷ full-time-equivalent staff in that role. The median Texas district has 379 students per counselor.
Students by race and ethnicity
| White | 66% |
| Hispanic | 18.6% |
| Black | 7.6% |
| Two or more races | 6.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Asian | 0.3% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership, all schools in the district.
Students by grade
| Pre-K | 61 |
| Kindergarten | 69 |
| Grade 1 | 74 |
| Grade 2 | 72 |
| Grade 3 | 71 |
| Grade 4 | 73 |
| Grade 5 | 70 |
| Grade 6 | 68 |
| Grade 7 | 64 |
| Grade 8 | 57 |
| Grade 9 | 63 |
| Grade 10 | 60 |
| Grade 11 | 48 |
| Grade 12 | 53 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Nearby school districts
| District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Calendar 2026–2027 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Hopkins ISD | 8 mi | 495 | 10.5 | – |
| Fannindel ISD | 13 mi | 141 | 7.3 | – |
| Commerce ISD | 14 mi | 1,542 | 13.1 | – |
| Sulphur Springs ISD | 17 mi | 4,216 | 13.7 | – |
| Sulphur Bluff ISD | 18 mi | 209 | 10.1 | – |
| Cumby Collegiate ISD | 18 mi | 463 | 11.7 | – |
| Honey Grove ISD | 20 mi | 651 | 14.5 | – |
| Chisum ISD | 20 mi | 1,184 | 12.4 | – |
Distance between the average locations of each district's schools (NCES EDGE).
Other school districts in Delta County
- Fannindel ISD (141 students)
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25, county of each district's office.
Contact
759 Fm 1528, Cooper, TX 75432
Phone: (903)395-2111
Website: cooperisd.net
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory.