NCES CCD 2024-25 13 schools TX

Best-Resourced Schools in Copperas Cove, TX

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13 public K-12 schools in Copperas Cove from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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13
Schools
8,526
Students
40.9/100
Avg Resource Index
13:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Copperas Cove has more public-school enrollment than 76% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Copperas Cove sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Copperas Cove's list includes 6 elementary, 2 middle, and 2 high-school campuses, plus 3 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 28-point gap between Crossroads H S and Copperas Cove H S shows the range hidden by Copperas Cove's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 24%
School count
Top 28%
Resource Index average
50th percentile
Teacher staffing
79th percentile

Copperas Cove H S accounts for 26.4% of all Copperas Cove public-school enrollment

That concentration means Copperas Cove-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Copperas Cove school enrollment varies 17× across entities

Copperas Cove school enrollment ranges from 130 students (lowest) to 2,247 students (highest), a spread of 2,117 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Copperas Cove reports 51.1% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Copperas Cove student-teacher ratio is 13.0:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Crossroads H S 57
2. Martin Walker El 51
3. Cove Charter Academy 47
4. Taylor Creek El 43
5. House Creek El 42
6. Hettie Halstead El 42
7. J L Williams/Lovett Ledger El 39
8. Mae Stevens Early Learning Academy 39
9. Copperas Cove J H 37
10. C R Clements/Hollie Parsons El 36
11. S C Lee J H 35
12. Fairview/Miss Jewell El 35
13. Copperas Cove H S 29

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Copperas Cove

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 J L Williams/Lovett Ledger El 75.9/100
  2. 2 Hettie Halstead El 74.6/100
  3. 3 S C Lee J H 74.2/100
  4. 4 Mae Stevens Early Learning Academy 74.0/100
  5. 5 Cove Charter Academy 74.0/100

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Which Copperas Cove school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Crossroads H S has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Copperas Cove schools in this federal-data comparison at 57/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Copperas Cove, TX? ▼

Copperas Cove has 13 public schools with a total enrollment of 8,526 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 13:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.