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Cooper, Texas - 3 schools
An equity score of 53/100 ranks Cooper Isd #463 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,147 per pupil, Cooper Isd ranks #753 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
888
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$12,147
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Cooper Isd operates 3 public schools serving 888 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 1 middle schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Delta County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,147 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 26.6% local, 55.0% state, and 18.4% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 53/100, ranked #463 of 1044 in Texas against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 490:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 25.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 65.7% White, 18.5% Hispanic or Latino, 8.0% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Cooper J H, with a diversity index of 54.0/100.
Its largest campus is Cooper El, enrolling 490 students (54% of the district's total enrollment).
Cooper El accounts for 54.3% of all Cooper Isd student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Cooper Isd a distant remainder — means Cooper Isd-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Cooper Isd school enrollment varies 2.6× across entities
Cooper Isd school enrollment ranges from 189 students (lowest) to 490 students (highest), a spread of 301 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Cooper Isd has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 62.9% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Eligibility here is approaching the 75% concentration-grant threshold; it does not yet unlock the extra funding tier but sits meaningfully above the baseline 50% majority mark. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Cooper Isd student-counselor ratio is 490:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Cooper Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 25.0% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Cooper Isd is typically wider than the Cooper Isd-aggregate figure suggests.
Cooper Isd has 3 schools, including 1 combined, 1 high, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 888 students.
How much does Cooper Isd spend per student?
Cooper Isd spends $12,147 per student. The district has an equity score of 53/100, ranking #463 in Texas.
What is the demographic composition of Cooper Isd?
Cooper Isd students are 65.7% White, 18.5% Hispanic or Latino, 8.0% African American, 0.3% Asian, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Cooper Isd?
Cooper Isd has an equity score of 53/100, ranking #463 out of 1044 districts in Texas.