Enrollment
826
Texas · 2024-25 NCES data
Other / mixed grade configuration · Lubbock, TX
Federal NCES profile for Lubbock-Cooper North El, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 44/100.
The verdict
Lubbock-Cooper North El earns 44/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes near the Texas median.
Lubbock-Cooper North El has class sizes near the Texas median. Computed live against every Texas school reporting to NCES.
By Resource Investment Index, Lubbock-Cooper North El ranks #26 of 49 schools in Lubbock, TX.
NCES ID 481518009330 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Enrollment
826
Texas · 2024-25 NCES data
Teachers (FTE)
58.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
14.2:1
vs 14.7:1 Texas avg
-3% vs state
Free-lunch eligible
46.3%
vs 61.9% Texas avg
-25% vs state
How Lubbock-Cooper North El compares with Texas and U.S. medians
At or below state median
14.2:1 - 0.5 below the Texas state median of 14.7:1, indicating smaller average class loads than typical schools in the state.
Lubbock-Cooper North El is a mid-sized combined-grade school in Lubbock, Texas, enrolling 826 students.
At 14.2:1, its student-teacher ratio sits close to the Texas median, within a few percentage points of the 14.7:1 state norm, neither notably crowded nor notably small.
Economic need runs somewhat below the state's typical profile, with 46.3% of students eligible for free meals.
Enrollment of 826 puts it in the larger third of Texas schools by headcount.
Its Resource Investment Index sits near the middle of the pack among 8,960 scored Texas schools.
Against 1,141 statewide peers matched on enrollment and economic need, it ranks in the upper tier at #411.
Its student body is led by Hispanic or Latino (55%) and White (37%) (diversity index 56/100).
Counselor access is stretched at roughly 826 students per counselor, well above the ASCA-recommended 250:1 ceiling.
15.5% of students were chronically absent in the 2021-22 collection, in line with the post-pandemic national range.
The surrounding Lubbock-Cooper Isd spends $10,160 per pupil, 26% below the Texas average, a leaner-resourced district than most.
Lubbock-Cooper Isd also operates Lubbock-Cooper H S (1,856 students) and Lubbock-Cooper Middle (901 students) alongside Lubbock-Cooper North El.
Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.
Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25
Lubbock-Cooper North El on the metrics families compare, against Texas and U.S. means.
| Metric | This school | vs Texas | Texas avg | U.S. avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students per teacher | 14.2:1 | ▼ 3% | 14.7:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Free-lunch eligible | 46.3% | ▼ 25% | 61.9% | 51.7% |
| Enrollment | 826 | top 18% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.
Largest group: Hispanic or Latino at 55.0% of enrollment.
Simpson diversity index - at 56.0, Lubbock-Cooper North El is more mixed than the Texas school average of 44.7.
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Lubbock-Cooper Isd, which includes Lubbock-Cooper North El.
Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.
| School | Enrollment | Economic Profile | Student-Teacher Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lubbock-Cooper H S | Larger | Lower economic need | Lower S:T ratio |
| Lubbock-Cooper Middle | Similar size | Lower economic need | Similar S:T ratio |
| Lubbock-Cooper Laura Bush Middle | Similar size | Lower economic need | Lower S:T ratio |
| Lubbock-Cooper East El | Similar size | Similar economic need | Similar S:T ratio |
| Lubbock-Cooper Central El | Similar size | Lower economic need | Similar S:T ratio |
Comparisons are relative to Lubbock-Cooper North El's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.
Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Texas, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.
Next steps
Verify locally before acting on Lubbock-Cooper North El's federal record.
Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.
Lubbock-Cooper North El has 826 students enrolled. It is a public school in Lubbock, TX.
The student-teacher ratio at Lubbock-Cooper North El is 14.2:1, which is 3% lower than the Texas average of 14.7:1 and 10% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.
46.3% of students at Lubbock-Cooper North El are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Texas average of 61.9%.
The largest demographic group at Lubbock-Cooper North El is Hispanic or Latino at 55.0% of enrollment, in Lubbock, TX. Its student body is more racially and ethnically mixed than most US schools, with a diversity index of 56.0/100.
Lubbock-Cooper North El has a Resource Investment Index of 44/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, counselor availability, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).
By Resource Investment Index, Lubbock-Cooper North El ranks #26 of 49 schools in Lubbock, TX. This compares federal resource and staffing data among local peers; it is not a test-score or academic ranking. See all schools in Lubbock on the city page.
Lubbock-Cooper North El earns 44/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes near the Texas median. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.
Besides Lubbock-Cooper North El, Lubbock-Cooper Isd also operates Lubbock-Cooper H S (1,856 students), Lubbock-Cooper Middle (901 students), and Lubbock-Cooper Laura Bush Middle (857 students). See the Lubbock-Cooper Isd district page for the complete list.
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