📍 1100 S Recker Rd, Gilbert, Maricopa County, 85296
Cooley Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Gilbert, Maricopa County. The school has 873 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Higley Unified School District (4248) school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 51.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.1:1.
Cooley Middle School enrolls 873 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 51.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 54% White, 26% Hispanic or Latino and 8.1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 474 | 54% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 231 | 26% |
| Black or African American | 71 | 8.1% |
| Two or more races | 46 | 5.3% |
| Asian | 37 | 4.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 9 | 1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 5 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
209 of the school's 873 students (24%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Cooley Middle School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district OK-50.
Cooley Middle School is one of 16 schools in Higley Unified School District (4248), based in GILBERT, Arizona. The district serves 12,387 students district-wide and employs 732 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 873 students, Cooley Middle School is close to the district average of about 774 students per school.
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