📍 Highway 1, Big Sur, Monterey County, 93920
Captain Cooper Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Big Sur, Monterey County. The school has 42 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Kara Gober. It is part of the Carmel Unified school district. It serves grades K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.5:1.
Captain Cooper Elementary enrolls 42 students across grades K–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 67% Hispanic or Latino, 24% White and 9.5% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 28 | 67% |
| White | 10 | 24% |
| Two or more races | 4 | 9.5% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
28 of the school's 42 students (67%) 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.
Captain Cooper Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Captain Cooper Elementary is one of 9 schools in Carmel Unified, based in Carmel, California. The district serves 2,157 students district-wide and employs 138 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 42 students, Captain Cooper Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 240 students per school.
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