📍 2420 14th Avenue North, Fort Dodge, Webster County, 50501
Cooper Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Fort Dodge, Webster County. The school has 252 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Kathryn Simpson. It is part of the Fort Dodge Comm School District school district. It serves grades 1–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 21.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.7:1. 52% of students are proficient in reading. 47% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Cooper Elementary School enrolls 252 students across grades 1–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 21.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 75% White, 11% Hispanic or Latino and 8.7% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 188 | 75% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 28 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 22 | 8.7% |
| Black or African American | 12 | 4.8% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
122 of the school's 252 students (48%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 94 qualify for free lunch and 28 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Cooper Elementary School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IA-40, state senate district 5, state house district 9.
Cooper Elementary School is one of 7 schools in Fort Dodge Comm School District, based in Fort Dodge, Iowa. The district serves 3,508 students district-wide and employs 235 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 252 students, Cooper Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 501 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote
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