📍 4814 Shed Road, Bossier City, Bossier Parish, 71111
Cope Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Bossier City, Bossier Parish. The school has 836 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Bossier Parish school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.9:1. 54% of students are proficient in reading. 42% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Cope Middle School enrolls 836 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 42 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 41% White, 38% Black or African American and 13% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 346 | 41% |
| Black or African American | 321 | 38% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 107 | 13% |
| Two or more races | 37 | 4.4% |
| Asian | 18 | 2.2% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 5 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
488 of the school's 836 students (58%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 449 qualify for free lunch and 39 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Cope Middle School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). 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 LA-40, state senate district 37, state house district 9.
Cope Middle School is one of 34 schools in Bossier Parish, based in Benton, Louisiana. The district serves 22,224 students district-wide and employs 1,309 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 836 students, Cope Middle School is larger than the district average of about 654 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small