📍 7559 N 14th St, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, 49009
Cooper Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County. The school has 259 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Plainwell Community Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.2:1. 47% of students are proficient in reading. 37% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Cooper Elementary School enrolls 259 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 16 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 93% White, 3.1% Two or more races and 2.3% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 241 | 93% |
| Two or more races | 8 | 3.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 6 | 2.3% |
| Black or African American | 4 | 1.5% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
79 of the school's 259 students (31%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 62 qualify for free lunch and 17 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 rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MI-40, state senate district 20, state house district 66.
Cooper Elementary School is one of 6 schools in Plainwell Community Schools, based in PLAINWELL, Michigan. The district serves 2,634 students district-wide and employs 150 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 259 students, Cooper Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 439 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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