📍 849 North Mial St, Clayton, Johnston County, 27520
Cooper Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Clayton, Johnston County. The school has 444 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Johnston County Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.1:1. 29% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Cooper Academy enrolls 444 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 40 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 35% Hispanic or Latino, 31% Black or African American and 26% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 155 | 35% |
| Black or African American | 136 | 31% |
| White | 116 | 26% |
| Two or more races | 34 | 7.7% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
301 of the school's 444 students (68%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 279 qualify for free lunch and 22 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 Academy is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, 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 NC At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 11, state house district 26.
Cooper Academy is one of 48 schools in Johnston County Public Schools, based in Smithfield, North Carolina. The district serves 37,320 students district-wide and employs 2,398 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 444 students, Cooper Academy is smaller than the district average of about 778 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Small