📍 6833 NC Highway 58, Elm City, Nash County, 27822
Coopers Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Elm City, Nash County. The school has 585 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Nash County Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 34.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.0:1. 43% of students are proficient in reading. 34% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Coopers Elementary enrolls 585 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 34.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 62% White, 21% Black or African American and 12% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 363 | 62% |
| Black or African American | 125 | 21% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 72 | 12% |
| Two or more races | 21 | 3.6% |
| Asian | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
361 of the school's 585 students (62%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 339 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.
Coopers Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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-10, state senate district 11, state house district 7.
Coopers Elementary is one of 30 schools in Nash County Public Schools, based in Nashville, North Carolina. The district serves 13,178 students district-wide and employs 852 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 585 students, Coopers Elementary is larger than the district average of about 439 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe