📍 977 Balls Hill Rd, McLean, Fairfax County, 22101
Cooper Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in McLean, Fairfax County. The school has 1,054 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Fairfax County Public Schools school district. It serves grades 7–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 64.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.4:1. 94% of students are proficient in reading. 84% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Cooper Middle enrolls 1,054 students across grades 7–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 64.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 53% White, 30% Asian and 9.3% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 556 | 53% |
| Asian | 312 | 30% |
| Two or more races | 98 | 9.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 59 | 5.6% |
| Black or African American | 26 | 2.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
45 of the school's 1,054 students (4.3%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 38 qualify for free lunch and 7 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 Middle is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district VA-80, state senate district 31, state house district 34.
Cooper Middle is one of 223 schools in Fairfax County Public Schools, based in Falls Church, Virginia. The district serves 179,323 students district-wide and employs 12,675 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,054 students, Cooper Middle is larger than the district average of about 804 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small