📍 5143 S 21st St, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, 53221
Cooper Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County. The school has 461 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Milwaukee School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 23.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.4:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Cooper Elementary enrolls 461 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 23.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 38% Hispanic or Latino, 30% White and 17% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 173 | 38% |
| White | 140 | 30% |
| Black or African American | 79 | 17% |
| Asian | 37 | 8% |
| Two or more races | 32 | 6.9% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
298 of the school's 461 students (65%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 298 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Cooper Elementary is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. 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 WI-40, state senate district 3, state house district 7.
Cooper Elementary is one of 156 schools in Milwaukee School District, based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The district serves 65,599 students district-wide and employs 4,034 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 461 students, Cooper Elementary is close to the district average of about 421 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large