Elementary · Iowa

Cooper Elementary School

Free meals for all

Cooper Elementary School, a public elementary school in Fort Dodge, Iowa: grades 1–5, 231 students, 14.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Fort Dodge Comm School District.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 231
Teachers (FTE): 16.2
Students per teacher: 14.2
Grades: 1–5; Elementary

More students per teacher than 67% of elementary schools in Iowa

Median 13.3 · 668 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 54% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 75% of elementary schools in Iowa

Median 320 · 669 schools compared

Smaller than 84% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades 1–5
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Remote town
Run by: Fort Dodge Comm School District

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Fort Dodge Comm School District.

Location

Address: 2420 14th Avenue North, Fort Dodge, IA 50501
Phone: (515)574-5602
City or town: Fort Dodge
County: Webster County

Website Quality of life in Fort Dodge Schools in Fort Dodge

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Duncombe Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	1–5	438	14.4	0.8 mi
Feelhaver Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	1–5	227	17.0	1.1 mi
Early Childhood CenterFree meals for all	Pre-K–K	376	13.5	1.2 mi
Butler Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	1–5	328	13.2	1.8 mi
Manson Northwest Webster Elementary	Pre-K–6	439	14.8	10.1 mi
Clyde D Mease Elementary School	Pre-K–K	139	19.3	14.1 mi

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

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