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Captain Cooper Elementary School

Serves grades KG - 5

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
Highway 1
Big Sur, CA 93920
Phone
(831) 667-2452
District
Carmel Unified
County
MONTEREY COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
47
Classroom Teachers
5

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to California

8

(10 is best)

Better than 74.6% of all CA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

8

(10 is best)

Captain Cooper Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 4

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
52%
43%
52%
44%
52%
41%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
9
16
22
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Kindergarten 6 12.8%
Grade 1 5 10.6%
Grade 2 11 23.4%
Grade 3 8 17.0%
Grade 4 10 21.3%
Grade 5 7 14.9%
Total 47 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 27.5% 70.2% 22.0%
Black 0.0% 0.5% 5.2%
Hispanic 72.5% 24.6% 58.8%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 4.5% 13.1%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.2% 0.9%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 51.1% 15.6% 61.5%
Free lunch eligible 46.8% 14.9% 53.9%
Reduced lunch eligible 4.3% 0.7% 7.7%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 22,016 38,965,193
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 47.4 247
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 2.3% 5.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 13.9% 19.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD 18.8% 35.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 24.3% 24.8%
65 OR OLDER 40.6% 15.3%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 9,876 13,434,847
Single Parent Households With Children 2.4% 8.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 95.3% 84.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 62.8% 36.5%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 42.4% 30.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 16.5% 17.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 8.4% 11.8%
$50,000 - $74,999 10.5% 13.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 9.9% 11.1%
$15,000 - $29,999 6.4% 8.0%
$15,000 or less 5.9% 7.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $18,812 $40,615,000 54.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,441 $5,270,000 7.1%
Staff $1,637 $3,535,000 4.8%
General Administration $806 $1,740,000 2.3%
School Administration $2,197 $4,744,000 6.4%
Operation $3,502 $7,560,000 10.2%
Transportation $913 $1,972,000 2.7%
Other $1,834 $3,959,000 5.3%
Total Support $13,330 $28,780,000 38.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,296 $4,958,000 6.7%
Total Expenditures $34,439 $74,353,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,792 $57,171,955,000 48.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,305 $7,621,589,000 6.4%
Staff $1,038 $6,060,606,000 5.1%
General Administration $268 $1,564,258,000 1.3%
School Administration $1,087 $6,348,022,000 5.4%
Operation $1,559 $9,102,997,000 7.7%
Transportation $331 $1,933,983,000 1.6%
Other $886 $5,174,697,000 4.4%
Total Support $6,475 $37,806,152,000 31.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,051 $23,650,179,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $20,319 $118,628,286,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,169 $453,314,948,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $50,976,033,477 5.6%
Staff $799 $39,519,417,000 4.3%
General Administration $308 $15,224,255,000 1.7%
School Administration $850 $42,029,112,000 4.6%
Operation $1,430 $70,704,769,000 7.7%
Transportation $613 $30,295,759,523 3.3%
Other $623 $30,798,344,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,654 $279,547,690,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,675 $181,697,172,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $18,499 $914,559,810,000 100.0%

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