Summary:
ZIP code 93705 has one middle school, Cooper Middle, serving grades 6–8 with 538 students in Fresno Unified. In 2025–2026, its all-grade proficiency was 41% in English language arts (ELA), 27% in math and 21% in science. ELA was about 1 point above the district, while math was 2 points below and science 2 points below; compared with state results, Cooper was 8 points lower in ELA, 11 in math and 15 in science. The key takeaway is that results improved year over year, but Cooper remains below state proficiency in all three subjects.
Within the school, eighth grade stands out as the strongest relative performer in ELA and math: results were 5 and 4 points below state levels, respectively, and exceeded district results by 8 points in ELA and 7 in math. Seventh grade is the weakest relative to the state, trailing by 12 points in ELA and 13 in math. Across all grades, ELA is Cooper’s strongest subject relative to the state, while science has the largest gap. SchoolDigger gives Cooper 2 stars and a district rank in the 34th percentile (639 of 968); because this ZIP code has only one listed school, there is no school-to-school comparison.
Cooper’s results rose in all three subjects between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026: by 4 points in ELA, 3 in math and 4 in science. The state gained less in ELA and math, so Cooper narrowed those gaps by 3 and 2 points; the science gap narrowed by 1 point. SchoolDigger’s statewide rank history puts Cooper at the 40th percentile in 2025–2026, up from the 36th percentile the year before but below its 42nd-percentile result in 2023–2024. Other context: its student-teacher ratio was 18.2 in 2024–2025, and 86% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. Chronic absenteeism was 17% in 2025–2026, below the district’s 27% and the state’s 18%.
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