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Barbara Ward Cooper Education Center

Somerville · TN · Department Of Children's Services Education Division · Public · K-12 combined

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Programs & features
Academic signals
  • 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 22% of US high schools
  • 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 29% by test-taker volume

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Barbara Ward Cooper Education Center compares for families

What families should know about Barbara Ward Cooper Education Center.

  • LocallyTN sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Fayette Ware Comprehensive High School, Fayette Academy, Arlington High and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21

Bottom 29% by test-taker volume

50th 90th
SAT/ACT test-takers
27
11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test
Test-taking intensity
90.0
takers per 100 students in grades 9-12
Compared against
18,426
US high schools reporting SAT/ACT participation

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of -13.8%/year, projecting from 2024's 32 students:

2025
28
2027
20
2029
15

A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Nearby high schools — the local competition

The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
Fayette Ware Comprehensive High School
Somerville
Public 0.5 724 -15.3%
Fayette Academy
Somerville
Private 3.0 530 -2.0%
Arlington High
Arlington
Public 17.2 1,674 -24.0%
Morris Wilson Campus School
Arlington
Private 18.9 89 -6.3%
Macon Road Baptist School
Arlington
Private 19.2 259 -39.8%
Rossville Christian Academy
Rossville
Private 19.4 371 +30.6%
Central High School
Bolivar
Public 20.6 663 -1.8%
Bolton High
Arlington
Public 22.6 661 +4.8%

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