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COPPELL · TX · COPPELL ISD · Public

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📚AP rigor: Top 3.7% nationally 📖31 AP courses

📋 At a glance

Programs & features
  • 📚 31 AP courses offered — Elite
  • ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
  • ✅ Gifted & talented program
  • 🔢 16 calculus classes · 55 physics · 54 chemistry
Academic signals
  • 🎓 AP rigor: Top 3.7% of US high schools
  • 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Top 0.5% by test-taker volume

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

🎓 Where grads go

89.0% of graduates enrolled in any college the fall after graduation.
4-yr public TX college
52.0%
UT-Austin + Texas A&M
14.0%

Source: TEA/THECB college-enrollment figures. Full Texas Reach detail below.

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How COPPELL H S compares for families

Among the nation's most academically rigorous high schools.

  • StatewideAP rigor sits in the top 3.7% of US high schools with 31 AP courses.
  • LocallyTX students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: NEW TECH H S AT COPPELL, UNIVERSAL ACADEMY - COPPELL, LEWISVILLE SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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🎓 Academic rigor

AP + advanced-course offerings

Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth

Top 3.7% of US high schools

50th 90th ↑ this school
Less rigorMore rigorMost rigor
AP courses offered
31
Math ✓ · Science ✓
Advanced math classes
68
16 calculus · 52 advanced
Lab science classes
109
55 physics · 54 chemistry
Other rigor signals
✅ Dual-enrollment program
✅ Gifted/talented program

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).

SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21

Top 0.5% by test-taker volume

50th 90th
SAT/ACT test-takers
1,182
11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test
Test-taking intensity
29.1
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.

👩‍🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC

Teacher experience & reliability

% inexperienced teachers (1st-2nd yr)
14.9%
Typical mix. Watch the trend — high turnover can compound.
% chronic teacher absence (≥10 days/yr)
40.4%
Elevated. Teacher absence directly affects classroom continuity and student outcomes.

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.

🤘 Texas Reach

Where this school's graduates land after high school.

What share of Coppell HS's 2022 graduating class enrolled in college the following fall — and how that splits across Texas higher education. Source-of-truth for college-going at the high-school level in Texas.

Any college
89%
enrolled in TX higher ed, fall after graduation
State sample median: 85%
4-yr public TX
52%
at a TX public university
State sample median: 53%
⭐ Flagship
14%
at UT Austin or the Texas A&M system
State sample median: 15%
Cohort: 920 graduates
Class of: 2022
State sample: 98 TX HSs with published data

Coppell ISD; high-performing Dallas suburb.

Source: TEA TAPR 2022-23, Domain 4 CCMR + Higher Ed Enrollment. Headline rate is "enrolled in Texas higher ed the following fall." Initial dataset covers a curated set of high-profile TX high schools — full per-school ingest pending the THECB open-records data response.

⭐ Texas School Quality

How TEA grades this school: CCMR + A-F accountability.

Two cohort-level signals TEA publishes for every Texas public high school: the share of graduates ready for college, career, or military service (CCMR), and the state's official A-F accountability grade.

CCMR
86%
College, Career, or Military Ready
State sample median: 82%
TEA Grade
A
Class of 2023
Accountability score
90
out of 100
State sample median: 88
What counts as CCMR-ready? →

Under TEA TAPR Domain 4, a graduate counts as CCMR-ready if they meet any one of: a qualifying SAT/ACT score; a qualifying TSI assessment; AP/IB exam scores of 3+; dual-credit college courses with C or better; an associate's degree at HS graduation; an industry-based certification; an OnRamps course; military enlistment; or an aligned career-prep program. The metric rolls up "is this graduate prepared for what comes next?" into one comparable number.

Source: TEA TAPR 2022-23 — Domain 4 CCMR + A-F Accountability. CCMR cohort = HS Class of 2023. A-F grade per Texas Education Code §39.054. Initial dataset is high-profile Texas HSs only — full ingest follows the TEA TAPR downloadable-file processing.

Chronic absenteeism

Share of students absent 15+ days
6.1%
Below 10% — strong attendance culture. Chronic absence is a leading indicator of dropout and disengagement; a low rate signals families staying connected to the school.
Students absent 15+ days
250
Federal definition: absent (excused or unexcused) for at least 15 of ~180 school days — about 10% of the school year.

Why this matters to enrollment: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.

Counselor capacity

Student : Counselor
407:1
Around the US median. Counselors are stretched but functional.
Counselor FTE
10.0
Full-time-equivalent school counselors on staff.
Teacher FTE
243
Full-time-equivalent classroom teachers.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.

Enrollment trend & projection

Grade 12 went from 873 in 2021 to 947 in 2024 — over 3 years.
+8.5%

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

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +2.0%/year, projecting from 2024's 4,068 students:

2025
4,147
2027
4,311
2029
4,480

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

Revenue upside

At $12,854 per student in district revenue, the 412 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $5,295,848/year in additional funding.

District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.

Nearby high schools — the local competition

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

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
NEW TECH H S AT COPPELL
COPPELL
Public 1.5 321 -15.7%
UNIVERSAL ACADEMY - COPPELL
COPPELL
Public · charter 2.5 78 +34.5%
LEWISVILLE SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
LEWISVILLE
Public · charter 3.3 47
LEARNING CTR
LEWISVILLE
Public 3.5 180 -9.5%
WINFREE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL (LEWISVILLE)
LEWISVILLE
Public · charter 3.7 127 -25.3%
FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY - LEWISVILLE
LEWISVILLE
Public · charter 3.8 284 -7.2%
MANARA LEADERSHIP ACADEMY
IRVING
Public · charter 3.9 68 -22.7%
LEWISVILLE H S
LEWISVILLE
Public 4.7 4,001 -6.6%

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