S C Lee J H

Summary:

S C Lee J H is a public middle school serving grades 6-8 in Copperas Cove, Texas, with a student population of 934. The school is part of the Copperas Cove Independent School District, which is ranked 378 out of 968 districts in the state and has a 3-star rating.

S C Lee J H has a diverse student body, with 34.15% White, 20.02% African American, and 28.27% Hispanic students. The school's statewide ranking has consistently placed it in the middle range of Texas middle schools over the past 10 years, currently ranking 1164 out of 2,361. While the school performs relatively well for its African American and Hispanic student populations, its rankings for White, multi-racial, and gifted/talented students are in the bottom half of the state. Dropout rates have seen a slight increase in recent years, from 0.2% in 2017-2018 to 1.0% in 2020-2021.

Compared to other middle schools in the neighboring Killeen Independent School District, S C Lee J H generally outperforms them on STAAR test scores, particularly in reading and Algebra I. However, the Killeen ISD schools tend to have higher percentages of economically disadvantaged and minority students. S C Lee J H's per-student spending has increased from $8,373 in 2018-2019 to $8,891 in 2020-2021, slightly above the state average, and the school's student-teacher ratio has improved from 15.5 in 2020-2021 to 13.8 in 2022-2023.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 1205 Courtney Ln
       Copperas Cove, TX  76522-0580


(254) 542-7877

District: Copperas Cove Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
1164th of 2,361 Texas Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $8,891 Help


Students who attend S C Lee J H usually attend:

High:    Copperas Cove High School

Feeder schools for S C Lee J H:

Elementary:    Hettie Halstead Elementary
    House Creek Elementary
    J L Williams/Lovett Ledger Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  13.8 Help
Number of students:  929

Racial breakdown:

White:
34.0%
Hispanic:
28.7%
African American:
21.0%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  60.3% Help


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Compare Details S C Lee J H ranks better than 50.7% of middle schools in Texas. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 47.08. (See more...)
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Student Body
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Compare Details Student population at S C Lee J H is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (34%), Hispanic (28.7%), African American (21%). (See more...)
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Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at S C Lee J H is 13.8. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at S C Lee J H is $8,891.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

S C Lee J H:

SchoolDigger ranks S C Lee J H 1164th of 2361 Texas public middle schools. (See S C Lee J H in the ranking list.)

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Copperas Cove Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks Copperas Cove Independent School District (Isd) 378th of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for S C Lee J H

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Rank History for all students at S C Lee J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 57.62 727th 1573 53.8%
2005 62.58 585th 1582 63.0%
2006 74.31 312th 1585 80.3%
2007 72.98 342nd 1684 79.7%
2008 70.29 410th 1718 76.1%
2009 72.78 342nd 1763 80.6%
2010 69.15 431st 1803 76.1%
2011 63.06 669th 1895 64.7%
2012 73.60 408th 1951 79.1%
2013 69.54 515th 1973 73.9%
2014 64.35 667th 1987 66.4%
2015 64.96 673rd 2043 67.1%
2016 64.47 701st 1987 64.7%
2017 58.67 689th 2027 66.0%
2018 48.64 990th 2080 52.4%
2019 45.07 1150th 2193 47.6%
2021 52.42 964th 2252 57.2%
2022 49.75 1022nd 2254 54.7%
2023 52.06 1016th 2330 56.4%
2024 47.08 1164th 2361 50.7%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at S C Lee J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 33.95 506th 720 29.7%
2019 45.02 404th 753 46.3%
2021 41.04 427th 743 42.5%
2022 36.98 544th 813 33.1%
2023 41.46 486th 817 40.5%
2024 33.54 558th 812 31.3%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at S C Lee J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.51 1039th 1376 24.5%
2019 39.47 837th 1445 42.1%
2021 48.13 668th 1592 58.0%
2022 45.39 784th 1643 52.3%
2023 50.94 700th 1720 59.3%
2024 57.70 563rd 1760 68.0%
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Rank History for Special Education students at S C Lee J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 37.99 929th 1597 41.8%
2019 32.22 1172nd 1626 27.9%
2021 37.71 1017th 1712 40.6%
2022 46.58 759th 1757 56.8%
2023 38.59 1051st 1815 42.1%
2024 65.93 378th 1881 79.9%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at S C Lee J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 45.60 1050th 2039 48.5%
2019 43.73 1160th 2073 44.0%
2021 51.66 909th 2172 58.1%
2022 47.05 1084th 2220 51.2%
2023 50.06 1030th 2251 54.2%
2024 56.28 797th 2224 64.2%
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Rank History for Female students at S C Lee J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 42.44 1146th 2008 42.9%
2019 41.93 1180th 2047 42.4%
2021 51.95 939th 2151 56.3%
2022 50.69 993rd 2221 55.3%
2023 51.09 993rd 2241 55.7%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at S C Lee J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.50 689th 1430 51.8%
2019 51.20 891st 1446 38.4%
2021 52.80 854th 1501 43.1%
2022 42.35 1051st 1488 29.4%
2023 63.21 637th 1481 57.0%
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Rank History for At Risk students at S C Lee J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 48.05 867th 2008 56.8%
2019 27.54 1706th 2058 17.1%
2021 53.00 776th 2118 63.4%
2022 38.21 1353rd 2182 38.0%
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Rank History for Male students at S C Lee J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.43 808th 2030 60.2%
2019 46.13 1011th 2069 51.1%
2021 52.28 930th 2168 57.1%
2022 48.45 1046th 2228 53.1%
2023 51.62 993rd 2245 55.8%
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Rank History for Asian students at S C Lee J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 47.66 346th 587 41.1%
2022 36.76 448th 606 26.1%
2023 41.33 429th 616 30.4%
2024 47.56 375th 612 38.7%
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Rank History for African American students at S C Lee J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.56 502nd 1167 57.0%
2019 49.12 522nd 1193 56.2%
2021 54.83 404th 1213 66.7%
2022 54.19 442nd 1251 64.7%
2023 54.56 474th 1273 62.8%
2024 50.07 533rd 1271 58.1%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at S C Lee J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 62.74 504th 1895 73.4%
2019 57.48 665th 1935 65.6%
2021 61.08 598th 2043 70.7%
2022 52.09 862nd 2077 58.5%
2023 55.11 798th 2116 62.3%
2024 49.56 930th 2108 55.9%
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Rank History for Native American students at S C Lee J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 28.82 33rd 41 19.5%
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Rank History for Pacific Islander students at S C Lee J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.53 20th 24 16.7%
2019 30.91 18th 22 18.2%
2021 64.32 5th 19 73.7%
2022 50.93 9th 22 59.1%
2023 69.42 4th 21 81.0%
2024 66.06 4th 22 81.8%
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Rank History for White students at S C Lee J H

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 34.72 1181st 1673 29.4%
2019 30.01 1303rd 1684 22.6%
2021 37.28 1133rd 1700 33.4%
2022 40.33 1087th 1723 36.9%
2023 39.30 1146th 1749 34.5%
2024 34.25 1235th 1724 28.4%
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Data source: test scores: Texas Education Agency, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Reviews:
by a parent
Saturday, February 22, 2014

Open Quote This is the best school my three children have ever attended. We moved here when my oldest son was in 7th grade. His math teacher, Jo Warren, taught him how to love math and enjoy school. Both of my daughters were on team 7-1 and Mrs. Warren, Mrs. Judy Brown, and Mrs. Wanda Foster were their favorite teachers. They also had Ms Jennifer Fitsgerald who spent may extra hours working with them for extra help when needed. Teachers like the ones listed above are why this school was so great for us. Close Quote



Enrollment information for S C Lee J H

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1997 363 133 31 65 3 n/a n/a 0 595
1998 356 140 24 57 5 n/a n/a 0 582
1999 325 155 17 64 6 n/a n/a 0 567
2000 339 177 17 70 1 n/a n/a 0 604
2001 331 184 18 68 3 n/a n/a 0 604
2002 312 158 9 65 7 n/a n/a 0 551
2003 312 158 9 65 7 n/a n/a 0 551
2004 336 135 19 64 10 n/a n/a 0 564
2005 346 146 24 67 8 n/a n/a 0 591
2006 328 170 24 75 4 n/a n/a 0 601
2007 301 152 26 83 5 n/a n/a 0 567
2008 419 255 13 98 7 n/a n/a 0 792
2009 437 246 25 120 6 n/a n/a 0 834
2010 437 247 33 122 7 n/a n/a 0 846
2011 425 206 16 154 11 11 36 0 859
2012 396 182 13 162 15 8 56 0 832
2013 414 187 8 176 10 14 78 0 887
2014 375 181 10 178 6 16 70 0 836
2015 384 180 12 205 6 17 66 0 870
2016 346 181 14 216 7 20 71 0 855
2017 351 182 15 225 7 16 75 0 871
2018 320 194 14 256 10 16 85 0 895
2019 355 190 9 251 4 19 79 0 907
2020 366 187 7 251 4 23 86 0 924
2021 350 188 9 251 4 32 99 0 933
2022 359 185 13 247 3 27 96 0 930
2023 319 187 19 264 5 27 113 0 934
2024 316 195 16 267 4 23 108 0 929

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at S C Lee J H

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1997 595 38.5 15.5 12.1
1998 582 39.9 14.6 14.8
1999 567 39.9 14.2 30.5
2000 604 43.2 14.0 32.6
2001 604 41.8 14.4 30.6
2002 551 44.1 12.5 36.1
2003 551 44.1 12.5 36.1
2004 564 40.0 14.1 37.1
2005 591 41.3 14.3 33
2006 601 43.6 13.8 33.4
2007 567 43.4 13.1 33.7
2008 792 61.3 12.9 36.9
2009 834 61.7 13.5 37.2
2010 846 64.8 13.0 39.6
2011 859 66.5 12.9 43.3
2012 832 63.5 13.0 45.3
2013 887 56.9 15.5 47.9
2014 836 58.9 14.1 49.5
2015 870 61.0 14.2 50.5
2016 855 63.0 13.5 51.6
2017 871 60.9 14.2 52.8
2018 895 56.7 15.7 51.8
2019 907 58.0 15.6 55.5
2020 924 60.0 15.3 53.2
2021 933 60.0 15.5 58.6
2022 930 63.4 14.6 61.8
2023 934 67.6 13.8 57.9
2024 929 67.0 13.8 60.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio S C Lee J H

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1997 595 38.5 15.5 12.1
1998 582 39.9 14.6 14.8
1999 567 39.9 14.2 30.5
2000 604 43.2 14.0 32.6
2001 604 41.8 14.4 30.6
2002 551 44.1 12.5 36.1
2003 551 44.1 12.5 36.1
2004 564 40.0 14.1 37.1
2005 591 41.3 14.3 33
2006 601 43.6 13.8 33.4
2007 567 43.4 13.1 33.7
2008 792 61.3 12.9 36.9
2009 834 61.7 13.5 37.2
2010 846 64.8 13.0 39.6
2011 859 66.5 12.9 43.3
2012 832 63.5 13.0 45.3
2013 887 56.9 15.5 47.9
2014 836 58.9 14.1 49.5
2015 870 61.0 14.2 50.5
2016 855 63.0 13.5 51.6
2017 871 60.9 14.2 52.8
2018 895 56.7 15.7 51.8
2019 907 58.0 15.6 55.5
2020 924 60.0 15.3 53.2
2021 933 60.0 15.5 58.6
2022 930 63.4 14.6 61.8
2023 934 67.6 13.8 57.9
2024 929 67.0 13.8 60.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for S C Lee J H

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $878 (10.5%) $7,494 (89.5%) $8,373
2020 $661 (7.6%) $8,022 (92.4%) $8,683
2021 $928 (10.4%) $7,963 (89.6%) $8,891

Data source: Texas Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on S C Lee J H

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1150th of 2193 Middle schoolsRanks 1016th of 2330 Middle schools
 8.8%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade Reading (S C Lee J H)3149
 18%
   6th Grade Reading (Copperas Cove Independent School District (Isd))3248
 16%
   6th Grade Reading (Texas)3550
 15%
6th Grade Mathematics (S C Lee J H)3842
 4%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Copperas Cove Independent School District (Isd))4137
 4%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4537
 8%
7th Grade Reading (S C Lee J H)4657
 11%
   7th Grade Reading (Copperas Cove Independent School District (Isd))4253
 11%
   7th Grade Reading (Texas)4752
 5%
8th Grade Reading (S C Lee J H)5057
 7%
   8th Grade Reading (Copperas Cove Independent School District (Isd))4956
 7%
   8th Grade Reading (Texas)5356
 3%
8th Grade Mathematics (S C Lee J H)4541
 4%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Copperas Cove Independent School District (Isd))4739
 8%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Texas)5544
 11%
8th Grade Science (S C Lee J H)4242
   8th Grade Science (Copperas Cove Independent School District (Isd))4648
 2%
   8th Grade Science (Texas)4945
 4%
8th Grade Social Studies (S C Lee J H)3025
 5%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Copperas Cove Independent School District (Isd))2830
 2%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Texas)3531
 4%
End of Course Algebra I (S C Lee J H)9843
 55%
   End of Course Algebra I (Copperas Cove Independent School District (Isd))5535
 20%
   End of Course Algebra I (Texas)6245
 17%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students907934
 3%
African American190187
 1.6%
American Indian45
 25%
Asian919
 111.1%
Hispanic251264
 5.2%
Pacific Islander1927
 42.1%
White355319
 10.1%
Two or More Races79113
 43%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients55.5%57.9%
 2.5%


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S C Lee J H ranks 1164th of 2361 Texas middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Students at S C Lee J H are 34% White, 29% Hispanic, 21% African American, 12% Two or more races, 2% Pacific Islander, 2% Asian.

In the 2023-24 school year, 929 students attended S C Lee J H.

Students who attend S C Lee J H usually go on to attend Copperas Cove High School


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