Cooper Independent School District

Cooper Independent School District
Cooper, TX ESC Region 8 USA
District information
Type	Public
Grades	Pre-K through 12
Established	1906
Superintendent	Denicia Hohenberger
Schools	3
Budget	$7.75 million (USD)
District ID	4815150
Students and staff
Students	773
Teachers	72
Staff	134
Student-teacher ratio	11.54
Athletic conference	UIL Class AA
District mascot	Bulldogs
Colors	Maroon and Gray
Other information
TEA District Accountability Rating for 2011-12	Academically Acceptable
Website	Cooper ISD

Cooper Independent School District is a public school district based in Cooper, Texas (USA). Located in Delta County, a very small portion of the district extends into Hunt County.

Delta County was first inhabited by European settlers in the 1820s, when the area around present-day Ben Franklin was developed. The area saw an influx of settlers in the 1830s, many coming from the southeastern United States. In 1846, control of the area was split between Hopkins and Lamar Counties by the Texas Legislature. The area continued to grow rapidly, developing into a largely agricultural area. In 1868, inhabitants of the area petitioned the state of Texas for the creation of a new county, and in 1870, the petition was granted and Delta County was formed, with its government based in the newly formed city of Cooper.

The history of education in Delta County began in 1847, when a group of pioneers from Shiloh, Tennessee constructed a combined church, school, and community center on the bank of the South Sulphur River. The building was known simply as the Shiloh School. In 1859, the second school in the area was founded, when inhabitants of Giles founded Giles Academy, which was run by Thomas Hockaday and was respected by the region. Although citizens of the Delta County area were divided between secession and Sam Houston's unionist views, the region generally escaped any Civil War conflict. The only major event was the court-marshal and hanging of three underground Union soldiers. Having effectively avoided the war, the area had little rebuilding to do after the end of conflict. However, during the period when the rest of the country was going through reconstruction, the Delta County area focused on expanding its education. Before and during the war, there were just nine schools in what would become the county. By 1880, this number had increased to around thirty, and served 998 students during four-and-a-half months of the year. One of the new schools was the Horton School, built around 1867, which served as the community center of the flourishing small community of Horton. The majority of the new schools were ones serving individual small communities. Sylvia Wood and Judy Falls wrote that "Even the early rural communities had some type of schools".

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