Captain Cooper School, a K-5 school nestled in the Santa Lucia Mountains of Big Sur, is located 26 miles south of Carmel on California State Route One. Surrounded by mountains, the school sits some 500 feet above the entrance to the Big Sur Valley. Our site is also home to the Apple Pie Preschool. Together the schools have just under 90 students.�

Captain Cooper is named for John Baptista Rogers Cooper. Our campus was constructed in 1962 on land donated by Cooper's granddaughter, Frances Molera.�

Captain Cooper is the smallest elementary school in the Carmel Unified School District. Carmel River School in Carmel and Tularcitos in Carmel Valley make up the other two elementary schools. Following graduation from Captain Cooper, most students attend Carmel Middle School located near the entrance to Carmel Valley and Carmel High School or Carmel Valley High School.

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