In 1927, Dallas County Schools had acquired 6 acres (24,000 m2) of land for $900 upon which to build Pinkerton Elementary, the only campus to serve Coppell children attending kindergarten through the eighth grade.

Once the newly formed professional football team located nearby, the mascot was changed to the Coppell "Cowboys" and has remained so ever since.

Coppell ISD is ranked #1 in school districts in Texas over 10,000 students for Gold Performance Acknowledgments (GPAs) in 2006.

[21] As of 2022 the student population is 51.6% Asian, 27.6% White, 13.2% Hispanic/Latino, 4.2% Black, 3.1% Two or More Races, 0.3% American Indian, and 0.1% Pacific Islander.

[22] In May 2022, Coppell Middle School North became internationally infamous due to a viral video showing a 14-year-old boy of Indian origin apparently being choked in a carotid restraint by a white student in a bullying incident.