State/Public Elementary Open

Elmer H. Cook Elem. School

๐Ÿ“ 3517 Brooken Hill Dr, Fort Smith, Sebastian County, 72908

500
Pupils
19.6
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Elmer H. Cook Elem. School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Fort Smith, Sebastian County. The school has 500 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Fort Smith School District school district. It serves grades Pre-Kโ€“5 in an urban setting. The school employs 25.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.6:1.

School details

School district
Fort Smith School District

Enrollment & staffing

Elmer H. Cook Elem. School enrolls 500 students across grades Pre-Kโ€“5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 25.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.6:1.

Male students
252 (50%)
Female students
248 (50%)
Teachers (FTE)
25.5
Student-teacher ratio
19.6:1
Grade span
Pre-Kโ€“5

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 59% White, 15% Two or more races and 11% Hispanic or Latino.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White29659%
Two or more races7715%
Hispanic or Latino5711%
Black or African American438.6%
Asian244.8%
American Indian or Alaska Native3<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

282 of the school's 500 students (56%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

City, SmallGrades Pre-Kโ€“5Title I

Elmer H. Cook Elem. School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district VT-30.

School district: FORT SMITH SCHOOL DISTRICT

Elmer H. Cook Elem. School is one of 27 schools in FORT SMITH SCHOOL DISTRICT, based in FORT SMITH, Arkansas. The district serves 14,045 students district-wide and employs 1,002 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 500 students, Elmer H. Cook Elem. School is close to the district average of about 520 students per school.

14,045
District students
27
Schools
1,002
Teachers (FTE)

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