📍 200 5th St Sw, Cokato, Wright County, 55321
Cokato Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Cokato, Wright County. The school has 428 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Dassel-Cokato Public Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–4 in a rural setting. The school employs 28.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.0:1. 62% of students are proficient in reading. 72% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Cokato Elementary enrolls 428 students across grades Pre-K–4. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 28.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 93% White, 3% Two or more races and 2.6% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 398 | 93% |
| Two or more races | 13 | 3% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 11 | 2.6% |
| Black or African American | 3 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
159 of the school's 428 students (37%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 111 qualify for free lunch and 48 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Cokato Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). The school receives targeted-assistance Title I funding for eligible students. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MN-60, state senate district 18.
Cokato Elementary is one of 7 schools in Dassel-Cokato Public Schools, based in COKATO, Minnesota. The district serves 2,020 students district-wide and employs 133 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 428 students, Cokato Elementary is larger than the district average of about 289 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant