📍 2217 N Seventh Street, Columbus, Lowndes County, 39705
Cook Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Columbus, Lowndes County. The school has 388 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Columbus Municipal School Dist school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 34.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.4:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 8% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Cook Elementary School enrolls 388 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 34.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 86% Black or African American, 5.2% White and 3.6% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 334 | 86% |
| White | 20 | 5.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 14 | 3.6% |
| Two or more races | 13 | 3.4% |
| Asian | 7 | 1.8% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
388 of the school's 388 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 388 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Cook Elementary School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). 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 MS-10, state senate district 17, state house district 41.
Cook Elementary School is one of 9 schools in Columbus Municipal School District, based in Columbus, Mississippi. The district serves 3,011 students district-wide and employs 251 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 388 students, Cook Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 335 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote
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