📍 115 W. Cemetery RD, Cookeville, Putnam County, 38506
Prescott South Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Cookeville, Putnam County. The school has 558 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Putnam County school district. It serves grades Pre-K–4 in a small-town setting. The school employs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.4:1. 42% of students are proficient in reading. 47% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Prescott South Elementary enrolls 558 students across grades Pre-K–4. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 32 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 85% White, 9% Hispanic or Latino and 3.9% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 477 | 85% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 50 | 9% |
| Two or more races | 22 | 3.9% |
| Black or African American | 5 | <1% |
| Asian | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
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.
Prescott South Elementary is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TN-60, state senate district 15, state house district 42.
Prescott South Elementary is one of 22 schools in Putnam County, based in Cookeville, Tennessee. The district serves 11,776 students district-wide and employs 727 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 558 students, Prescott South Elementary is close to the district average of about 535 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote
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