A. G. Cook Elementary

As a tight-knit K-5 school in Garden Grove, California, A. G. Cook Elementary serves 345 students from grades K through 6, one of the schools within Garden Grove Unified. Enrollment runs roughly 26% leaner than the state mean of about 465.

Garden Grove Unified runs 64 schools in total, collectively educating 36,994 students. A. G. Cook Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, A. G. Cook Elementary shows that Asian students make up the majority at 72%. Other groups include 19% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 4% White. That is visibly more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, A. G. Cook Elementary has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.2:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 65% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Orange County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, A. G. Cook Elementary ranks in the top 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 41.0%; A. G. Cook Elementary posts 80.6%, +39.6 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Orange County indicate the typical household earns roughly $116,289 per year, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. A. G. Cook Elementary is one of 649 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students).

Donald S. Jordan Intermediate is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), A. G. Cook Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 57.3%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at A. G. Cook Elementary has decreased 6%, going from 368 students in 2018 to 345 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.