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What's the biggest difference between Cooks Corners Elementary School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
487
Elementary
DISTRICT 348 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VALPARAISO COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 181197001883
Cooks Corners Elementary School
358 Bullseye Lake Rd, Valparaiso, IN 46383 · (219) 531-3040 · Porter County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL487 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 77% of Indiana public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Indiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
113 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (92).
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 57% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
53.8%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
72.6%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
Source: ILEARN. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
63.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.1%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Indiana's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Cooks Corners Elementary School
Cooks Corners Elementary School's state test result (63.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooks Corners Elementary School this school | 487 | 23.2% | 63.1% |
| Memorial Elementary School Valparaiso | 434 | 24.9% | 77.0% |
| F Willard Crichfield Elementary LaPorte | 459 | 22.4% | 63.0% |
| Benton Elementary School Goshen | 481 | 20.6% | 55.9% |
| New Paris Elementary School New Paris | 488 | 25.6% | 48.8% |
| Solon Robinson Elementary School Crown Point | 516 | 23.8% | 66.9% |
Matched among Indiana elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Cooks Corners Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Porter County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.1% | #124 of 983 | #11 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.6% | #90 of 986 | #9 of 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #186 of 986 | #13 of 31 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 487 | #409 of 1,079 | #4 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.5:1 | #943 of 991 | #28 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.6% | #593 of 996 | #23 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.2% | #974 of 1,058 | #27 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +57.6% | #21 of 353 | #1 of 9 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
487
+18 (+4%) vs 2020
+19% since 1990-91, when it was 408
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
was 18.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 487 | 25 | 19.5:1 | 23% (113) |
| 2023-24 | 494 | 24.6 | 20.1:1 | 24% (120) |
| 2022-23 | 470 | 21.2 | 22.2:1 | 23% (110) |
| 2020-21 | 469 | 25 | 18.8:1 | 20% (93) |
| 2017-18 | 309 | 17 | 18.2:1 | 21% (64) |
| 2015-16 | 251 | 15 | 16.7:1 | 23% (57) |
| 2010-11 | 268 | 12 | 22.3:1 | 17% (45) |
| 2000-01 | 280 | 12 | 23.3:1 | 5% (14) |
| 1990-91 | 408 | 17 | 24.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cooks Corners Elementary School.
About Cooks Corners Elementary School
Cooks Corners Elementary School is a public mid-sized elementary school in Valparaiso, Indiana. The school has 487 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 5.
Federal data list 11 schools in Valparaiso Community Schools, with 6,325 students enrolled.
About 79% of the student body at Cooks Corners Elementary School is White. The remaining students are 15% Hispanic, 2% Black, and 2% Asian. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 35, compared with 70 nationally.
Its staff includes 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 19.5 students per teacher. Compared with the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana, this school's ratio is higher. Roughly 23% of students at Cooks Corners Elementary School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 34% average for public schools in Porter County, the school's rate is lower.
Among Indiana public elementary schools, Cooks Corners Elementary School outscored 77%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 59.1% at Cooks Corners Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 63.1%.
The school's county is Porter County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $87,972, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Porter County's 55 public schools enroll about 25,813 students and include Cooks Corners Elementary School.
Cooks Corners Elementary School's nearest public school is Valparaiso High School (about 0.5 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Cooks Corners Elementary School is 5th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Cooks Corners Elementary School falls in the Suburb: Small locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased 4%.
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Porter County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
174,818
Census ACS
Median income
$87,972
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
55
25,813 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Valparaiso Community Schools
- Valparaiso High SchoolHigh · 2,089 students
- Benjamin Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 823 students
- Thomas Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 632 students
- Heavilin Elementary SchoolElementary · 479 students
- Flint Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · 476 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 434 students
Other schools in Valparaiso
- Valparaiso High SchoolHigh · 2,089 students
- Benjamin Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 823 students
- Thomas Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 632 students
- Heavilin Elementary SchoolElementary · 479 students
- Flint Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · 476 students
- Boone Grove High SchoolHigh · 467 students
Nearby schools
- Valparaiso High School0.5 mi · 2,089
- Northview Elementary School1.2 mi · 276
- Flint Lake Elementary School1.5 mi · 476
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary School1.5 mi · 285
- Thomas Jefferson Middle School1.6 mi · 632
- Memorial Elementary School1.9 mi · 434
Frequently asked questions
About Cooks Corners Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Cooks Corners Elementary School?
Cooks Corners Elementary School enrolls approximately 487 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Cooks Corners Elementary School serve?
Cooks Corners Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Cooks Corners Elementary School have?
Cooks Corners Elementary School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Cooks Corners Elementary School?
Student demographics at Cooks Corners Elementary School are roughly 79% White, 15% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Cooks Corners Elementary School in?
Cooks Corners Elementary School is part of Valparaiso Community Schools.
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