Cooks Corners Elementary School

Cooks Corners Elementary School operates as a middle-of-the-pack primary school in Valparaiso, Indiana, overseen by Valparaiso Community Schools. Current enrollment sits at 487 students spanning grades K through 5.

Valparaiso Community Schools comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 6,325 students; Cooks Corners Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Cooks Corners Elementary School shows that White students make up the majority at 79%; the rest breaks down as 15% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Cooks Corners Elementary School has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. An estimated 23% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Porter County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Cooks Corners Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.1%; this one delivers 63.1%.

In the broader community, census data for Porter County shows median household earnings sit near $87,972, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Porter County's 55 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,813 students), Cooks Corners Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Valparaiso High School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cooks Corners Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cooks Corners Elementary School at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 66.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Cooks Corners Elementary School's enrollment has increased 58% since 2018, when it stood at 309 (now 487). Hispanic enrollment moved from 7% to 15% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 19.5:1 today.

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