JOHNSON CO CENTRAL ELEM-COOK

JOHNSON CO CENTRAL ELEM-COOK, a rural-scale elementary-level community in COOK, Nebraska, one of the schools within JOHNSON CO CENTRAL PUBLIC SCHS, enrolls 72 students, covering grades 4 through 5. Compared to the state average of about 272 students per school, that is 74% smaller than typical.

Within JOHNSON CO CENTRAL PUBLIC SCHS, which oversees 4 schools and 500 students, JOHNSON CO CENTRAL ELEM-COOK is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, JOHNSON CO CENTRAL ELEM-COOK shows that 75% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 18% Hispanic, 4% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Johnson County as a whole.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 21.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 65% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Johnson County runs at roughly 51%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, JOHNSON CO CENTRAL ELEM-COOK sits in the top 10% of Nebraska schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 53.5%; actual is 63.5%, +10.0 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Johnson County) shows that median household earnings sit near $57,632, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. JOHNSON CO CENTRAL ELEM-COOK is one of 6 public schools in Johnson County (combined enrollment of about 724 students).

Nearest neighbor: JOHNSON CO CENTRAL MIDDLE SCH, around 0.0 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts JOHNSON CO CENTRAL ELEM-COOK at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 64.8%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JOHNSON CO CENTRAL ELEM-COOK has declined 19%, going from 89 students in 2018 to 72 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share ticked up from 0% to 4%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 today.

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