MC COOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a sizable elementary campus in MC COOK, Nebraska, MC COOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL hosts 411 students from grades pre-K through 3, one of the schools within MC COOK PUBLIC SCHOOLS. By comparison, Nebraska's public schools average about 272 students each, so MC COOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 51% bigger than that benchmark.

MC COOK PUBLIC SCHOOLS runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,345 students. MC COOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, MC COOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%). Other groups include 9% Hispanic. Compared to Red Willow County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.0:1, putting MC COOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 44% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, MC COOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 61.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 63.9%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Red Willow County) reports that median household earnings sit near $63,697, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. MC COOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 9 public schools in Red Willow County (combined enrollment of about 1,671 students).

Nearest neighbor: MC COOK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around MC COOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, MC COOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 64.0%.

MC COOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a town-center location.

Over the past 7-year window. MC COOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has fell 3% since 2018, when it stood at 423 (now 411).

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