MC COOK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

MC COOK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of the mid-tier senior highs in MC COOK, Nebraska, run under MC COOK PUBLIC SCHOOLS, with 448 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12.

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

In terms of who attends, MC COOK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL records that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder looks like 8% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Red Willow County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 10.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 29% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Red Willow County (around 38%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Red Willow County put the typical household earns roughly $63,697 per year, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. MC COOK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 9 public schools in Red Willow County (combined enrollment of about 1,671 students).

MC COOK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around MC COOK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 6%: 476 students in 2018 compared to 448 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.