GEORGE L COOKE SCHOOL

Set in MONTICELLO, New York, GEORGE L COOKE SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school, run under MONTICELLO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. It hosts 590 students across grades pre-K through 2. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so GEORGE L COOKE SCHOOL sits 33% bigger than that benchmark.

MONTICELLO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,695 students; GEORGE L COOKE SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, GEORGE L COOKE SCHOOL records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 39%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 34% White, 14% Black, 10% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Sullivan County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, GEORGE L COOKE SCHOOL reports 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Around 75% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Sullivan County (around 61%), the school's rate is north of typical.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Sullivan County indicate median household earnings sit near $72,382, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Sullivan County runs 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,164 students), of which GEORGE L COOKE SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: KENNETH L RUTHERFORD SCHOOL, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around GEORGE L COOKE SCHOOL.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Over the past 7-year window. GEORGE L COOKE SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked up 5% since 2018, when it stood at 563 (now 590). Black enrollment moved from 19% to 14% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 9.5:1 in 2025.

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