Enrollment
318
Elementary
DISTRICT 312 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TROY CITY·NCES 390449201851
Cookson Elementary School
921 Mystic Ln, Troy, OH 45373 · (937) 332-6740 · Miami County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL318 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% of Ohio public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Ohio public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
211 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 43%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 16% larger than its 5th grade class (43).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
76.7%
OH avg 59.8% . +10.0pp since 2021
Math
79.3%
OH avg 56.1% . +12.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.7% | 79.3% |
| 2023-24 | 65.3% | 71.8% |
| 2022-23 | 61.9% | 61.2% |
| 2021-22 | 66.7% | 66.5% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
70.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.8%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Ohio's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Cookson Elementary School
Cookson Elementary School's state test result (70.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cookson Elementary School this school | 318 | 66.4% | 70.5% |
| Emerson Primary School Sidney | 340 | 64.4% | N/A |
| Heywood Elementary School Troy | 264 | 72.0% | 62.1% |
| LaBrae Intermediate School Leavittsburg | 246 | 71.1% | 66.6% |
| Shiloh Elementary School Plymouth | 288 | 65.3% | 72.5% |
| Edison Elementary School Ashland | 411 | 67.4% | 67.3% |
Matched among Ohio elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Cookson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Miami County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.5% | #453 of 673 | #6 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.3% | #407 of 1,569 ▲ 165 | #7 of 15 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.7% | #385 of 1,569 ▲ 454 | #7 of 15 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.4pp | #206 of 1,514 | #2 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 318 | #1,203 of 1,808 | #11 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #603 of 1,582 | #6 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.7% | #747 of 1,590 | #3 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.4% | #85 of 767 | #4 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.3% | #723 of 992 | #6 of 9 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
318
+27 (+9%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 470
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 19.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 318 | 19 | 16.7:1 | 66% (211) |
| 2023-24 | 319 | 18 | 17.7:1 | 65% (207) |
| 2022-23 | 316 | 16.5 | 19.1:1 | 50% (157) |
| 2020-21 | 291 | 15 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 343 | 17 | 20.2:1 | 43% (148) |
| 2015-16 | 327 | 19 | 17.2:1 | 47% (153) |
| 2010-11 | 368 | 20 | 18.4:1 | 53% (194) |
| 2000-01 | 465 | 25 | 18.6:1 | 20% (93) |
| 1990-91 | 470 | 21 | 22.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cookson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (343 to 318); teachers up 12% (17 to 19).
About Cookson Elementary School
Cookson Elementary School operates as a small elementary school in Troy, Ohio. It reports enrollment of 318 students in kindergarten through 5. On average, elementary schools in Ohio enroll around 404, and this school is 21% below that mark.
Federal data list 9 schools in Troy City, with 3,929 students enrolled.
Of every 100 students at Cookson Elementary School, about 77 are White. Other reported shares: 14% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, and 4% Black. Miami County's residents are about 90% White, 14 points above the school's share. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 39%.
Cookson Elementary School has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.7:1. Across elementary schools in Ohio, the average ratio is 17.9:1. The school has 66% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 42% average for public schools in Miami County is 24 points.
On the allk12 Grade, Cookson Elementary School lands at A-, ahead of 79% of Ohio public elementary schools.
Test results at Cookson Elementary School are 6.8 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (70.5% actual, 63.8% predicted).
In Miami County, home to about 110,296 people, the median household earns about $76,817 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 27% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Cookson Elementary School shares Miami County with 35 other public schools.
A public school about 0.7 miles away, Troy Junior High School, is the closest to Cookson Elementary School. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 70.5% is below the 72.0% average for nearby schools.
Cookson Elementary School falls in the Town: Fringe locale category, used for schools in a town close to an urbanized area.
Enrollment figures show a gain of 27 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 19.4:1 in 2020-21, and 16.7:1 in 2024-25.
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Miami County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
110,296
Census ACS
Median income
$76,817
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
36
16,719 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Troy City
- Troy High SchoolHigh · 1,107 students
- Troy Junior High SchoolMiddle · 633 students
- Concord Elementary SchoolElementary · 632 students
- Van Cleve Elementary SchoolMiddle · 318 students
- Hook Elementary SchoolElementary · 272 students
- Heywood Elementary SchoolElementary · 264 students
Other schools in Troy
- Troy High SchoolHigh · 1,107 students
- Troy Junior High SchoolMiddle · 633 students
- Concord Elementary SchoolElementary · 632 students
- Van Cleve Elementary SchoolMiddle · 318 students
- Hook Elementary SchoolElementary · 272 students
- Heywood Elementary SchoolElementary · 264 students
Nearby schools
- Troy Junior High School0.7 mi · 633
- Troy High School0.8 mi · 1,107
- Van Cleve Elementary School0.9 mi · 318
- Forest Elementary School1.1 mi · 192
- Kyle Elementary School1.5 mi · 193
- Heywood Elementary School1.8 mi · 264
Frequently asked questions
About Cookson Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Cookson Elementary School?
Cookson Elementary School enrolls approximately 318 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Cookson Elementary School serve?
Cookson Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Cookson Elementary School?
Approximately 16.7:1 students per teacher at Cookson Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Cookson Elementary School?
Student demographics at Cookson Elementary School are roughly 77% White, 4% Hispanic, 4% Black, 0% Asian, 14% Two or more.
What district is Cookson Elementary School in?
Cookson Elementary School is part of Troy City.
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