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What's the most underrated thing about COOK JR EL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
453
Elementary
DISTRICT 515 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON ISD·NCES 482364010748
Cook Jr Elementary School
7115 LOCKWOOD, HOUSTON, TX 77016 · (713) 636-6040 · Harris County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL453 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 14% of Texas public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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 Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
444 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 45 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 63% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Cook Jr Elementary School→Key Middle School
Based on published attendance-zone data from HOUSTON ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
49.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -19.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
45.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -9.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 19 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 18.0% | 31.0% | 23.0% | 28.0% |
| Mathematics | 23.0% | 22.0% | 22.0% | 33.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 49.0% | 45.0% |
| 2024-25 | 32.0% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 31.0% | 30.0% |
| 2022-23 | 55.0% | 53.0% |
| 2021-22 | 38.0% | 64.0% |
| 2020-21 | 68.0% | 54.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. 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
28.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% typical for Texas 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 Texas'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 Cook Jr Elementary School
Cook Jr Elementary School's state test result (28.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cook Jr Elementary School this school | 453 | 98.0% | 28.1% |
| Elmore Elementary School HOUSTON | 443 | 98.2% | 28.1% |
| Highland Hts Elementary School HOUSTON | 441 | 97.1% | 38.0% |
| Alderson Elementary School LUBBOCK | 435 | 99.3% | 28.5% |
| John Neely Bryan Elementary School DALLAS | 454 | 98.9% | 29.8% |
| Umphrey Lee Elementary School DALLAS | 447 | 97.8% | 37.5% |
Matched among Texas 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 Cook Jr Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.1% | #3,835 of 4,401 | #555 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #2,301 of 4,466 ▲ 848 | #321 of 625 ▲ 131 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #2,642 of 4,466 ▲ 1,432 | #353 of 625 ▲ 222 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -7.0pp | #529 of 3,998 | #66 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 453 | #2,988 of 4,938 | #501 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #2,684 of 4,622 | #362 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.8% | #2,148 of 4,628 | #281 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.0% | #182 of 4,789 | #58 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.3% | #399 of 2,838 | #92 of 441 |
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
453
-67 (-13%) vs 2020
-35% since 2010-11, when it was 702
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 453 | 29.7 | 15.3:1 | 98% (444) |
| 2023-24 | 467 | 40 | 11.7:1 | 98% (459) |
| 2022-23 | 519 | 29.9 | 17.4:1 | 96% (499) |
| 2020-21 | 520 | 37 | 14.1:1 | 98% (508) |
| 2017-18 | 669 | 41.8 | 16.0:1 | 96% (641) |
| 2015-16 | 716 | 39 | 18.4:1 | 94% (672) |
| 2010-11 | 702 | 47 | 14.9:1 | 52% (363) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cook Jr Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 32% (669 to 453); teachers down 29% (41.8 to 29.7).
About Cook Jr Elementary School
Cook Jr Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school serving families in HOUSTON, Texas. In all, 453 students attend the school in pre-K through 5.
HOUSTON ISD oversees Cook Jr Elementary School and 272 other schools, with 176,727 students in total.
The share of Hispanic students at Cook Jr Elementary School is 52%, a majority. The remaining students are 45% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 53, compared with 70 nationally.
On staff are 29.7 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.3:1. The ratio is within a point of the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Cook Jr Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 98%. That is 28 points above the 70% average for public schools in Harris County.
On the allk12 Grade, Cook Jr Elementary School lands at D, ahead of 14% of Texas public elementary schools.
Compared with Texas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Cook Jr Elementary School's results are 3.8 points below predicted: 28.1% against 31.8%.
Census data for Harris County show the median household earns about $74,983 a year, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. Public schools in Harris County number 1,205, with about 886,911 students.
Kashmere High School, about 0.3 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Cook Jr Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Cook Jr Elementary School ranks 8th of 9 on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Cook Jr Elementary School had a net loss of 67 students, or 13%. By 2024-25, the school had 15.3 students per teacher, compared with 14.1 in 2020-21.
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Harris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,838,303
Census ACS
Median income
$74,983
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,205
886,911 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HOUSTON ISD
- Texas Connections Academy at HoustonCombined · 8,641 students
- Bellaire High SchoolHigh · 3,216 students
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- Westside High SchoolHigh · 2,729 students
- Heights High SchoolHigh · 2,426 students
- Houston Math Science and Technology CenterHigh · 2,396 students
Other schools in HOUSTON
- Texas Connections Academy at HoustonCombined · 8,641 students
- North Shore Senior HighHigh · 4,284 students
- Elsik High SchoolHigh · 4,057 students
- Summer Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,972 students
- Hastings High SchoolHigh · 3,786 students
- C E King High SchoolHigh · 3,716 students
Nearby schools
- Kashmere High School0.3 mi · 655
- Eastex-Jensen Neighborhood School1.1 mi · 48
- Key Middle School1.1 mi · 516
- Roderick R Paige Elementary School1.2 mi · 393
- McGowen Elementary School1.2 mi · 386
- Kashmere Gardens Elementary School1.3 mi · 329
Frequently asked questions
About Cook Jr Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Cook Jr Elementary School?
Cook Jr Elementary School enrolls approximately 453 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Cook Jr Elementary School serve?
Cook Jr Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Cook Jr Elementary School?
Approximately 15.3:1 students per teacher at Cook Jr Elementary School.
How diverse is Cook Jr Elementary School?
Cook Jr Elementary School reports a student body of 2% White, 52% Hispanic, 45% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Cook Jr Elementary School?
Cook Jr Elementary School is overseen by HOUSTON ISD in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.