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Cook Jr Elem

Harris County · Region 04: Houston · 454 students

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Current score
81/1002025-26
Change
−10 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+3.2 ptsvs 77.8 average · 1,343 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
571 of 1,343tied with 43 others
B81

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 85 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 77.8 average for 1,343 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Recent movement

Overall score rose 4 points

77 to 81 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 81 is 3.2 points above the 77.8 average among 1,343 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Recent domain gain

Relative Performance rose 13 points

69 to 82 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 82 is 5.3 points above the 76.7 average among 1,245 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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STAAR result

All Subjects above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
45%vs 40.3% avg · +4.7 pts
Masters
20%vs 16.1% avg · +3.9 pts

Among 1,249 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

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Selected positive signals, not a summary of performance. The same rules choose them on every page: only the latest one-year gain, results meaningfully better than the currently selected comparison with broad reporting, and distinctive top-three placements. Demographics, staffing and spending cannot become academic “wins.” The overall rating and the full results below remain the complete picture for this school.

Read the full rating context and placement

Cook Jr Elem is rated B by TEA, scoring 81 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 77.8 average for 1,343 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 10 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 571st of 1,343 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 43 others).

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  1. Overview
  2. 5 years of ratings
  3. Where the score comes from
  4. Student outcomes
  5. Who this school serves
  6. Student counts behind the percentages
  7. Enrollment over time
  8. Discipline and removal from class
  9. Spending per student
  10. Teachers and actual class size
  11. Where this comes from

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
90807060 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageCook Jr Elem 9169647781 2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26

2021-22 is shown under the refreshed methodology TEA adopted in 2023, so it is comparable with later years. Under the original scoring it was rated B with 85 that year.

Comparison lines follow the current rated cohort backward through time. The table gives the number in that fixed cohort that reported a score each year; it can be smaller than cohort membership.

View the yearly scores and comparisons
Rating history with comparisons
YearRatingScoreSelected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rateStateTexas average
2025-26B8177.8 1,343 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25C7777.3 1,329 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24D6473.8 1,317 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23D6972.7 1,314 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22A9181.9 1,301 reporting83.7 7,283 reporting

Where the score comes from

Texas builds the overall rating from the better of Student Achievement and School Progress, weighted 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. School Progress is itself the better of Academic Growth and Relative Performance. The 60, 70, 80 and 90 rules mark the letter-grade thresholds.

  • Student Achievement72 C+2.0 vs similar economic context · 1,249 reporting
  • School Progress82 B+3.1 vs similar economic context · 1,246 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps79 C+3.8 vs similar economic context · 1,239 reporting
  • Academic Growth76 C+2.4 vs similar economic context · 1,229 reporting
  • Relative Performance82 B+5.3 vs similar economic context · 1,245 reporting
  • Cook Jr Elem
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,343 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement72C8
School Progress82B8
Closing the Gaps79C1
Academic Growth76C4
Relative Performance82B8

Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 1 point below B in that domain — the nearest of the measures that count toward the overall rating.

TEA does not add the domains up. The overall score is the better of Student Achievement and School Progress at 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. For this school that better measure is School Progress (82), so Student Achievement (72) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 82.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level67%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,249 reporting
  • Meets grade level45%+5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,249 reporting
  • Masters grade level20%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,249 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level72%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,249 reporting
  • Meets grade level49%+6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,249 reporting
  • Masters grade level18%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,249 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level67%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,246 reporting
  • Meets grade level45%+6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,246 reporting
  • Masters grade level23%+8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,246 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level55%−7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,184 reporting
  • Meets grade level27%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,184 reporting
  • Masters grade level16%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,184 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,343 in cohort)

Percentage of tests at or above each level. Masters is a subset of Meets, which is a subset of Approaches. The selected-comparison tick on each bar marks the average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate — a comparison TEA does not publish.

Counts in the comparison controls describe full cohort membership, not the denominator of every average. Each average uses only schools for which TEA reported that measure; metric-specific reporting counts are shown on the STAAR, graduation and CCMR rows and may vary.

Who this school serves

Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.

Students
454
Economically disadvantaged
98.9%+4.9 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
31.9%−12.5 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
11.1%−6.0 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
90.9%−2.0 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
33.2%+9.5 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Cook Jr Elem

African American: 46.3%Hispanic: 51%White: 1.1%American Indian: 0.2%Two or More Races: 1.3%
  • African American 46.3%
  • Hispanic 51%
  • White 1.1%
  • American Indian 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 1.3%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,343 reporting for every category shown · 1,343 in full cohort

African American: 15.2%Hispanic: 77.8%White: 4.2%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 1.2%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 1.3%
  • African American 15.2%
  • Hispanic 77.8%
  • White 4.2%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 1.2%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 1.3%

Student counts behind the percentages

Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.

Students in this TEA accountability summary
451
Economically disadvantaged students
446
Emergent bilingual students
144
Special education students
50

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
124
Students in TEA mobility denominator
427
TEA-published mobility rate
29%

The mobility count and rate use TEA’s separate 2024–25 campus denominator shown above, not current enrollment. This site does not recalculate a missing rate.

The first figure is TEA’s student count for this accountability summary. It is a separate publication from the fall PEIMS enrollment shown above and can differ; this site does not substitute one for the other. Counts come from TEA’s 2025-26 accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026. A reported zero is shown as 0. Small-number and complementary masks, unavailable values, and blank not-reported fields stay separate and are never estimated. TEA masking definitions.

Enrollment over time

TEA-reported student enrollment for each available school year. Enrollment growth or decline is not a measure of school quality.

TEA reported 454 students in 2025–26, an increase of 1 (0.2%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
454

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
+1

Increase · +0.2%

Change since 2021–22
−57

Decrease · −11.2%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
454
Selected comparison
545.5

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,328 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Cook Jr Elem
School yearStudents enrolledCook Jr ElemChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 511 First available year 596.5
2022–23 519 Increase of 8 (1.6%) 590.4
2023–24 467 Decrease of 52 (10.0%) 580.8
2024–25 453 Decrease of 14 (3.0%) 574.4
2025–26 454 Increase of 1 (0.2%) 545.5

The selected comparison column is the average enrollment among reporting schools in that group. It changes with the comparison control; this school's own counts do not.

Source: TEA PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. TEA reports these counts from its fall student snapshot; changes compare adjacent reported school years.

These counts show how enrollment changed, not why. Attendance-zone changes, school openings or closures, grade reconfigurations, transfers and population shifts can affect the total.

Discipline and removal from class

TEA’s annual student and action counts, kept separate and divided only by the matching full-year enrollment. These figures describe removals from instruction, not a simple safe-or-unsafe score.

Students in TEA’s all-discipline count
66

12.7% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
128

24.57 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
521

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
12.7%
Selected comparison
13.2%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 732 rated schools reporting

−0.5 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
24.57
Selected comparison
31.1

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 793 rated schools reporting

−6.5 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Cook Jr Elem
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 588 Not reported — Not reported — — —
2021–22 595 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2022–23 574 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2023–24 540 21 3.9% 41 7.59 14.0% 33.1
2024–25 521 66 12.7% 128 24.57 13.2% 31.1
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Cook Jr Elem in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 66 12.7% 128 24.57 13.2% 31.1
In-school suspensions 53 10.2% 84 16.12 11.6% 22.4
Out-of-school suspensions 29 5.6% 44 8.45 9.9% 16.4
DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —

Selected comparisons use rates, not raw counts, so differently sized schools can be read on the same basis. Each average uses only group members for which TEA reported that rate; this school's own counts and rates remain fixed.

Students, actions and incidents are different units. One student can receive multiple actions. The categories overlap, so they must not be added together. Rates use TEA's matching cumulative year-end enrollment, not the October enrollment shown elsewhere on this page.

Source: TEA Discipline Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. Suppressed values stay unavailable rather than being estimated. Use 2020–21 cautiously because remote instruction during the pandemic changed students' exposure to in-person discipline. TEA consolidated its separate action-group reports into this product in 2024–25; this trend uses only the stable “All discipline” heading.

Spending per student

The campus and its parent district stay fixed while the selected same-sector txschools.net comparison changes with the page-wide control. TEA's own peer group and statewide reference remain visible as separately published, fixed TEA references.

$6k$13k$20k20182020202220242025
  • Cook Jr Elem
  • Parent district: Houston ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$14,961
Selected comparison
$13,591

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,328 rated schools reporting

+$1,370 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $14,961 per student for this campus, $17,026 per student for its parent district, Houston ISD, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.

Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.

View yearly spending figures
Spending per student by year
YearCook Jr ElemParent district: Houston ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$7,521$14,470$13,054$8,432 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,270 rated schools reporting
2019$6,768$13,643$13,108$8,382 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,285 rated schools reporting
2020$7,316$13,627$14,058$8,901 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,288 rated schools reporting
2021$9,355$13,515$14,797$9,791 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,288 rated schools reporting
2022$9,833$14,985$15,708$11,307 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,301 rated schools reporting
2023$9,825$16,350$16,792$11,870 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,314 rated schools reporting
2024$18,250$18,150$18,125$12,936 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,320 rated schools reporting
2025$14,961$17,026$18,972$13,591 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,328 rated schools reporting

The selected-comparison reporting count is year-specific and can vary across the table. Dollar amounts are shown as TEA published them and are not adjusted for inflation.

Teachers and actual class size

Average salary
$74,122+$5,310 vs similar economic context
Teachers
31−7.6 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
14.6−0.3 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Cook Jr Elem

Beginning: 16.2%1 to 5 years: 35.7%6 to 10 years: 22.7%11 to 20 years: 15.9%21 to 30 years: 3.2%Over 30 years: 6.2%
  • Beginning 16.2%
  • 1 to 5 years 35.7%
  • 6 to 10 years 22.7%
  • 11 to 20 years 15.9%
  • 21 to 30 years 3.2%
  • Over 30 years 6.2%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,343 reporting for every category shown · 1,343 in full cohort

Beginning: 7.8%1 to 5 years: 27%6 to 10 years: 18.5%11 to 20 years: 26.9%21 to 30 years: 14.9%Over 30 years: 3.4%
  • Beginning 7.8%
  • 1 to 5 years 27%
  • 6 to 10 years 18.5%
  • 11 to 20 years 26.9%
  • 21 to 30 years 14.9%
  • Over 30 years 3.4%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Cook Jr Elem in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classCook Jr Elem · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten21.218.1
Grade 116.618.2
Grade 217.518.1
Grade 315.818.2
Grade 414.918.1
Grade 515.518.8

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 6 of 12 categories for this campus; the categories are not combined into a made-up campus-wide average. Each selected comparison average uses only schools reporting that same grade or subject.

Source: TEA Texas Academic Performance Reports, fetched 24 August 2026.

Where this comes from

The Texas Education Agency publishes the underlying accountability reports and data downloads. Ratings, outcomes, demographics, staffing and finance on this page come from TEA data available through txschools.gov, fetched 15 August 2026. TEA’s Reports and Data Portal links the official bulk files. Enrollment history comes from TEA's PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations reports, fetched 24 August 2026. The student-count context comes from TEA’s bulk accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026; TEA’s masking definitions explain withheld values. The dated notice, staffing, discipline, transfer, community and postsecondary sections cite their separate TEA, Census or THECB publication in place. Every archived source carries checksums so each number stays traceable to the bytes the public agency served.

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