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Cook MS

Harris County · Region 04: Houston · 1,339 students

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Current score
84/1002025-26
Change
−6 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+5.0 ptsvs 79 average · 2,019 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
631 of 2,019tied with 85 others
B84

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 89 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 79 average for 2,019 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Recent movement

Overall score rose 2 points

82 to 84 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 84 is 5 points above the 79 average among 2,019 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Recent domain gain

School Progress rose 2 points

86 to 88 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 88 is 7.9 points above the 80.1 average among 1,890 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
50%vs 45.9% avg · +4.1 pts
Masters
26%vs 18.4% avg · +7.6 pts

Among 1,897 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.

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Cook MS is rated B by TEA, scoring 84 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 79 average for 2,019 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 6 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 631st of 2,019 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 85 others).

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

Official improvement and transfer notices

Official state and federal designations can carry support, reporting requirements or a family transfer option that a single A–F rating does not explain.

2026 federal improvement status

Targeted Support and Improvement

Official support label: TSI

Identification reason: English Learners

TEA track year 0 · Title I campus

Open the official TEA list and methodology

Schools identified for improvement

This school
Listed
Selected comparison
29.8%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,019 rated schools reporting

Schools on the PEG list

This school
Not listed
Selected comparison
4.1%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,019 rated schools reporting

Selected comparison percentages are the share of reporting schools in that group found on each dated list. They are neutral prevalence context; changing the comparison never changes this school's official status.

These are dated TEA statuses, fetched 24 August 2026; they are not added to or subtracted from this site's rating.

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
908070 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageCook MS 9087818284 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 89 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
2025-26B8479.0 2,019 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25B8278.8 2,000 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24B8176.7 1,985 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23B8777.2 1,958 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22A9081.9 1,939 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 Achievement80 B+4.1 vs similar economic context · 1,897 reporting
  • School Progress88 B+7.9 vs similar economic context · 1,890 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps74 C−2.3 vs similar economic context · 1,878 reporting
  • Academic Growth75 C+1.8 vs similar economic context · 1,833 reporting
  • Relative Performance88 B+9.5 vs similar economic context · 1,890 reporting
  • Cook MS
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,019 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement80B10
School Progress88B2
Closing the Gaps74C6
Academic Growth75C5
Relative Performance88B2

Closest to moving up: School Progress, 2 points below A 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 (88), so Student Achievement (80) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 88.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level72%+0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,897 reporting
  • Meets grade level50%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,897 reporting
  • Masters grade level26%+8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,897 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level79%+5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,895 reporting
  • Meets grade level58%+7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,895 reporting
  • Masters grade level30%+10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,895 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level68%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,887 reporting
  • Meets grade level44%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,887 reporting
  • Masters grade level21%+6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,887 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level82%+10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,746 reporting
  • Meets grade level64%+21 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,746 reporting
  • Masters grade level42%+23 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,746 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level57%−15 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 888 reporting
  • Meets grade level32%−12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 888 reporting
  • Masters grade level13%−7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 888 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,019 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
1,339
Economically disadvantaged
70.2%+0.1 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
24.8%+4.1 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
17.4%−1.4 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
94.0%+0.1 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
16.8%−1.0 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Cook MS

African American: 12.4%Hispanic: 60.5%White: 14.4%American Indian: 0.5%Asian: 8.8%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 3.1%
  • African American 12.4%
  • Hispanic 60.5%
  • White 14.4%
  • American Indian 0.5%
  • Asian 8.8%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 3.1%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,019 reporting for every category shown · 2,019 in full cohort

African American: 12.4%Hispanic: 56.8%White: 24.9%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 2%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 3.4%
  • African American 12.4%
  • Hispanic 56.8%
  • White 24.9%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 2%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 3.4%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
1,337
Economically disadvantaged students
938
Emergent bilingual students
331
Special education students
233

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
178
Students in TEA mobility denominator
1,468
TEA-published mobility rate
12.1%

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 1,339 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 36 (2.6%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
1,339

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−36

Decrease · −2.6%

Change since 2021–22
−114

Decrease · −7.8%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
1,339
Selected comparison
636.3

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,981 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Cook MS
School yearStudents enrolledCook MSChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 1,453 First available year 647
2022–23 1,428 Decrease of 25 (1.7%) 654.1
2023–24 1,378 Decrease of 50 (3.5%) 653.3
2024–25 1,375 Decrease of 3 (0.2%) 651.5
2025–26 1,339 Decrease of 36 (2.6%) 636.3

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
403

27.9% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
1,755

121.62 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
1,443

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
27.9%
Selected comparison
13.0%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,542 rated schools reporting

+14.9 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
121.62
Selected comparison
30.8

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,655 rated schools reporting

+90.8 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Cook MS
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 1,517 230 15.2% 765 50.43 9.6% 19.1
2021–22 1,535 384 25.0% 1,614 105.15 12.9% 30.3
2022–23 1,501 371 24.7% 1,308 87.14 13.5% 32.5
2023–24 1,444 389 26.9% 1,659 114.89 13.3% 32.3
2024–25 1,443 403 27.9% 1,755 121.62 13.0% 30.8
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Cook MS in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 403 27.9% 1,755 121.62 13.0% 30.8
In-school suspensions 331 22.9% 1,170 81.08 11.7% 23.4
Out-of-school suspensions 233 16.1% 506 35.07 7.3% 11
DAEP placements 59 4.1% 78 5.41 5.2% 6.2
Mandatory DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Discretionary DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
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.

$5k$13k$20k20182020202220242025
  • Cook MS
  • Parent district: Cypress-Fairbanks ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$7,123
Selected comparison
$13,204

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,999 rated schools reporting

−$6,081 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $7,123 per student for this campus, $16,633 per student for its parent district, Cypress-Fairbanks 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 MSParent district: Cypress-Fairbanks ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$5,921$12,265$13,054$8,023 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,864 rated schools reporting
2019$6,340$12,730$13,108$8,184 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,881 rated schools reporting
2020$6,377$12,750$14,058$8,741 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,902 rated schools reporting
2021$6,861$14,470$14,797$9,235 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,916 rated schools reporting
2022$6,870$15,507$15,708$10,496 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,940 rated schools reporting
2023$7,273$15,990$16,792$11,198 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,960 rated schools reporting
2024$7,660$16,047$18,125$12,434 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,984 rated schools reporting
2025$7,123$16,633$18,972$13,204 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,999 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
$71,635+$5,205 vs similar economic context
Teachers
82+39.1 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
16.3+2.3 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Cook MS

Beginning: 7.9%1 to 5 years: 26.9%6 to 10 years: 21%11 to 20 years: 28.9%21 to 30 years: 15%Over 30 years: 0.2%
  • Beginning 7.9%
  • 1 to 5 years 26.9%
  • 6 to 10 years 21%
  • 11 to 20 years 28.9%
  • 21 to 30 years 15%
  • Over 30 years 0.2%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,019 reporting for every category shown · 2,019 in full cohort

Beginning: 6.6%1 to 5 years: 27.1%6 to 10 years: 19%11 to 20 years: 27.4%21 to 30 years: 15.4%Over 30 years: 3.9%
  • Beginning 6.6%
  • 1 to 5 years 27.1%
  • 6 to 10 years 19%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.4%
  • 21 to 30 years 15.4%
  • Over 30 years 3.9%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Cook MS in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classCook MS · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Grade 620.117.8
Secondary English16.415.2
Secondary languages other than English21.217.9
Secondary math20.416.2
Secondary science18.817.5
Secondary social studies1817.4

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 school ranks best

Out of 120 rankings computed across every published metric and every available comparison group, these are all the measures that meet this site’s distinctive-placement threshold. The list does not change when you change Compare against. Each measure appears once, using its strongest placement. Press Copy for a citable sentence.

Other top-5% rankings

High placements in larger reporting groups

1 measure

  • 66of 1,746

    Science — Masters

    Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 1,746 that report this measure · tied with 3

These are selected high placements, not a summary. Every figure above this section is the full picture, including where this school ranks poorly. Each measure appears once here, using its strongest qualifying placement across all available comparison groups. Very large ties are left out because they do not distinguish this school; any tie that does appear is labeled. Every ranking this site publishes, including the ones no school would put in a press release.

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.

Download the full dataset · this campus's district

Single-file records are pre-built for district-level records only, so there is no per-campus CSV to link here. Producing both formats for every entity would consume most of the 20,000-asset deployment limit before pages and shared data are counted. This campus is a row in the bulk files on the download page, keyed by its TEA id 101907047.