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Cook County Middle School

Serves grades 6 - 8

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
1601 N Elm St
Sparks, GA 31647
Phone
(229) 549-5999
District
COOK COUNTY
County
COOK COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
713
Classroom Teachers
52

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Georgia

5

(10 is best)

Better than 40.2% of all GA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

4

(10 is best)

Cook County Middle School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 6

50 40 30 20 10 0
30%
35%
27%
39%
32%
31%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 7

40 30 20 10 0
21%
35%
19%
35%
23%
35%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

50 40 30 20 10 0
36%
38%
35%
40%
36%
36%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
14
14
15
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 6 208 29.2%
Grade 7 256 35.9%
Grade 8 249 34.9%
Total 713 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 49.9% 52.0% 38.6%
Black 35.5% 34.8% 38.1%
Hispanic 13.9% 11.8% 18.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.6% 1.0% 4.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.1% 0.4% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported Unreported Unreported
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 17,188 10,912,876
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 73.7 187
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.9% 5.9%
5-19 YEARS OLD 22.5% 20.4%
20-44 YEARS OLD 29.0% 33.9%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.7% 25.4%
65 OR OLDER 15.9% 14.4%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 6,056 3,946,490
Single Parent Households With Children 8.5% 9.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 81.4% 88.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 16.6% 33.6%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 6.6% 18.1%
$100,000 - $149,999 11.9% 16.6%
$75,000 - $99,999 11.8% 13.1%
$50,000 - $74,999 15.5% 16.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 16.0% 15.1%
$15,000 - $29,999 18.0% 11.4%
$15,000 or less 20.1% 9.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,507 $20,627,190 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $556 $1,762,520 4.2%
Staff $339 $1,074,630 2.6%
General Administration $441 $1,397,970 3.4%
School Administration $650 $2,060,500 5.0%
Operation $925 $2,932,250 7.0%
Transportation $498 $1,578,660 3.8%
Other $127 $402,590 1.0%
Total Support $3,536 $11,209,120 26.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,084 $9,776,280 23.5%
Total Expenditures $13,127 $41,612,590 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,173 $12,487,910,271 54.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $676 $1,176,548,933 5.1%
Staff $594 $1,034,558,924 4.5%
General Administration $154 $268,921,756 1.2%
School Administration $768 $1,337,003,569 5.8%
Operation $900 $1,567,657,475 6.8%
Transportation $538 $936,344,630 4.0%
Other $397 $691,196,214 3.0%
Total Support $4,028 $7,012,277,581 30.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,085 $3,630,005,298 15.7%
Total Expenditures $13,287 $23,130,146,352 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%