Cook Elementary School

Austin, TX 78758

Phone: (512) 414-2510
Fax: (512) 837-5983
District: Austin Independent School District

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GreatSchools Rating

public • Grades PK,KG,1,2,3,4,5 • 433 students

Cook Elementary School, a public school located in Austin, TX, serves grades PK-5 in the Austin Independent School District.It has received a GreatSchools Rating of 2 out of 10, based on a variety of school quality measures.

Cook Elementary School is a public school located in Austin, TX. 433 students attend Cook Elementary School.

School Ratings

Category Rating Details
Test Scores 2/10 The Test Score Rating examines how students at this school performed on standardized tests compared with other schools in the state. The Test Rating was created using 2025 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) data from Texas Education Agency.
Student Growth 2/10 The Student Progress Rating measures whether students at this school are making academic progress over time based on student growth data provided by the Department of Education. Specifically, this rating looks at how much progress individual students have made on state assessments during the past year or more, how this performance aligns with expected progress based on a student growth model established by the state Department of Education, and how this school's growth data compares to other schools in the state. The Growth Rating was created using 2025 Percentage of students meeting growth target data from Texas Education Agency.

Posted: March 12, 2026

Amazing school, everything to the tea! Except one teacher in special education always having some commentary that's negative , negative, negative!!! Heard her multiple occasions on pick up talking to the special education students in a impolite manner. I mean kids are kids but what's the reason? Also when communicating with other staff I've heard the absolute worst. If your teaching in special education in general aren't you supposed to be positive and uplifting to these students and parents? Not being judgemental
..... The teacher is a older Caucasian women with glasses. Judging by her attitude i doubt it's hard to identify her.

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Posted: November 6, 2025

If I could no stars because first off they keep giving me the run around about if my son was going to stay there or go to another district and they want to put him absent those days!!! The lady didnt know good English and didnt explain anything good!! When I went to take him they didnt inform me at the meeting that he was going to another district and also when I took him there to cook elementry the lady was confused and thought I need paper work for his other district and that's when I found out he wasn't supposed to go there he was going to another district!! My son is special ed and this school didnt have him long because they didnt want to deal with him and the other district was way better than cook!!! Would not recommend cook at all!!! They just give you the run around and they dont have everything togother and the lady doesn't even speak good English so I really didnt understand her!!!

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Posted: January 25, 2016

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Posted: January 25, 2016

Cook has transitioned into some new staff over the past few years! This has been a great transition! Not to mention the downsize in students. Overall these changes has been great for the students. I hope the experience is the same for the faculty. As a very hands on parent, I no longer worry as I did when my sons first attended Cook. My children no longer dread getting up going to school. In a recent conversation with one of my sons we discussed an issue with another student. I asked him if he felt like the teacher, principal, or any of the other staff listened to him and fixed the issue. He responded as the little man he is, "Mom, they all were awesome. The principal came by and checked in on us in class." This made me as a parent feel grateful to have adults in my children lives that are listening to them.

Posted: August 30, 2014

The staff at Cook are rising to the challenge of rebuilding a school after new administration, poor test scores, high staff turnover, and high-need students. Test scores have improved dramatically over the past two years and we even surpass other schools in the area with similar student populations. Our students are largely Hispanic, and in bilingual, dual-language classrooms. Our students in the ESL, or English only, classes come to us with social and academic needs that we have worked especially hard to provide interventions for. Schools in this area serve many single-income families that struggle to make ends meet, much less support their child in school. Cook is becoming a safe, nurturing place for our students to not only learn in but to simply be children in. We have a long way to go with enrichment programs, parent and community involvement, and staff retention, but I believe in my administration and teachers. We have recently been relieved by a neighboring school and are down to under 600 students. This will help our ability to meet our community's needs and keep quality teachers tremendously. I am proud to be a Cook teacher and can't wait to see how we grow!

Posted: June 30, 2013

This is my sons first year in school and his teacher was awesome! Anytime I needed something everyone was always helpful! Except the cashier in the lunch line! She needs to be replaced! She was very rude with kids!

Posted: March 3, 2011

Cook Elementary did not provide a very good education for my daughter. She spent most of the time dealing with bullies. The administration could not do anything because of the fact that most of this activity went on behind the backs of administration. The classrooms are too large to give individual attention to students who need more help in a subject. The teachers my daughter had were wonderful, but it seemed as though the size of the classroom made it difficult for them to teach because of troubled students.

Reviews provided by GreatSchools

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1 Midtown Commons at Crestview Station Apartment Complex Austin TX 2.7 mi
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7 White Rock Estates Neighborhood/Subdivision Killeen TX 47 mi
8 Timber Ridge Estates Neighborhood/Subdivision Killeen TX 47 mi
9 Knights Ridge Neighborhood/Subdivision Harker Heights TX 47.1 mi
10 Savannah Heights Neighborhood/Subdivision Killeen TX 47.7 mi
11 Glenwood Neighborhood/Subdivision Killeen TX 48 mi
# Name City State Overall Rating Distance
1 Main street Salado TX 40.6 mi
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3 Elms street Killeen TX 49.4 mi
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