Summary:
Zip code 31647, serving the Sparks area of Cook County, Georgia, is home to two public schools—Cook Elementary School (grades 3-5, 666 students) and Cook County Middle School (grades 6-8, 640 students)—both part of the Cook County district, which ranks 74th out of 201 districts in Georgia with a 3-star rating.
The standout in this area is Cook County Middle School, which achieves extraordinary results in Algebra I: 96.6% of students scored proficient in 2025-2026, and the school hit a perfect 100% proficiency rate the prior year—more than double the state average. The middle school also outperforms the state in 8th grade science (33.8% vs. 29.7%) and has improved its state ranking to 230th out of roughly 580 middle schools. In contrast, Cook Elementary School faces significant challenges, particularly in math: proficiency drops sharply from 51.8% in 3rd grade to 35.6% in 4th grade and just 23.2% in 5th grade—less than half the state average of 44.1%. The elementary school's state ranking has slipped each year, from 701st to 756th out of about 1,230 elementary schools.
Both schools maintain healthy attendance, with chronic absenteeism rates (15.7% at the elementary, 15.0% at the middle school) below the state average of 17.7%. The elementary school serves a high-poverty population (100% free/reduced lunch) but spends $12,840 per student with a favorable 12.3:1 student-teacher ratio. The middle school's ability to bring 8th grade math proficiency (49.8%) above the state average (46.3%) suggests effective interventions at the secondary level, even as the elementary math decline represents the district's most pressing issue. Social studies is a relative weakness at the middle school (30.8% vs. 40.2% statewide), while science performance mirrors the math pattern—strong at the middle school, lagging at the elementary.
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