Cynthia a Cockrell El, Prosper TX

Original Research by School Decision on Cynthia a Cockrell El

Cynthia A Cockrell Elementary is a small public school serving grades pre-kindergarten through fifth grade in Prosper, located in Collin County north of Dallas. It is housed within the Prosper Independent School District, a rapidly growing district now opening multiple new campuses to accommodate enrollment expansion.

The school sits in an affluent, fast-growing residential suburb. Prosper's median home values are well above both state and national benchmarks, and the overwhelming majority of families own their homes. A very small share of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals, indicating a highly advantaged student population. Demographically, the school reflects the broader community: the majority of students are white, with a substantial representation of Asian students and much smaller shares of Black, Hispanic, and multiracial students.

On state testing, the school shows strength in reading and language arts. In third through fifth grade, most students met or exceeded the state proficiency standard in English language arts, with proficiency rates ranging from around four-fifths to four-fifths. Math proficiency is somewhat lower but still solid across the grade band, in the high sixties to low seventies. Science testing is administered only in fifth grade and shows a notably different picture: less than two-fifths of fifth graders met the state standard, representing a meaningful gap between performance in core literacy and math versus science. Social studies proficiency in fifth grade is also below the school's reading and math performance, though data on earlier grades is not available.

Overall, the school's proficiency index places it in the top quartile among districts in Collin County, driven largely by strong reading performance. Parents may want to look further into the science results with the school, given the gap between that performance and performance in other subjects.

The school draws from a thriving master-planned suburban setting with significant new residential development underway, including major mixed-use projects and new single-family communities along commercial corridors. The surrounding area is car-dependent, with most daily activity concentrated in planned neighborhoods and commercial zones rather than walkable town streets, though downtown Prosper and the Arts District are being designed with walkability in mind. The district has reduced its property tax rate for consecutive years, though rising property values mean that overall tax burden continues to rise for many homeowners. Rapid enrollment growth has driven substantial facility and staffing expansion across the district, a trend families should anticipate will continue.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 369%

School 69% · District 67% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 29 pts above state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

Grade 469%

School 69% · District 65% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 28 pts above state median · ▲ 11 pts above county median

Grade 572%

School 72% · district not reported

▲ 31 pts above state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 382%

School 82% · District 73% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▲ 36 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Grade 482%

School 82% · District 71% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▲ 33 pts above state median · ▲ 14 pts above county median

Grade 579%

School 79% · district not reported

▲ 25 pts above state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

Science

Grade 538%

School 38% · District 41% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▲ 15 pts above state median · even with county median

This schoolPROSPER ISD, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income80%Higher-income82%2 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income60%Higher-income79%19 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income60%Higher-income70%10 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income40%Higher-income73%33 pp gap