📍 663 Houston St, Cottonwood, Houston County, 36320
Cottonwood High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Cottonwood, Houston County. The school has 398 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Houston County school district. It serves grades 7–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 22.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.6:1.
Cottonwood High School enrolls 398 students across grades 7–12. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 22.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 75% White, 15% Black or African American and 7% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 297 | 75% |
| Black or African American | 59 | 15% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 28 | 7% |
| Two or more races | 8 | 2% |
| Asian | 6 | 1.5% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
273 of the school's 398 students (69%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Cottonwood High School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district DE-10.
Cottonwood High School is one of 15 schools in Houston County, based in Dothan, Alabama. The district serves 6,907 students district-wide and employs 379 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 398 students, Cottonwood High School is close to the district average of about 460 students per school.
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