📍 800 N Seward Meridian, Wasilla, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, 99645
Cottonwood Creek Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Wasilla, Matanuska-Susitna Borough. The school has 468 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.3:1.
Cottonwood Creek Elementary enrolls 468 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 27 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 68% White, 19% Two or more races and 6.2% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 317 | 68% |
| Two or more races | 90 | 19% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 29 | 6.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 23 | 4.9% |
| Asian | 5 | 1.1% |
| Black or African American | 2 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
207 of the school's 468 students (44%) 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 Creek Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Small). 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 KS At-Large.
Cottonwood Creek Elementary is one of 49 schools in Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District, based in Palmer, Alaska. The district serves 19,495 students district-wide and employs 998 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 468 students, Cottonwood Creek Elementary is larger than the district average of about 398 students per school.
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