📍 500 e Mingus Ave, Cottonwood, Yavapai County, 86326
Cottonwood Community School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Cottonwood, Yavapai County. The school has 500 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Cottonwood-Oak Creek Elementary District (4487) school district. It serves grades K–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.5:1.
Cottonwood Community School enrolls 500 students across grades K–8. The student body is 58% male and 42% female. A teaching staff of 37 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 57% Hispanic or Latino, 38% White and 3.2% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 283 | 57% |
| White | 188 | 38% |
| Two or more races | 16 | 3.2% |
| Black or African American | 8 | 1.6% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 5 | 1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
375 of the school's 500 students (75%) 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 Community School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, 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 OK-20.
Cottonwood Community School is one of 6 schools in Cottonwood-Oak Creek Elementary District (4487), based in COTTONWOOD, Arizona. The district serves 1,765 students district-wide and employs 132 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 500 students, Cottonwood Community School is larger than the district average of about 294 students per school.
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