📍 215 S Phillips, Salina, Saline County, 67401
Cottonwood Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Salina, Saline County. The school has 372 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Salina school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 32.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.3:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Cottonwood Elementary School enrolls 372 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 32.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 51% White, 25% Hispanic or Latino and 17% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 190 | 51% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 92 | 25% |
| Two or more races | 65 | 17% |
| Black or African American | 22 | 5.9% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
305 of the school's 372 students (82%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 272 qualify for free lunch and 33 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Cottonwood Elementary School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). 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-10, state senate district 24, state house district 69.
Cottonwood Elementary School is one of 13 schools in Salina, based in Salina, Kansas. The district serves 6,737 students district-wide and employs 544 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 372 students, Cottonwood Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 518 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote
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