📍 1609 W Lea Street, Carlsbad, Eddy County, 88220
Cottonwood Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Carlsbad, Eddy County. The school has 760 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Carlsbad Municipal Schools school district. It serves grades 1–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 44.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.0:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Cottonwood Elementary enrolls 760 students across grades 1–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 44.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 78% Hispanic or Latino, 20% White and 1.1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 589 | 78% |
| White | 153 | 20% |
| Black or African American | 8 | 1.1% |
| Asian | 5 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
338 of the school's 760 students (44%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 322 qualify for free lunch and 16 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 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 NM-20, state senate district 41, state house district 54.
Cottonwood Elementary is one of 14 schools in CARLSBAD, based in CARLSBAD, New Mexico. The district serves 7,461 students district-wide and employs 388 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 760 students, Cottonwood Elementary is larger than the district average of about 533 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote
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