📍 1922 Rd 3549, Cleveland, Liberty County, 77327
Cottonwood el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Cleveland, Liberty County. The school has 827 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Heather Barrett. It is part of the Cleveland Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 67.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.3:1. 18% of students are proficient in reading. 25% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Cottonwood el enrolls 827 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 67.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 93% Hispanic or Latino, 3.1% White and 2.7% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 772 | 93% |
| White | 26 | 3.1% |
| Black or African American | 22 | 2.7% |
| Two or more races | 6 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
802 of the school's 827 students (97%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 785 qualify for free lunch and 17 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Cottonwood el is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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 TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 3, state house district 18.
Cottonwood el is one of 11 schools in CLEVELAND ISD, based in CLEVELAND, Texas. The district serves 12,513 students district-wide and employs 786 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 827 students, Cottonwood el is smaller than the district average of about 1,138 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe