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Cottonwood Elementary School

Serves grades PK - 5

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
185 E. University Ave.
Colorado City, AZ 86021
Phone
(928) 875-9050
District
COLORADO CITY UNIFIED DISTRICT (4370)
County
MOHAVE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
350
Classroom Teachers
15

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Arizona

7

(10 is best)

Better than 68.7% of all AZ schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

Cottonwood Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

80 60 40 20 0
50%
43%
32%
44%
67%
42%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
50%
45%
50%
47%
50%
42%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
47%
41%
46%
42%
47%
40%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
23
21
22
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 99 28.3%
Kindergarten 43 12.3%
Grade 1 48 13.7%
Grade 2 36 10.3%
Grade 3 44 12.6%
Grade 4 38 10.9%
Grade 5 42 12.0%
Total 350 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 99.1% 98.3% 37.3%
Black 0.0% 0.0% 5.8%
Hispanic 0.9% 0.5% 48.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 0.0% 3.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 1.2% 5.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 26.0% 26.5% 28.9%
Free lunch eligible 26.0% 26.5% 27.5%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 0.0% 1.4%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 4,189 7,359,197
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 5.0 63
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 10.5% 5.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 47.3% 19.4%
20-44 YEARS OLD 26.1% 33.2%
45-64 YEARS OLD 13.5% 23.8%
65 OR OLDER 2.6% 18.1%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 708 2,739,136
Single Parent Households With Children 25.3% 8.8%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 80.3% 88.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 12.5% 31.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 6.8% 17.5%
$100,000 - $149,999 19.5% 17.3%
$75,000 - $99,999 5.8% 13.7%
$50,000 - $74,999 21.0% 17.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 10.3% 15.2%
$15,000 - $29,999 11.4% 10.6%
$15,000 or less 25.1% 8.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,856 $4,790,016 54.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $494 $240,084 2.8%
Staff $1,158 $562,788 6.5%
General Administration $109 $52,974 0.6%
School Administration $442 $214,812 2.5%
Operation $1,735 $843,210 9.7%
Transportation $294 $142,884 1.6%
Other $726 $352,836 4.0%
Total Support $4,959 $2,410,074 27.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,123 $1,517,778 17.4%
Total Expenditures $17,938 $8,717,868 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $4,784 $5,455,780,644 45.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $717 $817,413,358 6.8%
Staff $438 $499,269,446 4.2%
General Administration $167 $190,613,734 1.6%
School Administration $483 $550,946,830 4.6%
Operation $1,016 $1,158,685,840 9.6%
Transportation $332 $378,527,947 3.1%
Other $407 $464,329,479 3.9%
Total Support $3,560 $4,059,673,334 33.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,200 $2,509,151,950 20.9%
Total Expenditures $10,544 $12,024,681,898 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%

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