Public schools in Cottonwood, CA

Cottonwood has 9 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 1 high, 3 middle, 4 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 3,076 students. They are run by 4 districts and agencies; Evergreen Union School District runs 5 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 4 districts and agencies that run Cottonwood's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in CottonwoodDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Evergreen Union School District51,176$15,408
Cottonwood Union School District2892$16,516
Anderson Union High School District11,622$15,657
Cottonwood Creek Charter District1261$11,307

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

One high school in Cottonwood, 736 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
West Valley Early College High73622.137.5%Anderson Union High

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

3 middle schools in Cottonwood, 821 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
West Cottonwood Junior High41919.643.9%Cottonwood Union
Evergreen Middle39921.048.6%Evergreen Union
Evergreen Community Day School (5-8)36.0not reportedEvergreen Union

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

4 elementary schools in Cottonwood, 1,335 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Evergreen Elementary54122.551.9%Evergreen Union
North Cottonwood49821.240.6%Cottonwood Union
Cottonwood Creek Charter29426.223.1%Cottonwood Creek Charter District
Evergreen Community Day School (K-5)24.0not reportedEvergreen Union

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

One other school in Cottonwood, 184 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Evergreen Institute of Excellence18415.344.0%Evergreen Union

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Cottonwood's public schools compare with California's

The median Cottonwood school has 21.0 students per full-time teacher, fewer than the California median of 21.6. Its median school enrolls 399 students (state 471).

Cottonwood against California, schools open in 2024-25 with students
CottonwoodCalifornia
Median students per teacher21.021.6
Median school size (students)399471
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)not reportednot reported
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)50%74%
Charter schools22%13%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 9 Cottonwood schools and the 9,918 California schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Cottonwood

  1. Evergreen Union School DistrictRuns 5 of Cottonwood's 9 public schools and spent $15,408 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$15,408
  2. West Valley Early College High, the largest high school in Cottonwood736 students in 2024-25, 22.1 per teacher.736
  3. Compare Evergreen Union School District with Cottonwood Union School DistrictCottonwood's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in CaliforniaCalifornia's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Cottonwood addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in California

  1. Los Angeles564 schools
  2. San Diego283 schools
  3. San Jose232 schools
  4. Sacramento197 schools
  5. Fresno179 schools
  6. Bakersfield146 schools
  7. San Francisco123 schools
  8. Stockton122 schools

Questions about schools in Cottonwood

  1. How many public schools are in Cottonwood, CA?
    9 public schools with an address in Cottonwood were open in 2024-25: 1 high, 3 middle, 4 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 3,076 students. 2 are charter schools.
  2. What is the largest high school in Cottonwood?
    West Valley Early College High, with 736 students in 2024-25 (Anderson Union High School District).
  3. Which districts run Cottonwood's schools?
    Evergreen Union School District (5 schools), Cottonwood Union School District (2 schools), Anderson Union High School District (1 school), Cottonwood Creek Charter District (1 school). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .