NCES CCD 2024-25 9 schools CA

Best-Resourced Schools in Cottonwood, CA

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9 public K-12 schools in Cottonwood from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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9
Schools
3,076
Students
26.1/100
Avg Resource Index
20.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Cottonwood has more public-school enrollment than 30% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Cottonwood's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

7 of Cottonwood's 9 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 0 middle and 1 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Cottonwood lists only 9 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 2 to 736 students, a 368-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 70%
School count
Top 46%
Resource Index average
5th percentile
Teacher staffing
12th percentile

West Valley Early College High accounts for 23.9% of all Cottonwood public-school enrollment

That concentration means Cottonwood-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Cottonwood school enrollment varies 368× across entities

Cottonwood school enrollment ranges from 2 students (lowest) to 736 students (highest), a spread of 734 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Cottonwood student-teacher ratio is 20.9:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

2 of Cottonwood's 9 listed schools are charters

22% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Evergreen Institute of Excellence 42
2. West Valley Early College High 37
3. Evergreen Community Day School (5-8) 30
4. Evergreen Community Day School (K-5) 30
5. West Cottonwood Junior High 24
6. North Cottonwood 23
7. Evergreen Middle 18
8. Evergreen Elementary 16
9. Cottonwood Creek Charter 15

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Cottonwood

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 West Cottonwood Junior High 52.5/100
  2. 2 Evergreen Community Day School (K-5) 50.0/100
  3. 3 West Valley Early College High 49.3/100
  4. 4 Evergreen Institute of Excellence 45.6/100
  5. 5 Evergreen Community Day School (5-8) 44.4/100

What do families ask about schools in Cottonwood?

Which Cottonwood school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Evergreen Institute of Excellence has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Cottonwood schools in this federal-data comparison at 42/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Cottonwood, CA? ▼

Cottonwood has 9 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,076 students. 2 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 20.9:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.