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Cottonwood Elementary

Regular School · Palmdale, CA

Cottonwood Elementary is a regular school school in Palmdale, California, serving grades KG–06 with 652 students enrolled (SY 2024-2025). The student-teacher ratio is 27.2:1.

Level
Elementary
Grades
KG – 06
Enrollment
652
Teachers (FTE)
24.0
Student–Teacher Ratio
27.2:1
Status
Open
Lunch Program Participation
Yes participating without using any Provision or the CEO

Student Demographics (SY 2024-2025)

Race / Ethnicity Students Share
Hispanic/Latino 381 58%
White 105 16%
Black or African American 72 11%
Two or more races 58 9%
Asian 35 5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander 1 0%
Total enrollment 652 331M / 321F

English Language Learners: 53 (8% of enrollment) · SY 2021–22

Academic Performance (SY 2021-2022)

Metric This School State Avg Tested
Math Proficiency . 33.9%
Reading Proficiency . 48.7%
Science Proficiency .

Source: EDFacts, SY 2020–2021. Suppressed values (e.g. <=10%) indicate fewer than the minimum reportable threshold.

Stanford Achievement Estimate

Pooled score across SY 2009–2022 (grades 3–8), expressed in grade levels relative to the national average. Positive = above average.

Overall (Math + ELA)
-0.34 grade levels
Math
-0.13 grade levels

Programs & Discipline

Gifted & Talented
Program offered
2 students enrolled
Out-of-School Suspensions
11
1.7% of enrollment · SY 2021–22
Chronically Absent
68
10.4% of enrollment · SY 2019–20

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), Office for Civil Rights & EDFacts.

Lunch Program (SY 2024-2025)

Category Students % of School
Total enrollment (est.) 652 100%

Contact & Location

2740 West Ave. P-8

Palmdale, CA 93551

Phone: (661)267-2825

District

Westside Union Elementary

Per-pupil expenditure: $14,730

District enrollment: 8,910

NCES ID

064212010141

Data sources: NCES CCD SY 2024-2025 (directory, staff, lunch), EDFacts SY 2020-21 (assessments), CRDC SY 2021-22 (programs & discipline), SEDA v6.0 (achievement estimates). Updated annually. NCES CCD