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COTTONWOOD · AZ · Cottonwood-Oak Creek Elementary District (4487) · Public · K-12 combined

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Programs & features
Academic signals
  • 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Cottonwood Education Services compares for families

What families should know about Cottonwood Education Services.

  • LocallyAZ sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Rise Resource Center, Arizona iZone Institute, American Heritage Academy - Cottonwood and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21
SAT/ACT test-takers
0
11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test
Test-taking intensity
0.0
takers per 100 students in grades 9-12

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.

👩‍🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC

Teacher experience & reliability

% inexperienced teachers (1st-2nd yr)
23.8%
Typical mix. Watch the trend — high turnover can compound.
% chronic teacher absence (≥10 days/yr)
42.9%
Elevated. Teacher absence directly affects classroom continuity and student outcomes.

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +49.0%/year, projecting from 2024's 86 students:

2025
128
2027
284
2029
632

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Nearby high schools — the local competition

The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
Rise Resource Center
Cottonwood
Private 0.1 46
Arizona iZone Institute
COTTONWOOD
Public 0.1 7
American Heritage Academy - Cottonwood
COTTONWOOD
Public · charter 1.4 83
VACTE - Cottonwood-Oak Creek Unified School District
COTTONWOOD
Public 1.7
VACTE - Mingus Union High School
COTTONWOOD
Public 2.2 1
Mingus Union High School
COTTONWOOD
Public 2.2 1,165 -6.4%
VACTE - Valley Academy for Career and Technology Education
COTTONWOOD
Public 2.6 7
VACTE - Clarkdale Jerome School District
COTTONWOOD
Public 2.9

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