Cottonwood Education Services
COTTONWOOD · AZ · Cottonwood-Oak Creek Elementary District (4487) · Public · K-12 combined
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Rise Resource Center → Arizona iZone Institute → American Heritage Academy - Cottonwood → VACTE - Cottonwood-Oak Creek Unified School District → VACTE - Mingus Union High School → Mingus Union High School → VACTE - Valley Academy for Career and Technology Education → VACTE - Clarkdale Jerome School District →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
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 · 2020-21Source: 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
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:
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.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — | — |