Elementary · California
Cottonwood Elementary
Cottonwood Elementary, a public elementary school in Palmdale, California: grades k–6, 652 students, 27.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Westside Union Elementary.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 652
- Teachers (FTE)
- 24.0
- Students per teacher
- 27.2
- Grades
- K–6
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 96% of elementary schools in California
Median 22.4 · 5,918 schools compared
More students per teacher than 99% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 83% of elementary schools in California
Median 455 · 5,933 schools compared
Larger than 85% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades K–6
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Large suburb
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Westside Union Elementary.
Location
- Address
- 2740 West Ave. P-8, Palmdale, CA 93551
- Phone
- (661)267-2825
- City or town
- Palmdale
- County
- Los Angeles County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Summerwind ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 569 | 26.5 |
Palmdale Discovery CenterSpecial education | K–8 | 246 | 11.2 |
Dos Caminos Dual ImmersionAlternativeFree meals for all | K–8 | 945 | 24.6 |
Ocotillo ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 588 | 26.8 |
| K–6 | 962 | 25.3 | |
| K–6 | 517 | 23.5 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
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