Elementary · Kansas
Cottonwood Elem
Cottonwood Elem, a public elementary school in Paola, Kansas: grades pre-k–2, 379 students, 13.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Paola.
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
- 379
- Teachers (FTE)
- 27.8
- Students per teacher
- 13.6
- Grades
- Pre-K–2
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 61% of elementary schools in Kansas
Median 13.1 · 707 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 61% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 68% of elementary schools in Kansas
Median 311 · 708 schools compared
Smaller than 57% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
State test results
No state test results published for this school: state tests cover grades 3–8, and small groups are not published.
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades Pre-K–2
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Distant town
- Run by
- Paola
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Location
- Address
- 709 N. Hedge Lane, Paola, KS 66071
- Phone
- (913)294-8050
- City or town
- Paola
- County
- Miami 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3–5 | 373 | 12.9 | |
| Pre-K–2 | 172 | 13.2 | |
Trojan ElemFree meals for all | 1–5 | 341 | 11.8 |
| 3–5 | 388 | 16.5 | |
Kansas Virtual Academy (KSVA)Fully virtual | K–6 | 584 | 32.4 |
| Pre-K–2 | 419 | 16.3 |
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).
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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