Elementary · New Mexico
Cottonwood Elementary
Free meals for allCottonwood Elementary, a public elementary school in Carlsbad, New Mexico: grades k–5, 684 students, 15.4 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Carlsbad.
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
- 684
- Teachers (FTE)
- 44.4
- Students per teacher
- 15.4
- Grades
- K–5
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 84% of elementary schools in New Mexico
Median 12.4 · 429 schools compared
More students per teacher than 59% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 98% of elementary schools in New Mexico
Median 306 · 445 schools compared
Larger than 88% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on New Mexico's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
New Mexico: 44%46%proficient
+10.3 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 63% of elementary schools in New Mexico
Median 41% · 415 elementary schools compared
417 students tested, grades 3–8 · NM-MSSA; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
New Mexico: 27%37%proficient
+7.8 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 77% of elementary schools in New Mexico
Median 24% · 413 elementary schools compared
432 students tested, grades 3–8 · NM-MSSA; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades K–5
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Remote town
- Run by
- Carlsbad
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Carlsbad.
Location
- Address
- 1609 W LEA Street, Carlsbad, NM 88220
- Phone
- (575)234-3304
- City or town
- Carlsbad
- County
- Eddy 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 | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Early Childhood Education CenterFree meals for all | Pre-K–K | 207 | 18.1 | — | — |
| 1–5 | 0 | — | — | — | |
Sunset ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 438 | 17.0 | 44% | 23% |
Desert Willow ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 667 | 15.0 | 58% | 33% |
Monterrey ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 366 | 16.6 | 47% | 36% |
Ocotillo ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 621 | 16.5 | 44% | 28% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
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).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
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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