Cottonwood Education Services

Located at 301 N WILLARD ST, in COTTONWOOD, Arizona, Cottonwood Education Services is a micro-enrollment multi-level school that educates 86 students (grades pre-K through 12), one of the schools within Cottonwood-Oak Creek Elementary District (4487). By comparison, Arizona's public schools average about 550 students each, so Cottonwood Education Services sits 84% below that benchmark.

Cottonwood Education Services is one of 5 schools operated by Cottonwood-Oak Creek Elementary District (4487), a district that teaches 1,765 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Cottonwood Education Services logs that the largest single group is White, at 64% of enrollment. Other groups include 31% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 81% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 21.4:1 average.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Yavapai County indicate the typical household earns roughly $69,613 per year, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Yavapai County's 107 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,538 students), Cottonwood Education Services is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Cottonwood Community School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cottonwood Education Services.

Cottonwood Education Services operates from a town-center location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 80%: 428 students in 2018 compared to 86 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 44% to 64% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 19.9:1 in 2018 to 24.6:1 in 2025.

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