Cottonwood Elementary

Cottonwood Elementary, a low-enrollment elementary-level community in Colorado City, Arizona, part of Colorado City Unified District (4370), hosts 338 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Arizona's public schools average about 451 students each, so Cottonwood Elementary sits 25% below that benchmark.

Within Colorado City Unified District (4370), which oversees 2 schools and 544 students, Cottonwood Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Cottonwood Elementary records that nearly all students (96%) are White. Other groups include 2% Native American. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Cottonwood Elementary higher than the state norm the norm.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Mohave County indicate the typical household earns roughly $57,684 per year, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Cottonwood Elementary is one of 77 public schools in Mohave County (combined enrollment of about 23,396 students).

Water Canyon High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Cottonwood Elementary operates from a low-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cottonwood Elementary has edged up 8%, going from 313 students in 2018 to 338 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 22.4:1 in 2018 to 18.8:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.