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Which teacher or staff member at Cottonwood Canyon Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
813
Elementary
DISTRICT 654 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE ELSINORE UNIFIED·NCES 060002710587
Cottonwood Canyon Elementary
32100 Lost Rd., Lake Elsinore, CA 92532 · (951) 244-2585 · Riverside County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL813 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 60% of California public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
23.1:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
438 students
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 166 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 125 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 119 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 125 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 140 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 138 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (166) is 20% larger than its 5th grade class (138).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
49.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +11.4pp since 2014
Math
48.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +17.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 11 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 18 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 20.9% | 28.4% | 28.2% | 22.5% |
| Math | 20.3% | 28.5% | 33.4% | 17.7% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.4% | 48.8% |
| 2023-24 | 50.4% | 50.5% |
| 2022-23 | 50.6% | 50.1% |
| 2021-22 | 49.6% | 44.4% |
| 2020-21 | 55.3% | 51.4% |
| 2018-19 | 52.8% | 45.7% |
| 2017-18 | 54.3% | 40.5% |
| 2016-17 | 43.6% | 39.1% |
| 2015-16 | 48.0% | 40.0% |
| 2014-15 | 38.0% | 31.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
49.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Cottonwood Canyon Elementary
Cottonwood Canyon Elementary's state test result (49.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottonwood Canyon Elementary this school | 813 | 53.9% | 49.6% |
| Tovashal Elementary Murrieta | 745 | 54.6% | 63.7% |
| Murrieta Elementary Murrieta | 893 | 60.0% | 53.0% |
| Taawila Elementary Menifee | 803 | 49.8% | 57.1% |
| Jean Callison Elementary Vacaville | 762 | 55.0% | 37.8% |
| Southport Elementary West Sacramento | 785 | 50.4% | 38.9% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Cottonwood Canyon Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.6% | #1,742 of 5,151 | #58 of 283 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.8% | #1,665 of 5,172 ▼ 175 | #53 of 283 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.4% | #2,083 of 5,172 ▼ 210 | #80 of 283 ▼ 13 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.1pp | #2,595 of 5,116 | #164 of 280 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 813 | #349 of 5,915 | #56 of 296 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.1:1 | #3,058 of 5,352 | #123 of 292 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.2% | #1,234 of 5,354 | #47 of 292 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.9% | #3,753 of 5,625 | #259 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.9% | #3,333 of 3,837 | #181 of 207 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
813
+77 (+10%) vs 2020
-5% since 2010-11, when it was 859
Student : Teacher
23.1:1
was 21.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 813 | 35.2 | 23.1:1 | 54% (438) |
| 2023-24 | 811 | 33 | 24.6:1 | 51% (410) |
| 2022-23 | 789 | 36 | 21.9:1 | 50% (396) |
| 2020-21 | 736 | 35 | 21.0:1 | 46% (341) |
| 2017-18 | 855 | 36 | 23.8:1 | 39% (335) |
| 2015-16 | 919 | 38 | 24.2:1 | 35% (326) |
| 2010-11 | 859 | N/A | N/A | 27% (232) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cottonwood Canyon Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (855 to 813); teachers down 2% (36 to 35.2).
About Cottonwood Canyon Elementary
Cottonwood Canyon Elementary sits in Lake Elsinore, California, and is classified as an elementary school. A total of 813 students attend the school, which covers kindergarten through 5. Against the 465-student average for elementary schools in California, enrollment here is 75% higher.
Lake Elsinore Unified has 24 schools and 20,539 students, and Cottonwood Canyon Elementary is one of those schools.
Federal enrollment data show Hispanic students as the largest group at Cottonwood Canyon Elementary, at 46%. Other groups make up 35% White, 7% multiracial, 6% Black, and 5% Asian. The school's diversity index is 65%, meaning two students picked at random have a 65% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The teaching staff at Cottonwood Canyon Elementary is 35.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 23.1:1. This ratio sits 0.8 above the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 54%. The gap from the 74% average for public schools in Riverside County is 20 points.
The allk12 Grade for Cottonwood Canyon Elementary is B. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 60% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Cottonwood Canyon Elementary would be expected to post about 48.0%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 49.6%.
In Riverside County (population about 2,478,600), the median household income is $93,074, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. There are 543 public schools in Riverside County, enrolling about 424,872 students in all.
The nearest public school is Canyon Lake Middle, at about 0.2 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Cottonwood Canyon Elementary is 4th on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is up 10% from 2020-21, when Cottonwood Canyon Elementary had 736 students, to 2024-25, when it had 813. Its ratio of students to teachers was 21.0:1 in 2020-21, and 23.1:1 in 2024-25.
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Riverside County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,478,600
Census ACS
Median income
$93,074
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
543
424,872 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lake Elsinore Unified
- Temescal Canyon HighHigh · 2,373 students
- Elsinore HighHigh · 1,927 students
- Lakeside HighHigh · 1,687 students
- David A. Brown MiddleMiddle · 1,030 students
- Terra Cotta MiddleMiddle · 1,026 students
- Canyon Lake MiddleMiddle · 951 students
Other schools in Lake Elsinore
- Temescal Canyon HighHigh · 2,373 students
- Lakeside HighHigh · 1,687 students
- Terra Cotta MiddleMiddle · 1,026 students
- Canyon Lake MiddleMiddle · 951 students
- Elsinore MiddleMiddle · 947 students
- Lakeland VillageElementary · 909 students
Nearby schools
- Canyon Lake Middle0.2 mi · 951
- Herk Bouris Elementary1.4 mi · 734
- Elsinore High2.7 mi · 1,927
- Tuscany Hills Elementary2.7 mi · 606
- Taawila Elementary2.8 mi · 803
- Kathryn Newport Middle2.8 mi · 965
Frequently asked questions
About Cottonwood Canyon ElementaryHow many students attend Cottonwood Canyon Elementary?
Cottonwood Canyon Elementary enrolls approximately 813 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Cottonwood Canyon Elementary serve?
Cottonwood Canyon Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Cottonwood Canyon Elementary?
Approximately 23.1:1 students per teacher at Cottonwood Canyon Elementary.
How diverse is Cottonwood Canyon Elementary?
Cottonwood Canyon Elementary reports a student body of 35% White, 46% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Cottonwood Canyon Elementary?
Cottonwood Canyon Elementary is overseen by Lake Elsinore Unified in Riverside County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.