Cottonwood Creek

Located at 2400 Central Pkwy., in Dublin, California, Cottonwood Creek is a sprawling elementary school that hosts 1,023 students (grades K through 8), operated by Dublin Unified. Enrollment runs roughly 120% above the state mean of about 465.

Dublin Unified comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 12,750 students; Cottonwood Creek is among them.

In terms of who attends, Cottonwood Creek logs that nearly all students (89%) are Asian. Other groups include 4% White, 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 33% Asian, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Asian than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Cottonwood Creek lists 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 13% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Alameda County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Cottonwood Creek ranks in the top 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 71.8%; Cottonwood Creek posts 88.4%, +16.7 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Alameda County put median household earnings sit near $129,367, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Alameda County runs 394 public schools (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students), of which Cottonwood Creek is one.

The closest other public school is Harold William Kolb, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Cottonwood Creek comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 83.0%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

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