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Enrollment
388
Elementary
DISTRICT 421 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANDOVER·NCES 200336001610
Cottonwood Elementary
1747 N Andover Rd, Andover, KS 67002 · (316) 218-4620 · Butler County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL388 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of Kansas public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kansas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
129 students
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 51%
Community
1
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 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 58% · 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
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
58.0%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
55.0%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 55.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.7% | 56.2% |
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades. Kansas set new KAP cut scores in spring 2025, so results from 2023-24 and earlier are not comparable with later years.
Source: KAP. 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
59.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.3%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% typical for Kansas 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 Kansas'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 Elementary
Cottonwood Elementary's state test result (59.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottonwood Elementary this school | 388 | 33.2% | 59.0% |
| Park Hill Elementary Derby | 392 | 29.1% | 53.0% |
| Oak Street Elementary School K-4 Goddard | 343 | 34.4% | 47.7% |
| Explorer Elementary School Goddard | 433 | 31.2% | 58.3% |
| Meadowlark Ridge Elem Salina | 431 | 36.7% | 55.7% |
| Auburn Elementary Auburn | 336 | 33.3% | 44.8% |
Matched among Kansas 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 Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Butler County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #118 of 625 | #5 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #159 of 625 | #6 of 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #192 of 625 | #8 of 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 388 | #208 of 714 | #4 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #312 of 539 | #11 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.0% | #334 of 540 | #6 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.2% | #526 of 658 | #15 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.8% | #365 of 377 | #7 of 7 |
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
388
+14 (+4%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 392
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 17.8:1
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 | 388 | 28.1 | 13.8:1 | 33% (129) |
| 2023-24 | 408 | 26.1 | 15.6:1 | 32% (132) |
| 2022-23 | 417 | 24.4 | 17.1:1 | 29% (121) |
| 2020-21 | 374 | 21 | 17.8:1 | 26% (99) |
| 2017-18 | 391 | 22.5 | 17.4:1 | 30% (118) |
| 2015-16 | 410 | 25 | 16.4:1 | 33% (134) |
| 2010-11 | 403 | 23 | 17.5:1 | 31% (124) |
| 2000-01 | 292 | 20 | 14.6:1 | 16% (46) |
| 1990-91 | 392 | 22 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cottonwood Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (391 to 388); teachers up 25% (22.5 to 28.1).
About Cottonwood Elementary
Cottonwood Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Andover, Kansas. It enrolled 388 students in kindergarten through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 24% higher than the average for elementary schools in Kansas, which is about 313.
Andover has 11 schools and 9,460 students, and Cottonwood Elementary is one of those schools.
At Cottonwood Elementary, White students make up 76% of the student body. The next largest groups are 10% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 3% Asian, and 2% Black. The school's White share is 11 points below the 87% share among Butler County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 40% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its 28.1 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 13.8:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Kansas average 13.2:1. The school's lunch program data list 33% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Measured against Kansas public elementary schools, Cottonwood Elementary receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Compared with Kansas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Cottonwood Elementary's results are 12.7 points above predicted: 59.0% against 46.3%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Butler County show that the median household income is $81,610, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Besides Cottonwood Elementary, Butler County has 41 other public schools.
The nearest public school is Andover High, at about 0.2 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Cottonwood Elementary ranks 4th on proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Cottonwood Elementary in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment has grown by 14 students since 2020-21, to 388. Students per teacher fell from 17.8 in 2020-21 to 13.8 in 2024-25.
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Butler County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
68,287
Census ACS
Median income
$81,610
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
18,052 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Andover
- Andover eCademyCombined · 3,617 students
- Andover HighHigh · 1,018 students
- Andover Central High SchoolHigh · 886 students
- Andover Middle SchoolMiddle · 773 students
- Andover Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 642 students
- Robert M. Martin ElementaryElementary · 480 students
Other schools in Andover
- Andover eCademyCombined · 3,617 students
- Andover HighHigh · 1,018 students
- Andover Central High SchoolHigh · 886 students
- Andover Middle SchoolMiddle · 773 students
- Andover Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 642 students
- Prairie Creek ElementaryElementary · 474 students
Other Cottonwood Elementary schools
20 other US public schools in 12 states are named Cottonwood Elementary. Cottonwood Elementary is the 13th largest of the 21.
- Cottonwood Elementary SchoolLiberal, KS · 500 students
- Cottonwood ElemPaola, KS · 379 students
- Cottonwood Elementary SchoolSalina, KS · 326 students
- Cottonwood Elementary SchoolCLEVELAND, TX · 1,023 students
- Cottonwood ElementaryHesperia, CA · 868 students
Nearby schools
- Andover High0.2 mi · 1,018
- Andover Middle School0.2 mi · 773
- Andover eCademy0.4 mi · 3,617
- Robert M. Martin Elementary1.2 mi · 480
- Meadowlark Elementary1.2 mi · 372
- Wheatland Elementary1.4 mi · 443
Frequently asked questions
About Cottonwood ElementaryHow many students attend Cottonwood Elementary?
Cottonwood Elementary enrolls approximately 388 students in grades KG-05.
Is Cottonwood Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cottonwood Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Cottonwood Elementary have?
Cottonwood Elementary employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Cottonwood Elementary?
Student demographics at Cottonwood Elementary are roughly 76% White, 8% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Cottonwood Elementary in?
Cottonwood Elementary is part of Andover.
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