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Enrollment
1,451
High
DISTRICT 2,153 · STATE 980
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRANITE DISTRICT·NCES 490036000207
Cottonwood High
5715 S 1300 E, SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84121 · (385) 646-5264 · Salt Lake County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,451 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 15% of Utah public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 Utah public high schools
Student : Teacher
23.2:1
63 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.7:1 · STATE 21.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
720 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 33%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 7 | 0% |
| Grade 9 | 375 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 395 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 348 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 326 | 22% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 47% · 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
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of UT schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
18.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.5%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 36% typical for Utah schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 High
Cottonwood High's state test result (18.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottonwood High this school | 1,451 | 49.6% | 18.6% |
| West High SALT LAKE CITY | 2,503 | 53.2% | 59.3% |
| East High SALT LAKE CITY | 1,764 | 54.6% | 26.1% |
| Taylorsville High TAYLORSVILLE | 2,685 | 44.5% | 24.7% |
| Hunter High WEST VALLEY CITY | 2,480 | 53.1% | 16.6% |
| Logan High LOGAN | 1,465 | 40.7% | 29.4% |
Matched among Utah high 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 High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.6% | #138 of 149 | #29 of 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,451 | #60 of 189 | #22 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.2:1 | #73 of 145 | #21 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.1% | #5 of 145 | #5 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.6% | #21 of 169 | #11 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.7% | #14 of 51 | #5 of 17 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,451
-191 (-12%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 2,023
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 | 1,451 | 62.7 | 23.2:1 | 50% (720) |
| 2023-24 | 1,495 | 65.5 | 22.8:1 | 53% (789) |
| 2022-23 | 1,585 | 67.6 | 23.4:1 | 49% (783) |
| 2020-21 | 1,642 | N/A | N/A | 56% (919) |
| 2017-18 | 1,742 | N/A | N/A | 63% (1,094) |
| 2015-16 | 1,299 | N/A | N/A | 61% (797) |
| 2010-11 | 1,639 | 71 | 23.1:1 | 43% (700) |
| 2000-01 | 1,726 | 76 | 22.7:1 | 13% (217) |
| 1990-91 | 2,023 | 83 | 24.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cottonwood High.
About Cottonwood High
Cottonwood High is a high school with a street address in SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. There are 1,451 students enrolled, covering grades 9 through 12. The school is 48% larger than the average for high schools in Utah.
Granite District is the district for Cottonwood High. It has 85 schools and 59,404 students.
No group is above 50% at Cottonwood High; the largest is White, at 41%. Beyond that, enrollment is 39% Hispanic, 6% Black, 6% Asian, and 5% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 70%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Cottonwood High scores 67%.
Cottonwood High has 62.7 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.2:1. By comparison, the average for high schools in Utah is 21.1:1. At Cottonwood High, 50% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The 34% average for public schools in Salt Lake County is 16 points lower.
On the allk12 Grade, Cottonwood High lands at C-, ahead of 15% of Utah public high schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Cottonwood High would score about 35.5%. It scores 18.6%, a bottom-10% result among Utah schools on BeatsExpectations.
For Salt Lake County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $97,494, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county has 325 public schools and about 209,757 students.
Academy for Math Engineering & Science is the nearest public school to Cottonwood High, less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Cottonwood High ranks 9th on proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Cottonwood High is City: Small.
The school's enrollment fell 12% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Salt Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,196,523
Census ACS
Median income
$97,494
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
325
209,757 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Granite District
- Granger HighHigh · 3,267 students
- Cyprus HighHigh · 2,762 students
- Taylorsville HighHigh · 2,685 students
- Hunter HighHigh · 2,480 students
- Kearns HighHigh · 2,313 students
- Skyline HighHigh · 2,186 students
Other schools in SALT LAKE CITY
- West HighHigh · 2,503 students
- Brighton HighHigh · 2,435 students
- Skyline HighHigh · 2,186 students
- Olympus HighHigh · 2,151 students
- Highland HighHigh · 1,973 students
- East HighHigh · 1,764 students
Other Cottonwood High schools
One other US public school is named Cottonwood High. Cottonwood High is the largest of the 2.
- Cottonwood High SchoolCottonwood, AL · 379 students
Nearby schools
- Academy for Math Engineering & Science0.0 mi · 460
- Woodstock School0.4 mi · 625
- Bonneville Jr High0.7 mi · 636
- Oakwood School1.0 mi · 580
- Longview School1.3 mi · 323
- Wasatch Waldorf Charter School1.4 mi · 625
Frequently asked questions
About Cottonwood HighHow large is Cottonwood High?
Cottonwood High enrolls approximately 1,451 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Cottonwood High serve?
Cottonwood High serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cottonwood High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cottonwood High is approximately 23.2:1 (63 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cottonwood High?
At Cottonwood High, the student body is approximately 41% White, 39% Hispanic, 6% Black, 6% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Cottonwood High?
Cottonwood High is overseen by Granite District in Salt Lake County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.