Cottonwood Elem
Paola, KS · Elementary School · Grades -1-2
Cottonwood Elem is a elementary school in Paola, KS with 385 students enrolled and a 64% proficiency rate. Part of Paola. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Cottonwood Elem is a elementary school located in Paola, Kansas. The school serves 385 students in grades -1-2. The student-to-teacher ratio is 13.3:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 64% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading.
37% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Cottonwood Elem is part of the Paola in Kansas.
How This School Compares
Cottonwood Elem has 385 students enrolled, making it smaller than the average school in Paola (444 students). Its 64% proficiency rate is 3 percentage points above the district average of 61%. Compared to the Kansas state average of 50%, the school performs 13 points higher. With a 13.3:1 student-teacher ratio, it offers smaller class sizes than the national average.
Frequently Asked Questions
Cottonwood Elem has 385 students enrolled in grades -1-2. The student-to-teacher ratio is 13.3:1.
According to EDFacts data, 64% of students at Cottonwood Elem meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Cottonwood Elem is part of the Paola in Paola, Kansas. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
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School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
For this entity, the underlying data on this page comes from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. The breakdown above is the federal record; the paragraphs below add the per-entity context that makes the headline numbers usable for a real decision rather than just a data lookup.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.