Cottonwood Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

500 East Mingus Ave

Cottonwood AZ, 86326, Yavapai County

Phone: 928-634-2288

Ranking:

(696 out of 1,363, bottom 49%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Cottonwood-Oak Creek Elementary District

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	27		29		34		39		42		37		33
Total Students:	533		578		648		713		751		763		756
Grade 6:	167	31.3%	179	31.0%	176	27.2%	221	31.0%	249	33.2%	237	31.1%	246	32.5%
Grade 7:	186	34.9%	175	30.3%	221	34.1%	254	35.6%	236	31.4%	258	33.8%	260	34.4%
Grade 8:	180	33.8%	224	38.8%	251	38.7%	238	33.4%	266	35.4%	268	35.1%	250	33.1%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	298	55.9%	325	56.2%	343	52.9%	387	54.3%	383	51.0%	410	53.7%	396	52.4%
Female:	235	44.1%	253	43.8%	305	47.1%	326	45.7%	360	47.9%	345	45.2%	356	47.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	10	1.9%	10	1.7%	12	1.9%	11	1.5%	16	2.1%	9	1.2%	10	1.3%
Asian:	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	2	0.3%	1	0.1%	4	0.5%	3	0.4%	1	0.1%
Hispanic:	231	43.3%	223	38.6%	244	37.7%	258	36.2%	276	36.8%	293	38.4%	297	39.3%
Black:	3	0.6%	2	0.3%	2	0.3%	3	0.4%	7	0.9%	5	0.7%	8	1.1%
White:	278	52.2%	333	57.6%	381	58.8%	433	60.7%	448	59.7%	453	59.4%	440	58.2%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	2	0.4%	2	0.3%	0	0.0%	3	0.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	9	1.7%	7	1.2%	7	1.1%	4	0.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	279	52.3%	286	49.5%	328	50.6%	350	49.1%	354	47.1%	308	40.4%	327	43.3%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	39	7.3%	51	8.8%	59	9.1%	68	9.5%	85	11.3%	89	11.7%	86	11.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.74		19.93		19.06		18.28		17.78		20.60		23.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	518	517	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	397	397	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	404	407.81	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	392	393	N/A
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	382	388	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	499	499	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	512	511	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	513	515.2	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	498	502	N/A
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	488	494	N/A
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	522	522	N/A
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	536	535	N/A
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	494	497.57	N/A
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	486	489	N/A
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	477	480	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	549	549	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	428	426	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	429	427.88	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	427	427	N/A
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	415	419	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	516	515	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	532	531	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	533	533.34	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	526	529	N/A
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	521	527	N/A
2009	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	525	524	N/A
2010	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	539	539	N/A
2011	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	493	492.55	N/A
2012	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	485	485	N/A
2013	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	484	487	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	558	560	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	432	432	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	431	429.82	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	429	429	N/A
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	431	432	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	525	526	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	530	530	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	528	526.82	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	513	515	N/A
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	515	517	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	504	505	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	513	514	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	517	514.93	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	513	513	N/A
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	513	515	N/A
2013	Writing	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	444	444	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	71.8%	76.9%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	28.2%	23.1%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	7.0 years	8.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	43.6%	51.3%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	56.4%	48.7%

Mean Base Salary:	$35,795.0	$33,725.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$32,615.0	$31,528.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$38,253.0	$36,038.0

* Cottonwood Middle School was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.