Regular local school district · Shasta County
Cottonwood Union Elementary, CA: schools, enrollment and spending
Cottonwood Union Elementary runs 3 public schools with 917 students in grades K to 8. Its ratio of 20.8 students per teacher is 1.1 lower than the California figure of 21.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 917
- Teachers (FTE)
- 44
- Students per teacher
- 20.8
- CA: 21.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 20512 West First St., Cottonwood, CA 96022
- Phone
- (530)347-3165
- County
- Shasta County
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- K to 8
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0609990
- State district ID
- CA-4569955
- Total staff (FTE)
- 108
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 917 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 3.0
Students per teacher compared
This district20.8
California21.9
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (947), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $12.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.4 million
- State revenue
- $7.9 million
- Local revenue
- $3.0 million
- Total spending
- $11.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,713
- Salaries
- $5.6 million50.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $1.4 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 11.7%
- State: 63.9%
- Local: 24.4%
California overall
- Federal: 13.4%
- State: 51.6%
- Local: 35.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,713
California$17,799
United States$16,826
Schools in Cottonwood Union Elementary
By level: 1 middle, 1 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Cottonwood Preschool | ||||
| North Cottonwood | Elementary | K to 4 | 498 | 21.7 |
| West Cottonwood Junior High | Middle | 5 to 8 | 419 | 20.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Shasta County
- Shasta Union High 4,200 students
- Enterprise Elementary School District 3,670 students
- Redding Elementary School District 3,021 students
- Gateway Unified 2,144 students
- Anderson Union High 1,581 students
- Fall River Joint Unified 1,156 students
- Cascade Union Elementary 1,014 students
- University Preparatory District 1,009 students
- Columbia Elementary School District 759 students
- Pacheco Union Elementary 711 students
- Redding School of the Arts District 634 students
- Grant Elementary School District 600 students
- Shasta View Academy District 493 students
- Happy Valley Union Elementary 471 students
- Junction Elementary School District 417 students
More in California
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.