Cottonwood Elementary School

Cottonwood Elementary School serves 531 students in kindergarten through sixth grade in Vail, Arizona, consistently ranking among the state's top-performing elementary schools. With an impressive MySchoolScout rating of 8.1 out of 10 and a state ranking of #99 out of 2,029 Arizona schools, placing it in the 95th percentile, Cottonwood demonstrates strong academic excellence across all grade levels. The school maintains a favorable student-teacher ratio of 15.6 to 1 with 34 full-time equivalent teachers, allowing for more personalized attention in the classroom.

Academic performance is particularly noteworthy, with 66% of students achieving proficiency or above in mathematics and 55% meeting or exceeding standards in English Language Arts and reading. Cottonwood Elementary benefits from its location in an affluent and well-educated community, where the median household income reaches $114,201 and 44% of residents hold bachelor's degrees or higher. The area's low poverty rate of just 4.8% reflects the economic stability that supports student success, while median home values of $338,200 indicate a well-established neighborhood investment in education.

This regular public school operates within Pima County's large city setting, providing students with both suburban community advantages and access to broader urban educational resources and opportunities.