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Cottonwood Elementary School

PublicElementaryGrades K–5

1100 W. 11th, Liberal, KS 67901 · (620) 604-2700 · Part of Liberal Unified School District 480

Liberal’s School Grade D better than 5% of Kansas school districts

Directions
Students
500
Students per teacher
15:1
Free or reduced lunch
89%
Setting
Town
Grades
K–5
The gist

What stands out about Cottonwood Elementary School

  • Its own letter, D: reading and math results near the bottom of Kansas’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 25 pts below the state
  • Reading / language arts 19 pts below the state
  • Next stop for Liberal kids: 2 middle schools

On the path

Where Liberal kids come from and go next. The whole path →

K–5Cottonwood Elementary SchoolYou are here
6–82 middle schoolsDepends on your address

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency3%
State average 27.9%
Reading / language arts17%
State average 35.5%

Its own letter, D, places these results among Kansas’s 1,221 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

1100 W. 11th, Liberal

Students

Enrollment by grade
Kindergarten75
Grade 183
Grade 287
Grade 392
Grade 471
Grade 592
Enrollment over time
485’20
495’21
498’22
514’23
500’24

Up 3.1% since 2020–21.

Who goes here
Hispanic 88%White 8%Asian 1%Two or more races 1%Black <1%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Cottonwood Elementary School from Liberal families.

Other schools in Liberal Unified School District 480

The district →
Sunflower Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Liberal
D
570 students23:1
Prairie View Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Liberal
D
426 students13:1
MacArthur Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Liberal
C−
386 students13:1
Meadowlark Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Liberal
D−
362 students13:1
Eisenhower Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Liberal
D
516 students13:1
Seymour Rogers Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Liberal
D−
472 students12:1

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against Kansas’s other public schools; Liberal’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.