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Cottonwood High

Q: Is Cottonwood High a good school?

Cottonwood High ranks in the bottom 5.8% of Utah high schools.

Q: How many students attend Cottonwood High?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,451 students attended Cottonwood High.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Cottonwood High?

Students at Cottonwood High are 41% White, 39% Hispanic, 6% African American, 6% Asian, 5% Two or more races, 1% American Indian, 1% Pacific Islander.

Q: What schools feed into Cottonwood High?

Cottonwood High is fed by the following schools: Elementary : James E. Moss School Elementary : Lincoln School Elementary : Oakwood School Elementary : Olene Walker Elementary Elementary : Woodrow Wilson School Elementary : Woodstock School Middle : Bonneville Junior High Middle : Granite Park Junior High

Public Grades 9-12

131^st

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 139 Utah High Schools

Better than 6% of Utah high schools

Summary

Cottonwood High is a public school serving grades 9–12 in the Granite District in Salt Lake City, with 1,451 students. Located in an area with relatively high economic need, the school reports a 49.62% free- or reduced-price lunch rate and a 23.1 student-teacher ratio. Its 2025–26 statewide ranking was 131st of 139 Utah high schools, placing it in the 6th percentile. This reflects several years of performance near the bottom of the state, although the school has shown modest recent improvements in graduation, dropout, attendance, and some 10th-grade results.

Academic performance is the school’s most significant challenge. In 2025–26, proficiency was below both district and state levels in all six reported subject-grade areas. Results ranged from 10.5% in 10th-grade math to 28.3% in 10th-grade ELA; 9th-grade science fell to 16.6%, down from 33.4% the prior year. Cottonwood trails nearby schools such as Olympus High, Brighton High, and Skyline High by wide margins. A more comparable benchmark is Taylorsville High, which has a similar lunch-program rate but higher proficiency in every reported subject and grade.

Attendance and persistence are also important concerns. In 2024–25, 43.4% of Cottonwood students were chronically absent, compared with 30.6% districtwide and 23.8% statewide—the highest rate among the nearby schools with available data. The graduation rate was 79.0%, close to Taylorsville High and Hillcrest High, but well below Utah’s 89.8%; the dropout rate was 19.4%. Overall, the clearest priorities are improving attendance and re-engagement, supporting ninth-grade transitions and credit completion, strengthening math and science instruction, and providing targeted support for students who are struggling academically.

1,451

Students ?

23.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$10,505

Per pupil spending ?

49.6%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?

5715 S 1300 E
Salt Lake City, UT 84121

(385) 646-5264

District: Granite District

Racial breakdown:

White:

40.8%

Hispanic:

38.9%

African American:

6.5%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 11th percentile in 2016 → 6th in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Utah average (18% vs 42% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (6th percentile)

!Graduation rate below the Utah average (79% vs 90%)

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school18%

District avg28%

Utah avg42%

131^st of 139

Utah public high schools ?

Bottom 6%▼ down 5 pts since 2016

From bottom 11% (2016) to bottom 6% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

4^th of 8High Schools in the Granite District

70^th of 92Granite District among Utah districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Utah percentile	Rating
2026	4.9	131 of 139	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	9.5	128 of 138	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	5.8	133 of 138	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	5.9	133 of 139	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.5	124 of 131	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	13.5	121 of 129	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	8.5	127 of 136	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	17.7	104 of 123	15.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	17.0	109 of 125	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	12.2	115 of 129	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	17.1	111 of 131	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	15.1	106 of 120	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	16.3	148 of 167	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	19.6	143 of 166	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	23.0	134 of 164	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	28.7	117 of 153	23.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	26.2	118 of 148	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	31.1	111 of 142	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Utah percentile	Rating
2026	23.6	26 of 31	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	27.7	20 of 27	25.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	8.8	25 of 25	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	35.3	12 of 20	40.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	57.0	5 of 14	64.3%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Utah percentile	Rating
2026	6.9	78 of 78	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	13.2	67 of 69	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.4	72 of 72	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	13.4	63 of 66	4.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	22.0	54 of 62	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Utah percentile	Rating
2026	6.1	96 of 97	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	10.9	87 of 89	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	9.5	91 of 93	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	6.6	92 of 93	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	13.5	78 of 84	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Utah percentile	Rating
2026	12.9	113 of 122	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	28.6	86 of 118	27.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	9.3	114 of 123	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	16.6	104 of 122	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.1	104 of 123	15.4%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

English Language Learner (2026)16th percentile+10 vs school

White (2026)7th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)1st percentile-5 vs school

Hispanic (2026)<1st percentile-6 vs school

By subject vs Utah (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts24%-23 vs state

Science19%-26 vs state

Mathematics13%-22 vs state

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by a parent
Thursday, April 21, 2022

Cottonwood is a wonderful, real world education. Cottonwood has all of the AP classes, academy of finance, state championship teams, and teacher of the year recipients. We also welcome a huge refugee community who are teaching our students real world perspective and work so hard to achieve greatness. Cottonwood is a hidden gem. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				Utah Aspire Plus English Language Arts (2026)		Utah Aspire Plus Mathematics (2026)		Utah Aspire Plus Science (2026)		RISE English Language Arts (2026)			RISE Mathematics (2026)			RISE Science (2026)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Utah Aspire Plus English Language Arts 9th Grade	Utah Aspire Plus English Language Arts 10th Grade	Utah Aspire Plus Mathematics 9th Grade	Utah Aspire Plus Mathematics 10th Grade	Utah Aspire Plus Science 9th Grade	Utah Aspire Plus Science 10th Grade	RISE English Language Arts 6th Grade	RISE English Language Arts 7th Grade	RISE English Language Arts 8th Grade	RISE Mathematics 6th Grade	RISE Mathematics 7th Grade	RISE Mathematics 8th Grade	RISE Science 6th Grade	RISE Science 7th Grade	RISE Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Academy for Math Engineering & Science	Public, Magnet, Charter	9-12	5715 S 1300 E	Salt Lake City	84121	Salt Lake County	Academy for Math Engineering & Science	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	(801) 278-9460	460	24	19.0	18.0%	270 (58.7%)	18 (3.9%)	75 (16.3%)	49 (10.7%)	5 (1.1%)	20 (4.3%)	23 (5.0%)	76.4	22^nd of 139 public high schools	84.2%		79.4	20^th of 138 public high schools	85.5%	2	55.1	55.9	53.8	46.1	63.7	41.7										$8,828	$269	$8,559
Cottonwood High	Public	9-12	5715 S 1300 E	Salt Lake City	84121	Salt Lake County	Granite District	No	No	No	Yes	(385) 646-5264	1,451	63	23.1	49.6%	592 (40.8%)	94 (6.5%)	565 (38.9%)	87 (6.0%)	20 (1.4%)	20 (1.4%)	73 (5.0%)	4.9	131^st of 139 public high schools	5.8%		9.5	128^th of 138 public high schools	7.2%	3	19.0	28.3	15.2	10.5	16.6	21.1										$10,505	$1,063	$9,442
Murray High	Public	10-12	5440 S State	Murray	84107	Salt Lake County	Murray District	No	No	No	No	(801) 264-7460	1,364	64	21.4	31.3%	843 (61.8%)	46 (3.4%)	363 (26.6%)	27 (2.0%)	12 (0.9%)	14 (1.0%)	58 (4.3%)	26.5	108^th of 139 public high schools	22.3%		49.6	67^th of 138 public high schools	51.4%	41		40.5		20.3		33.0										$10,200	$450	$9,750
Murray Adult Transition	Public	9-12	147 E 5065 S	Murray	84107	Salt Lake County	Murray District	No	No	No	No	(801) 957-4693	0	0		—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Hillcrest High	Public	8-12	7350 S 900 E	Midvale	84047	Salt Lake County	Canyons District	No	No	No	No	(801) 826-6000	2,421	98	24.6	35.8%	1,158 (47.8%)	64 (2.6%)	770 (31.8%)	245 (10.1%)	21 (0.9%)	31 (1.3%)	131 (5.4%)	36.1	90^th of 139 public high schools	35.3%		41.7	84^th of 138 public high schools	39.1%	6	36.9	48.0	33.1	22.7	43.7	39.7										$10,113	$529	$9,584
Brighton High	Public	8-12	2220 E Bengal Blvd	Salt Lake City	84121	Salt Lake County	Canyons District	No	No	No	No	(801) 826-5800	2,435	92	26.3	12.8%	1,933 (79.4%)	23 (0.9%)	266 (10.9%)	25 (1.0%)	3 (0.1%)	27 (1.1%)	158 (6.5%)	81.3	15^th of 139 public high schools	89.2%		74.8	23^rd of 138 public high schools	83.3%	8	64.5	59.7	51.4	39.0	62.8	51.0										$9,268	$358	$8,910
Utah International Charter School	Public, Charter	6-12	3761 South 1100 East	Salt Lake City	84106	Salt Lake County	Utah International Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(385) 290-1306	244	15	16.5	96.7%	89 (36.5%)	101 (41.4%)	34 (13.9%)	17 (7.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)								(n/a)		< 31%		< 21%	< 21%	< 21%										$9,469	$1,355	$8,114
Olympus High	Public	9-12	4055 S 2300 E	Salt Lake City	84124	Salt Lake County	Granite District	No	No	No	No	(385) 646-5400	2,151	86	24.9	16.6%	1,691 (78.6%)	32 (1.5%)	279 (13.0%)	52 (2.4%)	5 (0.2%)	10 (0.5%)	82 (3.8%)	69.7	29^th of 139 public high schools	79.1%		72.7	28^th of 138 public high schools	79.7%	1	51.1	53.3	49.5	33.3	64.7	46.0										$9,882	$729	$9,153
Skyline High	Public	7-12	3251 E 3760 S	Salt Lake City	84109	Salt Lake County	Granite District	No	No	No	No	(385) 646-5420	2,186	80	27.4	8.6%	1,685 (77.1%)	20 (0.9%)	162 (7.4%)	153 (7.0%)	2 (0.1%)	15 (0.7%)	149 (6.8%)	88.7	9^th of 139 public high schools	93.5%		92.6	8^th of 138 public high schools	94.2%	1	63.7	65.7	53.8	42.5	71.2	57.7										$8,716	$500	$8,215
Canyons Technical Education Center	Public	7-12	825 E 9085 S	Sandy	84094	Salt Lake County	Canyons District	No	No	No	No	(801) 826-6600	8	17	.4	—	6 (75.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (12.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (12.5%)								(n/a)

Frequently Asked Questions about Cottonwood High

What is the racial makeup of Cottonwood High?

Students at Cottonwood High are 41% White, 39% Hispanic, 6% African American, 6% Asian, 5% Two or more races, 1% American Indian, 1% Pacific Islander.

What district is Cottonwood High in?

Granite District

What schools feed into Cottonwood High?

Cottonwood High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : James E. Moss School
Elementary : Lincoln School
Elementary : Oakwood School
Elementary : Olene Walker Elementary
Elementary : Woodrow Wilson School
Elementary : Woodstock School
Middle : Bonneville Junior High
Middle : Granite Park Junior High

Is Cottonwood High a good school?

Cottonwood High ranks in the bottom 5.8% of Utah high schools.

How many students attend Cottonwood High?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,451 students attended Cottonwood High.

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