Grade Trends

Cottonwood Elementary

Grades K–6 Public District: Hesperia Unified

8850 Cottonwood Ave., Hesperia, CA 92345 Map

Math (met standard)
13%
−28 state 41% · 2025-26
English (met standard)
21%
−26 state 47% · 2025-26
Science (met standard)
10%
−26 state 35% · 2025-26
Low income
84%
free or reduced-price lunch
Students
868
2024-25
Students per teacher
22.8
2024-25

Test score trends

Share of students who met or exceeded the state standard each year.

Latest results by grade

Grade Math English Science
Grade 3 17% state 47% · 2025-26 23% state 44% · 2025-26 —
Grade 4 17% state 42% · 2025-26 19% state 46% · 2025-26 —
Grade 5 7% state 37% · 2025-26 19% state 49% · 2025-26 10% state 35% · 2025-26
Grade 6 11% state 37% · 2025-26 22% state 48% · 2025-26 —
All grades 13% state 41% · 2025-26 21% state 47% · 2025-26 10% state 35% · 2025-26
Results by year (all grades)
School year Math English Science
2025-26 13% state 41% 21% state 47% 10% state 35%
2024-25 15% state 40% 22% state 47% 15% state 33%
2023-24 12% state 39% 17% state 45% 10% state 33%
2022-23 12% state 38% 20% state 44% 12% state 32%
2021-22 13% state 36% 20% state 45% 18% state 31%
2018-19 20% state 43% 27% state 50% 15% state 32%
2017-18 22% state 41% 28% state 49% —
2016-17 19% state 39% 21% state 46% —
2015-16 18% state 38% 23% state 46% —
2014-15 17% state 34% 25% state 42% —

Students

Race and ethnicity, 2024-25

Year-by-year history is loaded from the NCES Common Core of Data (2017-18 onward).

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