Is Cottage Hill Elementary a good school?

Cottage Hill Elementary ranks 2148 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Cottage Hill Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 494 students attended Cottage Hill Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Cottage Hill Elementary?

Students at Cottage Hill Elementary are 72% White, 16% Hispanic, 10% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Cottage Hill Elementary attend?

Students who attend Cottage Hill Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Magnolia Intermediate High : Bear River High

Cottage Hill Elementary

Summary:

Cottage Hill Elementary is a public elementary school located in Grass Valley, California, serving 455 students in grades K-5 as part of the Pleasant Ridge Union Elementary School District.

Cottage Hill Elementary has some notable strengths, particularly in the early grades. Its 3rd-grade students outperform the district and state averages in both English Language Arts and Mathematics, suggesting the school has effective early-grade instructional practices. However, the school faces challenges in addressing subgroup performance gaps, with Hispanic students performing well but White and multi-racial students struggling. Additionally, Cottage Hill has seen a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 9.1% in 2017-2018 to 22.6% in 2022-2023, which is higher than the district and state averages.

When compared to nearby schools, Cottage Hill's performance is generally on par or slightly below average, with some exceptions. For example, Alta Sierra Elementary and Bowman Charter outperform Cottage Hill in several academic areas. Addressing the root causes of the school's chronic absenteeism and implementing targeted interventions for struggling subgroups could help Cottage Hill better support the academic growth and success of all its students.

Detail:

Public K-5

22600 Kingston Ln.
Grass Valley, CA 95949-7706

(530) 268-2808

District: Pleasant Ridge Union Elementary

SchoolDigger Rank:
2148^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $10,526

Students who attend Cottage Hill Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Magnolia Intermediate
High:	Bear River High

Student/teacher ratio: 22.4

Number of students: 494

Racial breakdown:

White:

71.7%

Hispanic:

16.4%

Two or more races:

10.1%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 31.4%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Cottage Hill Elementary ranks better than 63.4% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 2^nd among 3 ranked elementary schools in the Pleasant Ridge Union Elementary School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 57.92. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Cottage Hill Elementary has the largest elementary school student body size in the Pleasant Ridge Union Elementary School District. Racial makeup is: White (71.7%), Hispanic (16.4%), two or more races (10.1%). (See more...)

Compare Details 31.4% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Cottage Hill Elementary is 22.4. 1 elementary schools in the Pleasant Ridge Union Elementary School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Cottage Hill Elementary is $10,526, which is the lowest among 3 elementary schools in the Pleasant Ridge Union Elementary School District!

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Cottage Hill Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Cottage Hill Elementary 2148^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Cottage Hill Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Pleasant Ridge Union Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Pleasant Ridge Union Elementary 519^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Cottage Hill Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Cottage Hill Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	86.15	657^th	4809	86.3%
2005	87.01	643^rd	4822	86.7%
2006	88.21	583^rd	4818	87.9%
2007	87.41	652^nd	5113	87.2%
2008	78.78	1029^th	5113	79.9%
2009	79.54	1024^th	5193	80.3%
2010	74.39	1265^th	5314	76.2%
2011	79.51	1032^nd	5377	80.8%
2012	68.91	1586^th	5390	70.6%
2013	70.81	1536^th	5530	72.2%
2015	75.44	1304^th	5611	76.8%
2016	66.85	1671^st	5614	70.2%
2017	67.39	1679^th	5692	70.5%
2018	55.43	2265^th	5662	60.0%
2019	63.17	1920^th	5789	66.8%
2021	49.21	656^th	1417	53.7%
2022	48.63	2600^th	5883	55.8%
2023	53.07	2386^th	5874	59.4%
2024	57.92	2148^th	5862	63.4%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Cottage Hill Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2022	16.96	529^th	610	13.3%
2023	29.06	518^th	669	22.6%
2024	14.43	603^rd	669	9.9%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Cottage Hill Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	53.24	819^th	2420	66.2%
2024	52.35	907^th	2634	65.6%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Cottage Hill Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	54.67	2061^st	5084	59.5%
2019	71.68	1099^th	5173	78.8%
2021	44.35	578^th	1110	47.9%
2022	44.36	2656^th	5264	49.5%
2023	43.30	2822^nd	5374	47.5%
2024	44.86	2753^rd	5511	50.0%

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Rank History for Female students at Cottage Hill Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	54.70	2249^th	5413	58.5%
2019	63.69	1812^th	5492	67.0%
2021	41.80	669^th	1267	47.2%
2022	40.12	2987^th	5635	47.0%
2023	42.66	2838^th	5617	49.5%
2024	51.94	2317^th	5605	58.7%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Cottage Hill Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	56.92	663^rd	2227	70.2%

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Rank History for Male students at Cottage Hill Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	54.34	2205^th	5431	59.4%
2019	60.51	1937^th	5510	64.8%
2021	56.13	492^nd	1272	61.3%
2022	57.91	2056^th	5663	63.7%
2023	61.71	1873^rd	5650	66.8%
2024	61.44	1908^th	5636	66.1%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Cottage Hill Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2022	76.80	864^th	5084	83.0%
2023	54.14	1993^rd	5098	60.9%
2024	65.13	1413^th	5102	72.3%

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Rank History for White students at Cottage Hill Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	29.85	2080^th	2737	24.0%
2019	30.77	2127^th	2834	24.9%
2022	18.43	2311^th	2726	15.2%
2023	19.07	2251^st	2662	15.4%
2024	32.62	1881^st	2647	28.9%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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by a citizen
Monday, October 9, 2017

In this day and age, it's great to see that this school has remembered how an education benefits not only the child but, the whole community. They are teaching the core values, respect not only for teachers but for each other as well. Self worth, helpimg others and American pride. Close Quote

Enrollment information for Cottage Hill Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	252	0	3	6	0	n/a	n/a	0	261
1989	248	0	7	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	259
1990	258	0	6	9	0	n/a	n/a	0	273
1991	275	0	7	5	1	n/a	n/a	0	288
1992	250	0	3	4	4	n/a	n/a	0	261
1993	238	1	2	8	2	n/a	n/a	0	251
1994	236	1	4	7	1	n/a	n/a	0	249
1995	502	2	9	18	3	n/a	n/a	0	534
1996	502	2	9	18	3	n/a	n/a	0	534
1997	471	3	11	27	3	n/a	n/a	0	515
1998	488	2	10	20	1	n/a	n/a	0	521
1999	509	2	9	19	4	n/a	n/a	4	547
2000	505	2	12	12	3	n/a	n/a	14	548
2001	463	2	16	14	5	n/a	n/a	62	562
2002	507	2	9	31	4	n/a	n/a	5	558
2003	507	2	9	31	4	n/a	n/a	5	558
2004	500	5	10	14	3	n/a	n/a	21	553
2005	487	5	11	22	8	n/a	n/a	12	545
2006	327	6	5	19	5	n/a	n/a	3	365
2007	408	5	7	21	0	n/a	n/a	26	467
2008	401	4	7	17	8	n/a	n/a	0	437
2009	425	2	2	18	6	3	0	0	456
2010	396	1	0	27	0	1	7	0	432
2011	484	5	2	42	9	1	12	0	555
2012	411	5	2	74	4	1	43	0	540
2013	452	4	2	72	3	1	34	0	568
2014	409	4	3	50	2	2	31	0	501
2015	395	4	6	45	2	2	20	0	474
2016	377	2	5	46	3	0	22	0	455
2017	353	0	5	56	2	0	28	0	444
2018	319	0	9	61	2	0	24	0	415
2019	301	1	7	60	2	0	35	0	406
2020	269	1	6	75	2	0	92	0	445
2021	192	0	3	75	1	0	123	0	394
2022	170	0	2	82	0	0	173	0	427
2023	166	0	3	84	0	0	202	0	455
2024	354	2	4	81	2	1	50	0	494

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Cottage Hill Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	261	10.5	24.8	n/a
1989	259	10.0	25.9	n/a
1990	273	10.0	27.3	n/a
1991	288	11.0	26.1	n/a
1992	261	11.2	23.3	12.6
1993	251	10.0	25.1	16.3
1994	249	9.0	27.7	16.1
1995	534	22.5	23.7	18
1996	534	22.5	23.7	18
1997	515	26.5	19.4	21.2
1998	521	27.5	18.9	18.2
1999	547	28.5	19.2	22.1
2000	548	27.5	19.9	19.5
2001	562	28.5	19.7	20.4
2002	558	29.2	19.1	13.2
2003	558	29.2	19.1	13.2
2004	553	29.0	19.1	16.9
2005	545	28.0	19.5	16.7
2006	365	20.5	17.8	19.3
2007	467	25.0	18.7	15.2
2008	437	25.4	17.2	15.8
2009	456	23.4	18.7	20.2
2010	432	22.0	19.6	26.6
2011	555	n/a	n/a	33.5
2012	540	24.5	22.0	n/a
2013	568	25.2	22.5	35.6
2014	501	22.7	22.0	32.3
2015	474	21.0	22.5	27.2
2016	455	20.0	22.7	26.8
2017	444	21.0	21.1	25.5
2018	415	19.0	21.8	37.6
2019	406	18.0	22.5	33.3
2020	445	n/a	n/a	33
2021	394	18.0	21.8	26.1
2022	427	21.0	20.2	25.8
2023	455	20.0	22.7	32.5
2024	494	22.0	22.4	31.4

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Cottage Hill Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	261	10.5	24.8	n/a
1989	259	10.0	25.9	n/a
1990	273	10.0	27.3	n/a
1991	288	11.0	26.1	n/a
1992	261	11.2	23.3	12.6
1993	251	10.0	25.1	16.3
1994	249	9.0	27.7	16.1
1995	534	22.5	23.7	18
1996	534	22.5	23.7	18
1997	515	26.5	19.4	21.2
1998	521	27.5	18.9	18.2
1999	547	28.5	19.2	22.1
2000	548	27.5	19.9	19.5
2001	562	28.5	19.7	20.4
2002	558	29.2	19.1	13.2
2003	558	29.2	19.1	13.2
2004	553	29.0	19.1	16.9
2005	545	28.0	19.5	16.7
2006	365	20.5	17.8	19.3
2007	467	25.0	18.7	15.2
2008	437	25.4	17.2	15.8
2009	456	23.4	18.7	20.2
2010	432	22.0	19.6	26.6
2011	555	n/a	n/a	33.5
2012	540	24.5	22.0	n/a
2013	568	25.2	22.5	35.6
2014	501	22.7	22.0	32.3
2015	474	21.0	22.5	27.2
2016	455	20.0	22.7	26.8
2017	444	21.0	21.1	25.5
2018	415	19.0	21.8	37.6
2019	406	18.0	22.5	33.3
2020	445	n/a	n/a	33
2021	394	18.0	21.8	26.1
2022	427	21.0	20.2	25.8
2023	455	20.0	22.7	32.5
2024	494	22.0	22.4	31.4

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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