Cottonwood
3921 Sandstone Drive, Suite A, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762View on map
- Public
- El Dorado Hills
- 145 seniors
- 3,578 students
Cottonwood is a public high school in El Dorado Hills (Buckeye Union Elementary) with 145 seniors. 17% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.
UC admit rate
too few applicants to report
Fall 2025
Seniors admitted to a UC
too few applicants to report
145 seniors
Seniors who applied to UC
5%
7 of 145 seniors
UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate
too few applicants to report
Fall 2025
UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate
too few applicants to report
Fall 2025
Campus by campus, fall 2025
The share of this school's applicants each campus admitted, beside the campus's rate for everyone else. Hardest campus first.
University of California
too few applicants to report5 applied
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Fall 2025. A student admitted to several campuses counts once at each one. All CA is the campus’s admit rate that fall for applicants from every California high school. Within 3 points counts as about the same. GPA is the UC-calculated GPA (weighted, capped).
California State University
too few applicants to report2 applied
Fall 2025. A student admitted to several campuses counts once at each one. Overall is the campus’s admit rate for all its applicants, from federal IPEDS data (fall 2023, the latest published). Within 3 points counts as about the same.
Where graduates go
Class of 2023 (137 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.
Any college
57%
78 of 137 graduates
UC or CSU
3%
4 graduates
Community college
47%
65 graduates
| Destination | Graduates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| UC | 1 | 1% |
| CSU | 3 | 2% |
| CA private college | 6 | 4% |
| Out of state | 3 | 2% |
| Community college | 65 | 47% |
| Not enrolled | 59 | 43% |
| Enrolled in college | 78 | 57% |
| Total | 137 | 100% |
How each student group compares
Compare college-going across student groups
- Gender: Female, Male
- Race & ethnicity: White, Hispanic or Latino
- Student need: Low-income, Students with disabilities
Advanced Placement
2
AP courses offered
2023–24 school year · US Dept. of Education Civil Rights Data Collection
3
AP class sections
Counts every section taught, so it is larger than the number of different AP courses.
1% of students are in AP courses
2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card
1%
of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses
1 of 177 graduates
A score of 3 or higher on exams or a C- or better in courses. Not comparable with the exam-only share.
2025–26 school year · California Department of Education (College/Career Indicator)
0%
of graduating seniors scored 3 or higher on at least two AP exams
0 of 159 graduates
2023–24 school year · California Department of Education (College/Career Indicator)
Subject areas
- Foreign language: 1 class
- Mathematics: 2 classes
Academic context
State test (CAASPP), juniors tested in 2026, and the share of low-income students. A–G is the class of 2023. The tick is the county median.
- Juniors meeting the English standard 73%County median 70%
- Juniors meeting the math standard 50%County median 38%
- Juniors exceeding the English standard 36%County median 38%
- Juniors exceeding the math standard 30%County median 16%
- Low-income students 41%County median 35%
- Graduates completing courses 17%County median 42%