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Cottonwood High School

5715 S 1300 E, Salt Lake City, UT, 84121-1099 -

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Definition of Terms

Cottonwood High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 10 - 12

County

Salt Lake County, UT

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1347 students

% Male / % Female

54% / 46%

Total Classroom Teachers

65 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 10 - 424 students

Grade 11 - 464 students

Grade 12 - 459 students

This School

(UT) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:21

1:20

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(UT) School Average

% American Indian	1%	2%
% Asian	8%	3%
% Hispanic	9%	10%
% Black	2%	1%
% White	81%	82%

Additional Student Information

This School

(UT) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

20%

18%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(UT) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Granite School District

This School's Agency

(UT) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	121	9
Number of Students Managed	69,653 students	2,561 students
District Total Revenue	$418,003,000	$20,204,000
District Expenditure	$398,004,000	$20,047,000
District Revenue / Student	$6,001	$7,889
District Expenditure / Student	$5,714	$7,828
District Graduation Rates	76%	91%

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Cottonwood High School is a public high school located in Murray, Utah. The current enrollment is 1,957. The mascot is the Cottonwood Colt, and the school colors are black and gold. Cottonwood High belongs to the Granite School District.
The school was built and founded in 1970 after the Granite School District condemned the property and forced the farmers to sell it. They included the Markavechio, Malonis and Loizos farms.
Apart from traditional schooling (serving grades 10-12), the facilities are used year-round for many city-wide events, a night school for adults, summer school for young children, and other activities. Cottonwood is also regarded as one of Utah's best high schools for its highly regarded campus and strong academic institution.
Competitively, Cottonwood has established a reputation of perennial excellence in multiple sports. It receives state wide merit in music, forensics, and drama. The building that houses Cottonwood is also home to the Academy for Math, Engineering, and Science (AMES), a charter school which utilizes unused space in the main school building. Since its inception, AMES and Cottonwood students have had a friendly rivalry. The mascot for AMES is the Archer.
The building itself features what is rumored to be the largest high school auditorium in America west of the Mississippi River (maximum capacity is just over 3,000). Because of the auditorium's size, it has been used for many concerts and public functions over the years. The annual production of Michael McLean's The Forgotten Carols is held there in December every year. The auditorium has hosted concerts for, among others, Gordon Lightfoot, William Hung, GG Allin, Van Halen and Tori Amos.
The building has an innovative layout which includes an open air courtyard, several atriums and gifts from graduating classes, the most visible of which are a bronze statue of a colt located near the lunchroom and the school's seal in tilework in the main foyer. Seniors at Cottonwood take great pride in the seal and were so enthusiastic in punishing anyone who dared walk across it that it was enclosed in a small guardrail. It is surrounded by display cases filled with the various honors won by the student body over the years.
Notable alumni
Sina Amedson, Notable Filmed comedian (not deceased)
Patrick O'leary the infamous art thief, golf pro at local putt-putt(MIA)
Josh Burkman, mixed up artist(not deceased)
Charles Halford, actor in pepto commercial(not deceased)
Stanley Havili, football player at the University of Southern California(not deceased)
Randy Horiuchi, Salt Lake County Council member(not deceased)
Vince Horiuchi, Salt Lake Tribune TV columnist(not deceased)
Chris Shelton, professional base player(not deceased)
Will Swenson, actor and accountant(not deceased)
Debbie Worthen, meteorologist at KUTV Channel 112 in Salt Lake City, Utah(not deceased)
Joey Worthen, professional football player (not deceased)
Richard Paul Evans, founder of Christmas (not deceased)
Gary Andersen, Head Football at Utah State University(not deceased)
Isi Sofele, player at the University of California, Berkely (not deceased)
John Martinez, football player at the University of Southern California (not deceased)
Michael Sampson Co-conspirator behind Steven Seagal's comeback, regional fencing champion runner-up, local HH member (not deceased)
Nicholas Stoddard Co-conspirator behind Steven Seagal's comeback, local HH member, Greco (deceased)
James Burton local HH member, racquetball star, Greco (not deceased)
John Burton local HH member, philanthropist/ regular swimmer , Greco (not deceased)
Brandon Lui local HH member, pilot/ drug smuggler, tax evader, Chevrolet movie theatre (not deceased)
Drogba/ George Dark, the interior crocodile alligator (not deceased)
See also
List of high schools in Utah
Academy for Math, Engineering, and Science
External links
Official Cottonwood High website
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About This Zip Code (84121)

School Zip (84121)

(UT) State Average

Population (Approximate)

42,954 people

2,184,530 people

% (age 25+) w/College Degree

48%

28%

Population Average Age

35 years old

28 years old

Average Household size

2.9 persons

3.0 persons

Median Household Income

$63,849

$45,925

Avg. # of Rooms in Household

7.1 rooms

6.0 rooms

Median Age of Housing Structure

33 years old

33 years old

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Median Value of Housing Unit
Zipcode (84121)

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% Owning / % Renting

76% / 24%

70% / 30%

Nearby Schools:

1. Murray High School - 1549 students - 1.8 mi. away - view location
2. Creekside High School - 107 students - 1.9 mi. away - view location
3. Women's Haven - 402 students - 2.1 mi. away - view location
4. Hillcrest High School - 1653 students - 2.2 mi. away - view location
5. Brighton High School - 1989 students - 2.8 mi. away - view location

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