Community day school · Mountain Empire Unified · Pine Valley, California
Cottonwood Community Day
Pine Valley · 7–12
Students come here by referral or placement rather than choosing among schools, so we publish its results without a rating.
Shared campus · © OpenStreetMap
The California School Campus Database records Mountain Empire High on this campus too; it gives each school the whole campus, so this drawing doesn’t show which buildings each uses.
Drawn from OpenStreetMap, inside the campus outline from the California School Campus Database (2025). Volunteers map it, so a new building may be missing. Buildings with no mapped height are drawn one storey high.
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Schools maintain a closed campus policy. For students’ safety, visitors may enter a campus only with the school’s official permission; this drawing implies no permission to enter.
Common questions
How are students placed here?
Students are placed here by probation, district or voluntary referral, including after an expulsion. Confirm placement with Mountain Empire Unified. Evidence ↓
How do I visit Cottonwood Community Day?
Call the office at (619) 473-8693 to ask about a visit. Questions to bring are under Next steps. Evidence ↓
What you can do
Who can act on Cottonwood Community Day’s results?
Mountain Empire Unified’s board decides Cottonwood Community Day’s plan.
The state hasn’t placed Cottonwood Community Day in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source
Students at Cottonwood Community Day are placed here by probation, district or voluntary referral, including after an expulsion.
What has the state flagged?
The state is giving Mountain Empire Unified extra help in 2026. It qualified on the 2025 California School Dashboard. The county office must help the district for at least three years, including a review of its yearly plan.
Extra help for Mountain Empire Unified: CDE’s assistance status file for the 2025 California School Dashboard. Source
When is the plan set, and how can you take part?
Mountain Empire Unified’s board must adopt its yearly plan (LCAP) by July 1, after at least one public hearing at an earlier meeting.
How to take part
- Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
- Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
- Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
- Read the midyear report, due by February 28.
- Read Mountain Empire Unified’s 2026–27 plan (LCAP, PDF)
Life at school
How often are students suspended?
0 of 3 students were suspended at least once in 2025–26.
State suspension records, 2025–26
Source
- Source
- CDE suspension file, 2025–26
- Students
- suspension: 0 of 3 students enrolled during the year
Suspensions, 2025–26
0 of 3
students were suspended at least once.
Ask: When a student is suspended, what happens before and after, and who talks with the family?
Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at Cottonwood Community Day
Ask current families how the school keeps them informed, and what happened when their child needed help. Ask staff how long teachers tend to stay.
Teach here? Tell us Mountain Empire Unified’s email domain so staff can answer our workplace questions.
Next steps
How are students placed here?
Confirm placement with Mountain Empire Unified.
Location and visiting
Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm placement with Mountain Empire Unified.
Questions for your visit
- When a student is suspended, what happens before and after, and who talks with the family?
- Which courses and career pathways does the school run, and who can enroll?
- How do counselors help students plan for college, training or work?
- What support is available when a student falls behind on graduation requirements?
Office (619) 473-86933291 Buckman Springs Road, directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Source records
Every figure on this page, with its source, grades, year and count.
2025 CDE CCI overall Prepared: no exact school row in the verified 2025 source.
CDE assessment recordsCDE CAASPP 2026 · every level, as published · raw grade–subject rows
What each level means: California's level descriptions.
All Grades is an aggregate, not another group of students. Same-year grade groups are not matched children. A grade the school doesn't teach has no row. “Suppressed” marks a result CDE blanks because fewer than 11 students tested (CDE’s reporting rule); “none tested” marks a grade CDE lists with no students tested; “not on file” marks a result missing from the records we hold. None of them means zero.
The spring 2026 CAASPP records we hold have no English or math rows for this school. Its earlier results are under Every tested year.
Every tested year2015–2019 · rates, tested counts, and each grade
A grade the school doesn't teach has no row. “Suppressed” marks a result CDE blanks because fewer than 11 students tested (CDE’s reporting rule); “none tested” marks a grade CDE lists with no students tested; “not on file” marks a result missing from the records we hold. None of them means zero.
English and math by test year · all tested grades
| Year · subject | Students with scores | Exceeded | Met or exceeded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 · English | — | — | — |
| 2019 · Math | — | — | — |
| 2018 · English | — | — | — |
| 2018 · Math | — | — | — |
| 2017 · English | — | — | — |
| 2017 · Math | — | — | — |
| 2016 · English | 2 | — | — |
| 2016 · Math | 2 | — | — |
| 2015 · English | 4 | — | — |
| 2015 · Math | 0 | — | — |
Each year names its school year end (2026 = 2025–26). “Students with scores” counts each subject on its own, so don’t add the English and math counts together. A dash is unavailable, not zero.
Earlier years · grade and subject
| Year · grade · subject | Students with scores | Met or exceeded |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 · Grade 11 · English | — | — |
| 2019 · Grade 11 · Math | — | — |
| 2018 · Grade 8 · English | — | — |
| 2018 · Grade 11 · English | — | — |
| 2018 · Grade 8 · Math | — | — |
| 2018 · Grade 11 · Math | — | — |
| 2017 · Grade 7 · English | — | — |
| 2017 · Grade 8 · English | — | — |
| 2017 · Grade 11 · English | — | — |
| 2017 · Grade 7 · Math | — | — |
| 2017 · Grade 8 · Math | — | — |
| 2017 · Grade 11 · Math | — | — |
| 2016 · Grade 7 · English | 1 | — |
| 2016 · Grade 11 · English | 1 | — |
| 2016 · Grade 7 · Math | 1 | — |
| 2016 · Grade 11 · Math | 1 | — |
| 2015 · Grade 8 · English | 4 | — |
| 2015 · Grade 8 · Math | 0 | — |
| 2015 · Grade 11 · Math | 0 | — |
“Students with scores” counts the students tested in that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero, and each year’s row is a different group of children.
Chronic absence by student groupState records · this school and each student group · 2018–19 and 2025–26
| Group | 2018–19 | 2025–26 |
|---|---|---|
| Low-income | 89 in 100 | — |
| All students | 91 in 100 | — |
Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.
Fundingschool and district spending, from state and federal finance records · each row names its fiscal year and measure
Per-pupil spending
NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 1,674 pupils
NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · SchoolScope’s unweighted mean across 818 selected California district finance records
CDE SACS Current Expense of Education · district fiscal year ending 2025 · average daily attendance denominator
| Group | Dollars | Share, to two decimals | Printed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Instruction | $21,887,858 | 60.55% | 61% |
| Instruction support | $3,382,607 | 9.36% | 9% |
| Student services | $4,793,325 | 13.26% | 13% |
| Administration | $2,375,961 | 6.57% | 7% |
| Buildings & maintenance | $3,164,365 | 8.75% | 9% |
| Other | $546,910 | 1.51% | 1% |
| Total | $36,151,025 | 100.00% | 100% |
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 91962 · not the school’s students
| Measure | Estimate |
|---|---|
| Median household income | $143,094 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+) | 41% |
| ZIP-area population | 2,574 |
| Median age | 50.8 years |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Median household income covers the past 12 months and is reported in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars. Bachelor's degree or higher uses adults age 25 and over as its population. A dash is unavailable, not zero; a reported zero remains zero. ZIP-area figures do not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. See all schools in ZIP code 91962 →
Downloads and methodologyCSV · sources · corrections
Data sources: public data sources, including the California Department of Education · state tests (CAASPP) 2025–26 · Census survey (ACS) 2020–2024 · staffing and finance name their own sources and years beside each figure · Data updated October 15, 2026.
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