The American Heritage Academy opened the Cottonwood Campus in 1995 and has an enrollment of 300 students on average for students in kindergarten through 12th grade. This provides students with the chance to begin school and graduate with the same classmates as well as the same principles and type of curriculum throughout the entire educational years.

The school is founded on traditional principles instilling the same goals, patriotism, and greatest of our founding fathers. The staff and teachers work together to ensure students learn traditional values and can become great leaders of their community and society as a whole. The core curriculum includes government, history, community service, leadership, mathematics, science, and English. The school offers extra curricular activities, which include sports, drama, yearbook, art, band, choir, home economics, government simulations, hunter safety, and photography. The entire curriculum is based on liberal arts including phonics, student involved science, Saxon math, and patriotism.

Parents and students alike like the curriculum and the staff at the school. Each class is small and allows for more one on one teaching opportunities. The one issue raised by parents and students were discipline and safety at the school. The lack of discipline is the major worry for parents. The school does not involve parents as much as some would like with issues regarding student’s progression as well as discipline matters.

In the state of Arizona all students in public schools are required to take the Arizona Instrument to Measure Standards. The grades that must take the test include 3rd through 8th and 10th graders. High school students cannot graduate if they do not pass the 10th grade test.

Students at the American Heritage Academy at the Cottonwood Campus took the required testing and showed they were knowledgeable in the required courses.

The percentages of third grade students that passed the test in recent years in reading were 58%, 67%, and 71%. In writing, students passed writing with percentages being 41%, and 84%. In math, the percentages included 31%, 71, and 35%.

The percentages of fourth grade students that passed the test in reading were 64%, 84%, and 48%. In science, percentages were 59%, 58%, and 38%. In writing, the percentages were 100%, 94%, and 91%. In math, the percentages were 46%, 47%, and 43%.

The percentages of fifth grade students that passed the test in reading were 94%, 76%, and 79%. In writing, the percentages were 100%, 76%, and 32%. In math, the percentages were 69%, 52%, and 42%.

The percentages of sixth grade students that passed the test in reading were 79%, 100%, and 91%. In writing, the percentages were 82%, 57%, and 57%. In math, the percentages were 73%, 76%, and 74%.

Seventh grade percentages in reading were 96% with state averages at 82%. In writing students that passed the test was 64% with the state average being 53%. In math, students were at 71% with the state average being 61%.

Eighth grade percentages in reading were 61% with state averages at 71%. In science 48% with state averages at 63%. In writing students that passed the test was 79% with the state average being 86%. In math, students were at 43% with the state average being 54%.

Tenth grade percentages in reading were 86% in 2011 with state averages at 78%. In science were 52% with state averages at 42%. In writing students that passed the test was 58% with the state average being 68%. In math, students were at 38% with the state average being 60%.

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American Heritage Academy – Cottonwood Campus
2030 E. Cherry St.
Cottonwood, AZ 86326
928-634-2144
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