COTTONWOOD School had seven grades in 1911. Miss Gladys Preston was the teacher at Cottonwood in 1924-35 and school board membership included C. C. C. Newton, J. H. Webb, and N. Cole. 

Cottonwood School, northwest of Evant and Fairview, was originally atop a chalk hill overlooking Cottonwood Branch for which the school was named. In 1917 the school was moved to a more central location within the community school district. Bernice Soules was employed as the teacher of this school in 1936. School board members in 1936 were Johnnie Rudolph, W. A. Hill, and John Ising.