by Julia Rendleman
The Cobden Elementary School is part of the Cobden Unit School District #17, which is comprised of three schools – high school, middle school and elementary school – all located on one campus.
The schools serve students from the villages of Cobden and Alto Pass, as well as a large migrant population of Hispanic students. The elementary school has an enrollment of about 400 students in Pre-K through sixth grades, and Terri Waddell is the principal.