Cordova Elementary School

Cordova Elementary School operates as a small K-5 school in Cordova, Alabama, operated by Walker County. Current enrollment sits at 321 students spanning grades K through 4. That puts it 33% leaner than the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 480 students.

Walker County runs 17 schools in total, collectively educating 7,091 students. Cordova Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Cordova Elementary School records that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder consists of 7% Black, 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Cordova Elementary School has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. About 60% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Cordova Elementary School sits in the top 10% of Alabama schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 40.5%; actual is 60.1%, +19.6 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Walker County) records that median household earnings sit near $56,509, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cordova Elementary School is one of 24 public schools in Walker County (combined enrollment of about 10,041 students).

The closest other public school is Cordova High School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Cordova Elementary School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 37.0%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. Cordova Elementary School's enrollment has ticked down 18% since 2018, when it stood at 392 (now 321). White enrollment moved from 91% to 87% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.