Enrollment
293
Elementary
DISTRICT 425 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FOLSOM-CORDOVA UNIFIED·NCES 061389001565
Cordova Gardens Academy of Arts and Sciences
2400 Dawes St., Rancho Cordova, CA 95670 · (916) 294-9115 · Sacramento County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL293 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% of California public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
230 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 73 | 25% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 2 | 1% |
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
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CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
34.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +7.7pp since 2014
Math
18.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -4.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.3% | 21.3% | 23.3% | 42.0% |
| Math | 4.6% | 13.9% | 24.9% | 56.6% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.7% | 18.5% |
| 2023-24 | 35.2% | 21.6% |
| 2022-23 | 29.9% | 20.8% |
| 2021-22 | 19.4% | 19.7% |
| 2018-19 | 39.6% | 34.2% |
| 2017-18 | 49.5% | 39.6% |
| 2016-17 | 40.1% | 32.6% |
| 2015-16 | 26.0% | 20.0% |
| 2014-15 | 27.0% | 23.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
28.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Cordova Gardens Academy of Arts and Sciences
Cordova Gardens Academy of Arts and Sciences's state test result (28.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cordova Gardens Academy of Arts and Sciences this school | 293 | 78.5% | 28.2% |
| West Boron Elementary Boron | 276 | 75.4% | 14.6% |
| Westminster Avenue Elementary Venice | 367 | 77.7% | 51.8% |
| Pierce Elementary Ridgecrest | 297 | 82.2% | 24.0% |
| Garfield Elementary San Diego | 308 | 77.6% | 60.0% |
| Loma Elementary Spring Valley | 315 | 73.0% | 31.5% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Cordova Gardens Academy of Arts and Sciences ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.2% | #3,726 of 5,151 | #135 of 217 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.5% | #4,437 of 5,172 ▼ 440 | #172 of 217 ▼ 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #3,475 of 5,172 ▼ 260 | #121 of 217 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.0pp | #1,131 of 5,116 | #39 of 213 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 293 | #4,822 of 5,915 | #211 of 238 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #143 of 5,352 | #3 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.3% | #275 of 5,354 | #59 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.5% | #2,320 of 5,625 | #85 of 235 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.8% | #2,173 of 3,837 | #72 of 145 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
293
+28 (+11%) vs 2020
-55% since 1990-91, when it was 654
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 16.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 293 | 17.1 | 17.1:1 | 78% (230) |
| 2023-24 | 271 | 16 | 16.9:1 | 83% (226) |
| 2022-23 | 274 | 15.9 | 17.3:1 | 92% (251) |
| 2020-21 | 265 | 16 | 16.6:1 | 75% (200) |
| 2017-18 | 340 | 17 | 20.0:1 | 77% (262) |
| 2015-16 | 356 | 18 | 19.8:1 | 74% (264) |
| 2010-11 | 413 | N/A | N/A | 65% (267) |
| 2000-01 | 434 | 21 | 20.7:1 | 50% (215) |
| 1990-91 | 654 | 23 | 28.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cordova Gardens Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (340 to 293); teachers up 1% (17 to 17.1).
About Cordova Gardens Academy of Arts and Sciences
Cordova Gardens Academy of Arts and Sciences is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Rancho Cordova, California. It serves 293 students in kindergarten through 6. For comparison, elementary schools in California average about 465 students.
Folsom-Cordova Unified is the district for Cordova Gardens Academy of Arts and Sciences. It has 35 schools and 21,699 students.
Federal enrollment data show Hispanic students as the largest group at Cordova Gardens Academy of Arts and Sciences, at 40%. The rest of enrollment is 24% White, 17% multiracial, 15% Black, and 4% Asian. Among all residents of Sacramento County, the Hispanic share is about 24%. Cordova Gardens Academy of Arts and Sciences's diversity index is 73%, against a US figure of 70%.
Cordova Gardens Academy of Arts and Sciences's 17.1 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 17.1:1. That is lower than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 78%. That is 15 points above the 63% average for public schools in Sacramento County.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Cordova Gardens Academy of Arts and Sciences receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Cordova Gardens Academy of Arts and Sciences is -5.3 points: 28.2% actual, 33.5% predicted.
Census Bureau estimates for Sacramento County show that the median household income is $92,175, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. There are 387 public schools in Sacramento County, enrolling about 259,342 students in all.
The closest public school, Cordova High, is about 0.3 miles from Cordova Gardens Academy of Arts and Sciences. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Cordova Gardens Academy of Arts and Sciences is 4th on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Small, means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
2024-25 enrollment was 293, an 11% gain from 265 in 2020-21.
Community posts for Cordova Gardens Academy of Arts and Sciences can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Sacramento County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,594,006
Census ACS
Median income
$92,175
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
387
259,342 students
Quick facts
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Other schools in Folsom-Cordova Unified
- Folsom HighHigh · 2,901 students
- Cordova HighHigh · 1,944 students
- Vista del Lago HighHigh · 1,782 students
- Sutter MiddleMiddle · 1,628 students
- Folsom MiddleMiddle · 1,508 students
- Mills MiddleMiddle · 886 students
Other schools in Rancho Cordova
- Cordova HighHigh · 1,944 students
- Sunrise ElementaryElementary · 1,235 students
- Lake View CharterCombined · 969 students
- Mills MiddleMiddle · 886 students
- Robert J. McGarvey ElementaryElementary · 840 students
- W. E. Mitchell MiddleMiddle · 755 students
Nearby schools
- Cordova High0.3 mi · 1,944
- Mills Middle0.4 mi · 886
- Cordova Meadows Elementary0.6 mi · 374
- Rancho Cordova Elementary0.8 mi · 407
- Peter J. Shields Elementary0.9 mi · 307
- White Rock Elementary0.9 mi · 381
Frequently asked questions
About Cordova Gardens Academy of Arts and SciencesHow many students attend Cordova Gardens Academy of Arts and Sciences?
Cordova Gardens Academy of Arts and Sciences enrolls approximately 293 students in grades KG-06.
Is Cordova Gardens Academy of Arts and Sciences an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cordova Gardens Academy of Arts and Sciences is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cordova Gardens Academy of Arts and Sciences?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cordova Gardens Academy of Arts and Sciences is approximately 17.1:1 (17 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Cordova Gardens Academy of Arts and Sciences?
Student demographics at Cordova Gardens Academy of Arts and Sciences are roughly 24% White, 40% Hispanic, 15% Black, 4% Asian, 17% Two or more.
What district is Cordova Gardens Academy of Arts and Sciences in?
Cordova Gardens Academy of Arts and Sciences is part of Folsom-Cordova Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.