Cordova High

Cordova High is a sizable secondary school in Rancho Cordova, California, one of the schools within Folsom-Cordova Unified. The school educates 1,944 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 132% above the state mean of about 838.

Folsom-Cordova Unified comprises 35 schools with combined enrollment of 21,699 students; Cordova High is among them.

In terms of who attends, Cordova High reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 26% White, 13% Asian, 12% multiracial, 8% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Cordova High has 104 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.7:1. The state averages about 18.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 70% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Cordova High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.0%.

Across the wider county, census data for Sacramento County shows median household earnings sit near $92,175, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Sacramento County runs 387 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students), of which Cordova High is one.

Mills Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cordova High at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 29.4%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Cordova High's enrollment has grew 10% since 2018, when it stood at 1,771 (now 1,944). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 35% to 26%. Class-load math has tightened: from 20.7:1 in 2018 to 18.7:1 in 2025.

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