Enrollment
374
Elementary
DISTRICT 425 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FOLSOM-CORDOVA UNIFIED·NCES 061389001567
Cordova Meadows Elementary
2550 La Loma Dr., Rancho Cordova, CA 95670 · (916) 294-9120 · Sacramento County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL374 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 5% of California public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
17.4:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
332 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 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (52).
Student demographics
75%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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
20.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +9.1pp since 2014
Math
9.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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 9 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 5.2% | 14.9% | 21.3% | 58.6% |
| Math | 3.9% | 5.9% | 22.7% | 67.5% |
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 | 20.1% | 9.8% |
| 2023-24 | 17.4% | 12.9% |
| 2022-23 | 20.3% | 13.3% |
| 2021-22 | 21.6% | 9.7% |
| 2018-19 | 26.4% | 14.4% |
| 2017-18 | 25.6% | 15.2% |
| 2016-17 | 19.3% | 9.3% |
| 2015-16 | 15.0% | 13.0% |
| 2014-15 | 11.0% | 9.0% |
% 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
15.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Meadows Elementary
Cordova Meadows Elementary's state test result (15.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cordova Meadows Elementary this school | 374 | 88.8% | 15.6% |
| Frontier Elementary Sacramento | 379 | 86.0% | 38.8% |
| Warren A. Allison Elementary North Highlands | 391 | 91.3% | 29.0% |
| D. W. Babcock Elementary Sacramento | 369 | 89.7% | 25.1% |
| Hagginwood Elementary Sacramento | 340 | 90.3% | 24.2% |
| Cordova Villa Elementary Rancho Cordova | 475 | 86.1% | 22.4% |
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 Meadows Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.6% | #4,904 of 5,151 | #197 of 217 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.8% | #5,048 of 5,172 ▼ 206 | #207 of 217 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.1% | #4,831 of 5,172 ▲ 82 | #192 of 217 ▲ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.6pp | #1,599 of 5,116 | #72 of 213 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 374 | #4,003 of 5,915 | #170 of 238 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #173 of 5,352 | #4 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.4% | #99 of 5,354 | #37 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.8% | #1,249 of 5,625 | #26 of 235 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.8% | #1,074 of 1,139 | #61 of 64 |
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
374
+24 (+7%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 429
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 21.9:1
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 | 374 | 21.6 | 17.4:1 | 89% (332) |
| 2023-24 | 341 | 16.6 | 20.6:1 | 88% (301) |
| 2022-23 | 331 | 18 | 18.4:1 | 88% (292) |
| 2020-21 | 350 | 16 | 21.9:1 | 83% (289) |
| 2017-18 | 371 | 15 | 24.7:1 | 94% (349) |
| 2015-16 | 346 | 15 | 23.1:1 | 92% (317) |
| 2010-11 | 362 | N/A | N/A | 80% (290) |
| 2000-01 | 387 | 19 | 20.4:1 | 64% (246) |
| 1990-91 | 429 | 16 | 26.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cordova Meadows Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (371 to 374); teachers up 44% (15 to 21.6).
About Cordova Meadows Elementary
The public elementary school Cordova Meadows Elementary is located in Rancho Cordova, California. In all, 374 students attend the school in kindergarten through 5.
Folsom-Cordova Unified is responsible for 35 schools, Cordova Meadows Elementary included, with 21,699 students in all.
About 39% of students at Cordova Meadows Elementary are Hispanic, the largest single group. After that, the student body is 19% multiracial, 19% White, 13% Black, and 9% Asian. Among all residents of Sacramento County, the Hispanic share is about 24%. A diversity index of 75% means there is a 75% chance two randomly chosen students at Cordova Meadows Elementary are from different groups.
The school has 21.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 17.4 students per teacher. Statewide, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Of all students at Cordova Meadows Elementary, 89% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 26 points above the 63% average for public schools in Sacramento County.
On the allk12 Grade, Cordova Meadows Elementary lands at D, ahead of 5% of California public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Cordova Meadows Elementary would score about 27.5%. It scores 15.6%, 11.9 points below that figure.
Census data for Sacramento County show median household income comes to about $92,175, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Public schools in Sacramento County number 387, with about 259,342 students.
About 0.6 miles separate Cordova Meadows Elementary from the closest public school, Cordova Gardens Academy of Arts and Sciences. The five-mile area around Cordova Meadows Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 27.3% on proficiency, and Cordova Meadows Elementary is below that at 15.6%.
The federal government classifies Cordova Meadows Elementary's location as City: Small.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Cordova Meadows Elementary had a net gain of 24 students, or 7%. By 2024-25, the school had 17.4 students per teacher, compared with 21.9 in 2020-21.
Cordova Meadows Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
Related schools
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 Gardens Academy of Arts and Sciences0.6 mi · 293
- Cordova High0.9 mi · 1,944
- White Rock Elementary0.9 mi · 381
- Mills Middle1.0 mi · 886
- Del Dayo Elementary1.2 mi · 496
- Cordova Villa Elementary1.2 mi · 475
Frequently asked questions
About Cordova Meadows ElementaryHow many students attend Cordova Meadows Elementary?
Cordova Meadows Elementary enrolls approximately 374 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Cordova Meadows Elementary serve?
Cordova Meadows Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Cordova Meadows Elementary have?
Cordova Meadows Elementary employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Cordova Meadows Elementary?
Student demographics at Cordova Meadows Elementary are roughly 19% White, 39% Hispanic, 13% Black, 9% Asian, 19% Two or more.
What district is Cordova Meadows Elementary in?
Cordova Meadows Elementary is part of Folsom-Cordova Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.