Cordua Elementary

Cordua Elementary is a rural-scale K-5 school in Marysville, California, part of Marysville Joint Unified. The school teaches 77 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 83% smaller than typical.

Cordua Elementary is one of 23 schools operated by Marysville Joint Unified, a district that educates 10,418 students overall.

Demographically, Cordua Elementary lists that the most-represented group is White (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 38% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. Compared to Yuba County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Cordua Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 69% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Cordua Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.5%, the actual is 45.3%, a residual of +6.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Yuba County shows the typical household earns roughly $76,373 per year, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Cordua Elementary is one of 41 public schools in Yuba County (combined enrollment of about 16,045 students).

The closest other public school is Anna McKenney Intermediate, roughly 4.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Cordua Elementary. On composite proficiency, Cordua Elementary comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 28.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Cordua Elementary's enrollment has shrank 26% since 2018, when it stood at 104 (now 77). Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 22% to 38%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 20.8:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 in 2025.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.