Total enrollment
21,699
+1,657 (+8%) vs SY 2020-21
37 schools in Folsom-Cordova Unified
California · 21,699 students · 3 cities
Inside Folsom-Cordova Unified (California), 37 public K-12 schools enroll roughly 21,699 students (around 586 per school).
4-year change in Folsom-Cordova Unified
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
35
+3 (+9%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Folsom-Cordova Unified ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In California | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.9% | #111 of 534 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 21,699 | #49 of 587 | #355 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 35 | #36 of 587 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.3:1 | #255 of 587 | #8,584 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 36.1% | #461 of 587 | #5,984 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.6% | #9 of 530 | #72 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Folsom-Cordova Unified
State test results across the district's 30 scored schools run from Riverview STEM Elementary at 85.8% proficient to Cordova Meadows Elementary at 15.6%, a gap of 70.2 points. That is the 19th widest gap among 458 California districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 32 district schools that reported both years went from 20,291 to 20,420 students (up 1%) and from 877 to 959 full-time teachers (up 9%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About Folsom-Cordova Unified
Across 37 schools, Folsom-Cordova Unified serves about 21,699 students in California. By footprint it is a compact district.
For a sense of the school types, Folsom-Cordova Unified covers 25 elementary, 4 middle, 6 high schools, and 2 combined or other.
Five-year track record. Combined enrollment now sits at 21,699 students, climbed 8% from the 20,042 reported in SY 2020-21. The school count climbed from 32 to 35 across the same 4-year window.
On this page, the community for Folsom-Cordova Unified discusses sports rivalries, cross-district programs, and shared facilities. Anyone with firsthand knowledge of these schools is welcome to weigh in.