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What's one thing Rancho Cordova Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
407
Elementary
DISTRICT 425 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FOLSOM-CORDOVA UNIFIED·NCES 061389001578
Rancho Cordova Elementary
2562 Chassella Way, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670 · (916) 294-9165 · Sacramento County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL407 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 12% of California public elementary schools
- DTest 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.
- B+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
19.5:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
316 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
60%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
23.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -5.6pp since 2014
Math
19.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +8.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 23 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 down about 6 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 6.3% | 17.1% | 24.9% | 51.7% |
| Math | 4.8% | 14.3% | 35.9% | 45.0% |
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 | 23.4% | 19.1% |
| 2023-24 | 20.3% | 14.6% |
| 2022-23 | 26.4% | 14.5% |
| 2021-22 | 19.2% | 11.9% |
| 2018-19 | 27.1% | 21.6% |
| 2017-18 | 33.3% | 26.6% |
| 2016-17 | 32.7% | 27.9% |
| 2015-16 | 26.0% | 20.0% |
| 2014-15 | 29.0% | 11.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
19.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 34% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Rancho Cordova Elementary
Rancho Cordova Elementary's state test result (19.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rancho Cordova Elementary this school | 407 | 77.6% | 19.4% |
| Elihu Beard Elementary Modesto | 467 | 80.3% | 29.9% |
| Sun Terrace Elementary Concord | 418 | 73.9% | 21.9% |
| Sierra Vista Elementary Upland | 409 | 74.1% | 45.2% |
| Sycamore Elementary Upland | 412 | 75.0% | 42.3% |
| Andasol Avenue Elementary Northridge | 411 | 75.7% | 50.1% |
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 Rancho Cordova Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.4% | #4,624 of 5,151 | #183 of 217 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.1% | #4,378 of 5,172 ▲ 342 | #167 of 217 ▲ 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.4% | #4,617 of 5,172 ▲ 92 | #182 of 217 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.7pp | #1,455 of 5,116 | #53 of 213 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 407 | #3,611 of 5,915 | #153 of 238 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.5:1 | #710 of 5,352 | #13 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.0% | #1,817 of 5,354 | #187 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.6% | #2,399 of 5,625 | #88 of 235 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.7% | #3,777 of 3,837 | #143 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
407
-7 (-2%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 499
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
was 18.8:1
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 | 407 | 20.9 | 19.5:1 | 78% (316) |
| 2023-24 | 402 | 19.4 | 20.8:1 | 82% (330) |
| 2022-23 | 423 | 19.2 | 22.1:1 | 81% (344) |
| 2020-21 | 414 | 22 | 18.8:1 | 80% (333) |
| 2017-18 | 410 | 20 | 20.5:1 | 88% (360) |
| 2015-16 | 384 | 17 | 22.6:1 | 87% (335) |
| 2010-11 | 448 | N/A | N/A | 80% (358) |
| 2000-01 | 501 | 25 | 20.0:1 | 80% (401) |
| 1990-91 | 499 | 20 | 24.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rancho Cordova Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (410 to 407); teachers up 5% (20 to 20.9).
About Rancho Cordova Elementary
Rancho Cordova Elementary is an elementary school located in Rancho Cordova, California, in Sacramento County. The school covers kindergarten through 5 and reported 407 students in 2024-25.
Folsom-Cordova Unified, which runs Rancho Cordova Elementary, has 35 schools and 21,699 students.
The student body at Rancho Cordova Elementary is 59% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 17% White, 11% multiracial, 6% Black, and 5% Asian. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 24%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 60%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Rancho Cordova Elementary is 19.5:1, based on 20.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in California, 22.3:1, is higher. Rancho Cordova Elementary counts 78% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 63% average for public schools in Sacramento County, the school's rate is higher.
Among California public elementary schools, Rancho Cordova Elementary outscored 12%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Rancho Cordova Elementary scores 14.6 points lower than predicted. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 19.4%; the prediction is 34.0%.
The school is in Sacramento County, where the median household earns about $92,175 a year, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Rancho Cordova Elementary shares Sacramento County with 386 other public schools.
Mills Middle sits about 0.4 miles from Rancho Cordova Elementary. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 26.2% proficiency; Rancho Cordova Elementary posts 19.4%.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Small. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
In 2020-21, Rancho Cordova Elementary enrolled 414; in 2024-25, 407.
The allk12 page for Rancho Cordova Elementary lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
- Mills Middle0.4 mi · 886
- Peter J. Shields Elementary0.5 mi · 307
- Cordova High0.6 mi · 1,944
- Cordova Gardens Academy of Arts and Sciences0.8 mi · 293
- White Rock Elementary1.0 mi · 381
- Innovations Academy1.0 mi · 113
Frequently asked questions
About Rancho Cordova ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Rancho Cordova Elementary?
Rancho Cordova Elementary enrolls approximately 407 students in grades KG-05.
Is Rancho Cordova Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Rancho Cordova Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Rancho Cordova Elementary?
Approximately 19.5:1 students per teacher at Rancho Cordova Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Rancho Cordova Elementary?
Student demographics at Rancho Cordova Elementary are roughly 17% White, 59% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Rancho Cordova Elementary in?
Rancho Cordova Elementary is part of Folsom-Cordova Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.