Cordova Villa Elementary, Rancho Cordova CA

Original Research by School Decision on Cordova Villa Elementary

Cordova Villa Elementary serves kindergarten through fifth grade in Rancho Cordova, a fast-growing suburban employment hub in eastern Sacramento County. The school sits within Folsom-Cordova Unified, a district that recently passed major facility bonds in the Rancho Cordova area and is expanding with new schools to accommodate residential development.

The school enrolls a small student body with a very high concentration of economic need. A substantial majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and the racial and ethnic makeup is predominantly Hispanic, with meaningful shares of students who identify as Black, two or more races, or Asian. English learner enrollment data was not available; the school's website does not list program information such as specialized instruction, dual-language offerings, or enrichment pathways.

Academic results are weak across tested subjects. In mathematics, proficiency runs below one in four students in grades three through five, with fifth grade particularly low. English language arts proficiency is more varied: third grade is quite low, fourth grade modest, but fifth grade reaches a better level. Science proficiency in fifth grade is also below one in three. When viewed against other elementary schools in Sacramento County, Cordova Villa's overall proficiency index sits below the midpoint for the county. A parent may want to look into what intervention and support structures the school has in place to address these results, and whether there is a specific plan underway to improve outcomes.

The school is positioned to benefit from recent voter-approved Measures R and S, which will fund renovation and modernization of elementary and secondary facilities across the district. New infrastructure investment takes time to show results, but it signals a commitment to campus improvements that a prospective family would want to track as implementation proceeds.

Rancho Cordova itself is experiencing rapid residential growth, with large mixed-use developments underway including the Rio Del Oro project, which will add multiple new schools to the area. Housing in the zip code is moderately priced relative to the state and nation, though rent-to-income costs are substantial; this is a working-family area with high employment in finance, insurance, healthcare, and technology. The city has light-rail service and parks along the American River, but walkability is uneven, with auto-oriented corridors alongside newer mixed-use neighborhoods.

A family considering Cordova Villa would be choosing a school serving a high-poverty, diverse student population in an expanding suburban district with recent bond funding. The academic baseline is currently below county norms, making the school's instructional response and improvement trajectory a crucial question to discuss directly with the school.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 322%

School 22% · District 57% · ▼ 34 pts below district

▼ 21 pts below state median · ▼ 17 pts below county median

Grade 427%

School 27% · District 57% · ▼ 31 pts below district

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▼ 8 pts below county median

Grade 519%

School 19% · District 50% · ▼ 31 pts below district

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 313%

School 13% · District 56% · ▼ 43 pts below district

▼ 27 pts below state median · ▼ 23 pts below county median

Grade 425%

School 25% · District 59% · ▼ 35 pts below district

▼ 17 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

Grade 544%

School 44% · District 63% · ▼ 19 pts below district

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Science

Grade 527%

School 27% · District 48% · ▼ 21 pts below district

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

This schoolFolsom-Cordova Unified, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.