NCES CCD 2024-25 18 schools CA

Best-Resourced Schools in Rancho Cordova, CA

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18 public K-12 schools in Rancho Cordova from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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18
Schools
9,637
Students
33.2/100
Avg Resource Index
20.1:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Rancho Cordova has more public-school enrollment than 79% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Rancho Cordova's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

11 of Rancho Cordova's 18 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 2 middle and 2 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 59-point gap between Prospect Community Day and Williamson Elementary shows the range hidden by Rancho Cordova's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 21%
School count
Top 17%
Resource Index average
20th percentile
Teacher staffing
15th percentile

Cordova High accounts for 20.2% of all Rancho Cordova public-school enrollment

That concentration means Rancho Cordova-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Rancho Cordova school enrollment varies 114× across entities

Rancho Cordova school enrollment ranges from 17 students (lowest) to 1,944 students (highest), a spread of 1,927 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Rancho Cordova student-teacher ratio is 20.1:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Prospect Community Day 69
2. Riverview Stem Elementary 51
3. Innovations Academy 50
4. Kinney High (Continuation) 45
5. Sunrise Elementary 41
6. Robert J. Mcgarvey Elementary 40
7. Navigator Elementary 38
8. W. E. Mitchell Middle 34
9. Walnutwood High (Independent Study) 32
10. Cordova High 31
11. Cordova Gardens Elementary 31
12. Peter J. Shields Elementary 29
13. Mills Middle 27
14. Cordova Villa Elementary 25
15. Cordova Meadows Elementary 17
16. Rancho Cordova Elementary 15
17. White Rock Elementary 13
18. Williamson Elementary 10

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Rancho Cordova

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Robert J. Mcgarvey Elementary 77.9/100
  2. 2 Navigator Elementary 77.4/100
  3. 3 Sunrise Elementary 75.4/100
  4. 4 Cordova Meadows Elementary 75.4/100
  5. 5 Cordova High 74.5/100

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Which Rancho Cordova school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Prospect Community Day has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Rancho Cordova schools in this federal-data comparison at 69/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Rancho Cordova, CA? ▼

Rancho Cordova has 18 public schools with a total enrollment of 9,637 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 20.1:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.