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Rancho Cordova, California - 34 schools
An equity score of 38/100 ranks Folsom-Cordova Unified #1063 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,871 per pupil, Folsom-Cordova Unified ranks #1234 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
20,550
Total Enrollment
34
Schools
$13,871
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Folsom-Cordova Unified operates 34 public schools serving 20,550 students, placing it in the mid-size range in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 22 elementary, 5 high, 4 middle, 3 combined schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Sacramento County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,871 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 38.4% local, 49.9% state, and 11.7% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 38/100, ranked #1063 of 1517 in California against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 4 of 34 schools offering Advanced Placement (41 AP courses district-wide), a 388.3:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 27.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 34.4% White, 27.8% Hispanic or Latino, 17.9% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Navigator Elementary, with a diversity index of 77.4/100.
Its largest campus is Folsom High, enrolling 2,901 students (14% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Prospect Community Day, at 17 students, a 171x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Folsom-Cordova Unified school enrollment varies 171× across entities
Folsom-Cordova Unified school enrollment ranges from 17 students (lowest) to 2,901 students (highest), a spread of 2,884 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Folsom-Cordova Unified student-counselor ratio is 388:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Folsom-Cordova Unified chronic absenteeism rate is 27.4% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Folsom-Cordova Unified is typically wider than the Folsom-Cordova Unified-aggregate figure suggests.