Folsom Cordova K-8 Community Charter: Most kids here clear the bar, year after year. The question is what happens after that.
Folsom Cordova K-8 Community Charter posts 53% meeting the standard, and 26.5% going well past it. Most kids here keep up. Fewer get pushed further. Ask the school what it does for a child who already finds the work easy.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 59 | 26% | 53% | +5.9 | 8.4% | 0.5% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Folsom Cordova K-8 Community Charter scores 59 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 81st percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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Most rating sites would stop at “53% proficient” and call it done. Folsom Cordova K-8 Community Charter deserves a closer read. The school sits in Mather, where one in three students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
The headline number: 8.4% chronic absenteeism — versus 17.9% statewide. Attendance is the quietest strong signal a school can post.
As a charter, Folsom Cordova K-8 Community Charter enrolls by application rather than address. That changes how you get in, but it doesn't change the score.
The seven-year arc
Climbed from the 54th to the 81st percentile since 2019 — past roughly 1400 elementary schools.
The pandemic drop is behind this school: 53% of students meet the standard today, above the 36% who did in 2019.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 45% | 57% | 59% | 58% | 47% |
| Grade 4 | 36% | 53% | 50% | 48% | — |
| Grade 5 | — | 53% | 50% | 54% | 59% |
| Grade 6 | 33% | 57% | 46% | 31% | 64% |
| Grade 7 | 79% | 30% | 54% | 48% | 38% |
| Grade 8 | 60% | 47% | 52% | 40% | 45% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 36% | 57% | 35% | 58% | 53% |
| Grade 4 | 27% | 58% | 53% | 43% | — |
| Grade 5 | — | 31% | 36% | 31% | 53% |
| Grade 6 | 17% | 43% | 31% | 31% | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 42% | 38% | 29% | 35% | 38% |
| Grade 8 | 33% | 25% | 19% | 16% | 32% |
The 5 things our score weighs
Ask how the school challenges kids who clear the standard early. The gap between meeting and exceeding is where pacing shows.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
- Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
- Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
- Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.
How every group of students does here
At Folsom Cordova K-8 Community Charter in Mather, 40.0% of white students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 63.7% district-wide and 61.8% statewide. Folsom Cordova K-8 Community Charter trails its district average for white students by 23.7 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: White students (33.3% Math proficient). Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 15 students tested.
11 of 14 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.
Change in proficiency from the lowest tested grade — which groups gain ground the longer they stay. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Showing up, and staying in class
TK/K students miss school at roughly three times the rate of Grades 7–8 students (9.1% vs 2.1%). Chronic absence here concentrates in the earliest grades — worth asking how the school works with new families on attendance.
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
Estimated path based on proximity within the same district. Contact your school district for official feeder information.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
At 150 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California elementary school (≈480).
Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.
On the state's science test (CAST), 44% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
Frequently asked questions
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Your other options
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 46
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 17 | 29% | 18% | 29% | 24% | 47% | +4 |
| Grade 4 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 5 | 17 | 29% | 29% | 24% | 18% | 59% | +11 |
| Grade 6 | 14 | 14% | 50% | 21% | 14% | 64% | +18 |
| Grade 7 | 13 | 8% | 31% | 31% | 31% | 38% | −9 |
| Grade 8 | 22 | 0% | 45% | 36% | 18% | 45% | −1 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 17 | 24% | 29% | 18% | 29% | 53% | +7 |
| Grade 4 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 5 | 17 | 24% | 29% | 29% | 18% | 53% | +18 |
| Grade 6 | 14 | 21% | 7% | 43% | 29% | 29% | −6 |
| Grade 7 | 13 | 23% | 15% | 23% | 38% | 38% | +4 |
| Grade 8 | 22 | 9% | 23% | 32% | 36% | 32% | −0 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 39 | 21% | 23% | 49% | 8% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | 15 | 40.0% | −24 | −22 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Folsom Cordova K-8 Community Charter ← | — | 59 | 26.5% | 52.9% | +5.9 | 0.5% |
| Mather Heights Elementary | 0.6 mi | 61 | 38.8% | 63.6% | +26.3 | 1.2% |
| Navigator Elementary | 2 mi | 40 | 16.3% | 40.6% | −14.1 | 1.5% |
| A. M. Winn Waldorf-Inspired | 2.5 mi | 37 | 7.9% | 19.7% | −5.2 | 4.1% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 44 | 54 | #2518 | 22.7% | 36.4% | 7.1% | 0.1% | — |
| 2022 | 43 | 66 | #1956 | 26.1% | 51.3% | 5.3% | 0.0% | -14.3pp |
| 2023 | 46 | 65 | #1985 | 20.6% | 47.3% | 5.3% | 0.1% | -3.9pp |
| 2024 | 35 | 32 | #3876 | 15.0% | 48.6% | 7.5% | 0.4% | -16.0pp |
| 2025 | 59 | 81 | #1115 | 26.5% | 52.9% | 8.4% | 0.5% | +5.9pp |
- — Scored here as an elementary school — other grade spans appear in the data appendix.
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 4.0% | 3.8% | -0.2pp |
| Male | 11.1% | 4.7% | -6.4pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 8.1% | 9.1% | +1.0pp |
| Two or More Races | 4.8% | 7.1% | +2.3pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 8.0% | 3.4% | -4.6pp |
| Homeless | 40.0% | — | — |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 12.5% | 10.0% | -2.5pp |
| All Students | 6.7% | 4.2% | -2.5pp |
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