New Pacific Charter - Rancho Cordova: The scores are below where anyone wants them. Here's what they don't tell you.
New Pacific Charter - Rancho Cordova posts low test scores — and attendance holds near the state average — families haven't checked out. If this is your zoned school, the numbers below are where to start a conversation, not where to end one.
New Pacific Charter - Rancho Cordova scores 27 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 11th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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Most rating sites would stop at “25% proficient” and call it done. New Pacific Charter - Rancho Cordova deserves a closer read. The school sits in Rancho Cordova, where two in five students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
Test scores are one lens, and at this school they're a rough one right now. The sections below show the fuller picture — including the parts that are working.
As a charter, New Pacific Charter - Rancho Cordova enrolls by application, not address — the score reads the same, the enrollment path doesn't.
The 4 things our score weighs
Ask what changed in the last two years, and what the school is asking families for. Growth shows up in these numbers a year or two after it shows up in classrooms.
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
K-12 Path
New Pacific Charter - Rancho Cordova serves grades K-12 — students can complete their entire K-12 education here.
Your other options
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 54
Nearby Middle Schools
2 within ~3 mi · avg 31
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
The community around it
Student demographics
Subgroup Growth by Grade
Subgroups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Funding Breakdown
Neighborhood Context
Whole Child
Source: CDE SARC, 2024-25
Frequently asked questions
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How does New Pacific Charter - Rancho Cordova compare to other schools in Rancho Cordova?
A low score doesn't tell the whole story. Read: Your School Scored Low — Here's What That Actually Means
For the data nerdsEvery number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
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 | 11 | 9% | 18% | 9% | 64% | 27% | −16 |
| Grade 4 | 16 | 6% | 19% | 19% | 56% | 25% | −20 |
| Grade 5 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 6 | 18 | 22% | 17% | 33% | 28% | 39% | −8 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 12 | 8% | 8% | 42% | 42% | 17% | −29 |
| Grade 4 | 16 | 0% | 31% | 44% | 25% | 31% | −10 |
| Grade 5 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 6 | 18 | 33% | 11% | 6% | 50% | 44% | +9 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Pacific Charter - Rancho Cordova ← | — | 27 | 5.9% | 25.1% | — | 2.8% |
| Mather Heights Elementary | 2.1 mi | 61 | 38.8% | 63.6% | +26.3 | 1.2% |
| Folsom Cordova K-8 Community Charter | 2.1 mi | 59 | 26.5% | 52.9% | +5.9 | 0.5% |
| Peter J. Shields Elementary | 2.4 mi | 42 | 18.9% | 45.0% | −1.5 | 3.3% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
- — Growth data isn't available — the state needs matched grades across years to compute it.
- — Subgroup results are suppressed for small student counts (fewer than 15 tested), following CDE privacy rules.
- — Scored here as an elementary school — other grade spans appear in the data appendix.