Cordova High School is a public high school serving grades 9 to 12. It is in the Folsom-Cordova Unified School District and located in Rancho Cordova, California - east of Downtown Sacramento on US 50.
The demographic breakdown of the 1,703 students enrolled for the 2014-2015 school year was:
Male - 51.6%
Female - 48.4%
Native American/Alaskan - 0.4%
Asian/Pacific islanders - 11.5%
Black - 14.3%
Hispanic - 28.2%
White - 43.2%
Multiracial - 2.4%
70.2% of the students were eligible for free or reduced lunch.
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