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Folsom-Cordova Unified

Rancho Cordova, California · Superintendent: Erik Swanson · #49 of 554 California districts by enrollment

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21,780

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,926

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 13% below the California median

21.4

Students per teacher

2024-25 · California median 21.7

Folsom-Cordova Unified is a public school district based in Rancho Cordova, California, serving 21,780 students in 37 schools. By enrollment it ranks #49 of the 554 California districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 91% of them. Its schools average 589 students each, more than the California median of 533. Its superintendent is Erik Swanson. It spends about $11,926 per student on day-to-day operations, 13% less than the California median. It has roughly 21.4 students per teacher.

How Folsom-Cordova compares

Folsom-CordovaCalifornia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$11,926

California median $13,724 · 13% below · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$7,547

California median $8,321 · 9% below · FY2020-21

Students per school589

California median 533 · 11% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher21.4

California median 21.7 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor703

California median 474 · 48% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$322.8 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 8%State 52%Local 40%

Measure	Folsom-Cordova	California median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,926	$13,724	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$7,547	$8,321	FY2020-21
Total spending	$323.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$322.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	1,020	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	2,397	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	21.4	21.7	2024-25
Students per counselor	703	474	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The California median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Erik Swanson

Superintendent, Folsom-Cordova Unified

Source: California Department of Education, School Directory, checked 2026-10-19. Report a change

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Peer districts in California

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Chaffey Joint Union HighOntario	22,116	11	$13,126	24.2	#47
Torrance UnifiedTorrance	22,023	32	$11,441	25.2	#48
Folsom-Cordova UnifiedRancho Cordova · this district	21,780	37	$11,926	21.4	#49
Murrieta Valley UnifiedMurrieta	21,712	21	$12,094	23.4	#50
Tustin UnifiedTustin	21,342	28	$12,042	25.7	#51

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
South-Western CityGrove City, OH	21,924	$12,776	17.7
Richland 01Columbia, SC	21,814	$16,464	12.1
Vancouver School DistrictVancouver, WA	21,783	$14,904	19.2
Evergreen School District (Clark)Vancouver, WA	21,603	$15,358	17.0

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

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