Cordova, AK schools
Cordova’s public schools score well above Alaska’s averages: 52% of students are proficient in reading against 39.5% statewide, and 95% of high schoolers graduate on time against 79.1%. Kids attend Mt. Eccles Elementary or Cordova School District Innovative Learning through grade 12, then Cordova Jr/Sr High School or Cordova School District Innovative Learning.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
Cordova’s School Grade: A-
The public schools Cordova’s kids attend outperform 78% of Alaska’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Alaska’s state tests, each against the state average. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Alaska only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Alaska with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Where Cordova kids go to school
Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Well above the state in reading
95% graduate on time
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.
The district serving Cordova
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Colleges near Cordova
There’s no college within 30 miles of Cordova. The closest is Alaska Bible College in Palmer, AK, 137.5 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Cordova. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.
All 3 schools in Cordova
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.