Photo: Westkentuckygenealogy · CC BY-SA 3.0Cordova’s public schools
Riverdale Community Unit School District 100 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Cordova. Each school below is shown with its own results.
Tests spring 2021, when 102% of students in Illinois’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools
Cordova’s schools, in brief
School by school
3 of Cordova’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Riverdale Middle School places highest (better than 82%); Riverdale Elem School lowest (59%). See the path ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Cordova, with each school’s own grade.
Pre-K in Cordova
Riverdale Elem School
Grades PK–5 · 517 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Port Byron
Kindergarten in Cordova
Riverdale Elem School
Grades PK–5 · 517 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Port Byron
1st grade in Cordova
Riverdale Elem School
Grades PK–5 · 517 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Port Byron
2nd grade in Cordova
Riverdale Elem School
Grades PK–5 · 517 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Port Byron
3rd grade in Cordova
Riverdale Elem School
Grades PK–5 · 517 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Port Byron
4th grade in Cordova
Riverdale Elem School
Grades PK–5 · 517 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Port Byron
5th grade in Cordova
Riverdale Elem School
Grades PK–5 · 517 students · 13:1 students per teacher · in Port Byron
6th grade in Cordova
Riverdale Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 254 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Port Byron
7th grade in Cordova
Riverdale Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 254 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Port Byron
8th grade in Cordova
Riverdale Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 254 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Port Byron
9th grade in Cordova
Riverdale Sr High School
Grades 9–12 · 324 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Port Byron
10th grade in Cordova
Riverdale Sr High School
Grades 9–12 · 324 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Port Byron
Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Riverdale Community Unit School District 100.
The district
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well above the state in reading
Cordova vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Illinois towns that share Cordova’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Cordova | — | Riverdale Community Unit School District 100 |
| Port Byron | A− | Riverdale Community Unit School District 100 |
| Cordova Township | — | Erie Community Unit School District 1 |
Every school in Cordova
3 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Illinois’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Questions about Cordova’s schools
Are Cordova’s schools good?
There’s no Schools grade for Cordova. Riverdale Community Unit School District 100 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Cordova. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 3 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.
What school district is Cordova in?
Riverdale Community Unit School District 100.
Where do Cordova kids go to high school?
Riverdale Sr High School.
Parents talk
What Cordova families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Cordova → They have their own page.
School data: state test results (2020–21, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.