School district · California
Sunnyvale
Sunnyvale in California: 10 public schools with 5,753 students and 18.9 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $25,650 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 10
- Students
- 5,753
- Students per teacher
- 18.9
- CA 21.6 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $25,650
- CA $20.7K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 304
- Counselors (FTE)
- 0.0
- Students per counselor
- —
- CA 407 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 13.0
- Librarians (FTE): 1.0
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on California's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
California: 47%56%proficient
+1.1 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 75% of school districts in California
Median 42% · 854 school districts compared
3,484 students tested, grades 3–8 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
California: 38%52%proficient
+2.5 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 81% of school districts in California
Median 32% · 854 school districts compared
3,572 students tested, grades 3–8 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
- Federal
- 3.2% · $5.2M
- State
- 13% · $21.9M
- Local
- 83% · $135M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $15,615
- Support services
- $9,204
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $25.9M
- Long-term debt
- $278.8M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bishop ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 465 | 18.2 | 43% | 37% |
Cherry Chase ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 622 | 20.6 | 87% | 84% |
Cumberland ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 586 | 19.1 | 80% | 80% |
Ellis ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 768 | 21.5 | 54% | 52% |
Fairwood ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 324 | 18.8 | 60% | 57% |
Lakewood ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 372 | 18.1 | 38% | 35% |
San Miguel ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 431 | 17.6 | 41% | 40% |
Vargas ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 435 | 17.9 | 31% | 26% |
Columbia MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 697 | 17.0 | 39% | 32% |
Sunnyvale MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 1,053 | 19.5 | 66% | 62% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 819 West Iowa Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94088
- Phone
- (408)522-8200
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.