Public schools in Sunnyvale, CA

Sunnyvale has 19 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 2 high, 4 middle, 13 elementary, enrolling 12,162 students. They are run by 4 districts and agencies; Sunnyvale School District runs 10 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 4 districts and agencies that run Sunnyvale's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in SunnyvaleDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Sunnyvale School District105,465$24,087
Cupertino Union413,467$16,179
Santa Clara Unified313,919$27,214
Fremont Union High School District210,019$21,989

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

2 high schools in Sunnyvale, 2,066 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Fremont High2,06021.223.5%Fremont Union High
Community Day62.2not reportedFremont Union High

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

4 middle schools in Sunnyvale, 3,576 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Cupertino Middle1,06718.113.9%Cupertino Union
Sunnyvale Middle1,05319.516.8%Sunnyvale
Marian A. Peterson Middle75921.420.9%Santa Clara Unified
Columbia Middle69717.030.0%Sunnyvale

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

13 elementary schools in Sunnyvale, 6,520 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Louis E. Stocklmeir Elementary84023.911.5%Cupertino Union
Ellis Elementary76821.524.2%Sunnyvale
Cherry Chase Elementary62220.67.2%Sunnyvale
Cumberland Elementary58619.19.7%Sunnyvale
Ponderosa Elementary52422.126.9%Santa Clara Unified
Bishop Elementary46518.242.6%Sunnyvale
Vargas Elementary43517.929.0%Sunnyvale
San Miguel Elementary43117.631.1%Sunnyvale
West Valley Elementary42220.19.2%Cupertino Union
Braly Elementary38120.729.7%Santa Clara Unified
The other 3 elementary schools
SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Lakewood Elementary37218.133.3%Sunnyvale
Chester W. Nimitz Elementary35021.941.4%Cupertino Union
Fairwood Elementary32418.822.8%Sunnyvale

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Sunnyvale's public schools compare with California's

The median Sunnyvale school has 19.8 students per full-time teacher, fewer than the California median of 21.6. Its median school enrolls 524 students (state 471).

Sunnyvale against California, schools open in 2024-25 with students
SunnyvaleCalifornia
Median students per teacher19.821.6
Median school size (students)524471
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)not reportednot reported
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)0%74%
Charter schools0%13%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 19 Sunnyvale schools and the 9,918 California schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Sunnyvale

  1. Sunnyvale School DistrictRuns 10 of Sunnyvale's 19 public schools and spent $24,087 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$24,087
  2. Fremont High, the largest high school in Sunnyvale2,060 students in 2024-25, 21.2 per teacher.2,060
  3. Compare Sunnyvale School District with Cupertino UnionSunnyvale's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in CaliforniaCalifornia's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Sunnyvale addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in California

  1. Los Angeles564 schools
  2. San Diego283 schools
  3. San Jose232 schools
  4. Sacramento197 schools
  5. Fresno179 schools
  6. Bakersfield146 schools
  7. San Francisco123 schools
  8. Stockton122 schools

Questions about schools in Sunnyvale

  1. How many public schools are in Sunnyvale, CA?
    19 public schools with an address in Sunnyvale were open in 2024-25: 2 high, 4 middle, 13 elementary, enrolling 12,162 students.
  2. What is the largest high school in Sunnyvale?
    Fremont High, with 2,060 students in 2024-25 (Fremont Union High School District).
  3. Which districts run Sunnyvale's schools?
    Sunnyvale School District (10 schools), Cupertino Union (4 schools), Santa Clara Unified (3 schools), Fremont Union High School District (2 schools). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .