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Sunnyvale, California - 10 schools
An equity score of 59/100 ranks Sunnyvale #511 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $21,963 per pupil, Sunnyvale ranks #168 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
5,465
Total Enrollment
10
Schools
$21,963
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Sunnyvale operates 10 public schools serving 5,465 students, placing it among the smaller districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 8 elementary, 2 middle schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Santa Clara County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $21,963 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the top 187 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 82.4% local, 12.6% state, and 5.0% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 59/100, ranked #511 of 1517 in California against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
and 14.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 44.1% Hispanic or Latino, 28.5% Asian, 16.6% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Sunnyvale Middle, with a diversity index of 72.8/100.
Its largest campus is Sunnyvale Middle, enrolling 1,053 students (18% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Fairwood Elementary, at 324 students, a 3x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Sunnyvale Middle accounts for 18.3% of all Sunnyvale student enrollment
That concentration means Sunnyvale-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: middle. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Sunnyvale school enrollment varies 3.3× across entities
Sunnyvale school enrollment ranges from 324 students (lowest) to 1,053 students (highest), a spread of 729 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Sunnyvale chronic absenteeism rate is 14.0% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.