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Fairwood Elementary

Sunnyvale Sunnyvale Santa Clara County 94089
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
642 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
321 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
19:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
33%
Teachers
17 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 34.0%
White 18.7%
Asian 22.7%
Black 2.8%
Other 21.8%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Fairwood Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard34.9%
Met Standard22.8%
Below Standard42.3%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "58% proficient" for Fairwood Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

34.9% of students exceeded standard while 22.8% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 14.0 points above the state average of 21.0%. That's 2.5 points above the Sunnyvale district average of 32.5%. Compared to the 12 nearby schools within ~3 miles, this exceeded rate is 11.3 points higher (vs 23.7% average). The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Students here improve by 14.1 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 6.2%, better than the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
34.9%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
57.7%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+14.1pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
6.2%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.3%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
642
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 50 30.0% 12.0% 28.0% 30.0% 42.0%
4th 60 38.3% 30.0% 16.7% 15.0% 68.3%
5th 49 40.8% 26.5% 16.3% 16.3% 67.3%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 51 31.4% 15.7% 25.5% 27.4% 47.1%
4th 61 31.1% 39.3% 22.9% 6.6% 70.5%
5th 50 38.0% 12.0% 24.0% 26.0% 50.0%