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Top 10 Elementary Schools in Sunnyvale, California

The highest-scoring elementary schools in Sunnyvale based on our 6-dimension composite analysis of 2025 CAASPP data (state average: 45.5).

What separates the top from the rest: The top 3 schools average 61.8% Exceeded Standard, compared to 28.4% for the bottom 3 on this list. The exceeded rate — not just the met rate — is the clearest differentiator between good and great schools.

# School County Score Exceeded Met+ Absent Susp.
1 Cherry Chase Elementary
Sunnyvale
 Santa Clara 77.1 68.8% 85.4% 6.3% 0.0%
2 Cumberland Elementary
Sunnyvale
 Santa Clara 73.9 57.7% 79.8% 3.4% 0.8%
3 West Valley Elementary
Cupertino Union
 Santa Clara 73.0 59.0% 80.9% 4.7% 0.2%
4 Louis E. Stocklmeir Elementary
Cupertino Union
 Santa Clara 70.0 50.1% 75.1% 5.8% 0.1%
5 Ponderosa Elementary
Santa Clara Unified
 Santa Clara 63.2 45.5% 66.7% 8.0% 0.0%
6 Fairwood Elementary
Sunnyvale
 Santa Clara 62.3 34.9% 57.7% 6.2% 0.3%
7 Braly Elementary
Santa Clara Unified
 Santa Clara 58.5 31.7% 56.5% 13.6% 0.2%
8 Chester W. Nimitz Elementary
Cupertino Union
 Santa Clara 54.5 35.5% 58.8% 11.6% 1.3%
9 Ellis Elementary
Sunnyvale
 Santa Clara 53.4 32.1% 53.3% 15.4% 0.5%
10 Lakewood Elementary
Sunnyvale
 Santa Clara 48.8 17.6% 37.0% 11.0% 0.5%

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