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Cherry Chase Elementary

Public K-5

 1138 Heatherstone Way
       Sunnyvale, CA  94087-1620

(408) 522-8200

District: Sunnyvale

SchoolDigger Rank:
159th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $10,973 Help


Students who attend Cherry Chase Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Sunnyvale Middle
High:    Homestead High

Student/teacher ratio:  20.4 Help
Number of students:  604

Racial breakdown:

Asian:
57.1%
White:
23.8%
Two or more races:
9.3%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  8.8% Help


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Compare Details Cherry Chase Elementary ranks better than 97.3% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks first among 8 ranked elementary schools in the Sunnyvale School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 97.06. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Asian (57.1%), White (23.8%), two or more races (9.3%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 8.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the lowest percentage in the Sunnyvale School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Cherry Chase Elementary is 20.4. 5 elementary schools in the Sunnyvale School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Cherry Chase Elementary is $10,973, which is the lowest among 8 elementary schools in the Sunnyvale School District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Cherry Chase Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Cherry Chase Elementary 159th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Cherry Chase Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Female students:
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Sunnyvale:

SchoolDigger ranks Sunnyvale 492nd of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Cherry Chase Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Cherry Chase Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 94.68 250th 4809 94.8%
2005 94.93 228th 4822 95.3%
2006 96.69 126th 4818 97.4%
2007 91.11 458th 5113 91.0%
2008 91.97 372nd 5113 92.7%
2009 91.72 369th 5193 92.9%
2010 90.94 391st 5314 92.6%
2011 94.26 168th 5377 96.9%
2012 89.05 486th 5390 91.0%
2013 91.14 389th 5530 93.0%
2015 98.23 80th 5611 98.6%
2016 97.07 150th 5614 97.3%
2017 96.84 192nd 5692 96.6%
2018 95.93 223rd 5662 96.1%
2019 96.23 203rd 5789 96.5%
2022 97.87 112th 5883 98.1%
2023 97.33 162nd 5874 97.2%
2024 97.06 159th 5862 97.3%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Cherry Chase Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 75.77 71st 339 79.1%
2019 76.74 84th 445 81.1%
2022 82.36 71st 610 88.4%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Cherry Chase Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 77.97 389th 3246 88.0%
2019 77.76 356th 3275 89.1%
2023 91.44 119th 3250 96.3%
2024 78.20 262nd 3160 91.7%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Cherry Chase Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 89.22 390th 5264 92.6%
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Rank History for Female students at Cherry Chase Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 94.46 254th 5413 95.3%
2019 96.43 133rd 5492 97.6%
2022 97.41 105th 5635 98.1%
2023 97.24 113th 5617 98.0%
2024 97.12 104th 5605 98.1%
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Rank History for Male students at Cherry Chase Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 96.01 192nd 5431 96.5%
2019 95.10 242nd 5510 95.6%
2022 97.08 142nd 5663 97.5%
2023 96.04 222nd 5650 96.1%
2024 95.27 250th 5636 95.6%
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Rank History for Asian students at Cherry Chase Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 76.97 215th 1071 79.9%
2019 78.29 170th 1149 85.2%
2022 77.98 201st 1154 82.6%
2023 77.32 216th 1190 81.8%
2024 74.46 312th 1203 74.1%
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Rank History for White students at Cherry Chase Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 65.46 988th 2737 63.9%
2019 69.18 861st 2834 69.6%
2022 88.78 151st 2726 94.5%
2023 82.90 309th 2662 88.4%
2024 83.68 291st 2647 89.0%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Data source: California Department of Education

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by a parent
Thursday, March 26, 2020

Open Quote Sad at Covid19: Hi all, I am saddened by how Cherry Chase Elementary School in Sunnyvale has no real tangible plan to teach our children during this crisis. A bunch of checklists, 1 hour of zoom per week, and online office hours is not teaching. In times of crisis, we need our teachers to be at their best and not be satisfied with just doing the minimum. My wife and I both work in health care. Everyday we have to choose to help either our community or our children. I was hoping that our children's teachers would be able to provide the education for our kids to learn and grow from and I wouldn't have to choose between community and family. I plead with Cherry Chase Elementary and Gloria Marchant to do the right thing by our children. Cherry Chase and their teachers will be judged by how they supported their children during Covid19 and not by past accolades. Close Quote



Enrollment information for Cherry Chase Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 302 20 90 67 1 n/a n/a 0 480
1989 300 35 86 64 5 n/a n/a 0 490
1990 326 42 87 80 9 n/a n/a 0 544
1991 321 34 108 76 4 n/a n/a 0 543
1992 297 50 105 101 2 n/a n/a 0 555
1993 284 51 100 88 3 n/a n/a 0 526
1994 252 31 104 94 2 n/a n/a 0 483
1995 218 20 65 67 0 n/a n/a 0 370
1996 218 20 65 67 0 n/a n/a 0 370
1997 241 21 85 77 0 n/a n/a 0 424
1998 254 21 97 71 1 n/a n/a 0 444
1999 228 15 94 41 0 n/a n/a 0 378
2000 201 5 101 36 2 n/a n/a 0 345
2001 188 7 93 26 9 n/a n/a 24 347
2002 216 4 144 25 4 n/a n/a 9 402
2003 216 4 144 25 4 n/a n/a 9 402
2004 212 2 155 42 3 n/a n/a 25 439
2005 207 6 192 30 5 n/a n/a 24 464
2006 218 3 250 33 1 n/a n/a 0 505
2007 239 5 299 47 1 n/a n/a 3 594
2008 226 6 351 62 1 n/a n/a 0 646
2009 216 6 390 45 0 0 10 0 667
2010 224 6 459 51 2 0 7 0 749
2011 226 10 456 54 2 1 30 0 779
2012 235 7 451 58 1 0 61 0 813
2013 252 9 474 44 4 1 68 0 852
2014 248 5 501 31 2 1 82 0 870
2015 247 4 505 27 3 0 85 0 871
2016 250 1 488 16 3 0 94 0 852
2017 228 4 463 15 1 0 134 0 845
2018 228 2 504 16 1 1 108 0 860
2019 217 3 509 27 0 1 78 0 835
2020 207 4 470 28 2 1 61 0 773
2021 168 4 409 35 2 1 58 0 677
2022 154 2 366 41 3 0 49 0 615
2023 144 2 345 53 4 0 56 0 604

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Cherry Chase Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 480 22.0 21.8 n/a
1989 490 21.0 23.3 n/a
1990 544 23.0 23.6 n/a
1991 543 24.0 22.6 n/a
1992 555 24.4 22.7 27.4
1993 526 22.0 23.9 32.1
1994 483 20.0 24.1 28.4
1995 370 14.8 25.0 24.6
1996 370 14.8 25.0 24.6
1997 424 18.9 22.4 20.3
1998 444 19.4 22.9 18.2
1999 378 19.0 19.9 10.3
2000 345 17.6 19.6 7.8
2001 347 16.5 21.0 6.5
2002 402 21.0 19.1 4.1
2003 402 21.0 19.1 4.1
2004 439 21.0 20.9 10.9
2005 464 22.0 21.1 6.4
2006 505 25.0 20.2 3.4
2007 594 30.0 19.8 7.4
2008 646 33.0 19.6 8.7
2009 667 33.0 19.6 6.1
2010 749 36.0 20.8 5.2
2011 779 n/a n/a 5
2012 813 34.0 23.9 n/a
2013 852 33.4 25.5 4.5
2014 870 34.4 25.2 3.6
2015 871 34.0 25.6 3.2
2016 852 34.0 25.0 2.5
2017 845 35.0 24.1 1.7
2018 860 33.0 26.0 4.2
2019 835 34.0 24.5 4.2
2020 773 n/a n/a 4.4
2021 677 31.3 21.5 4.6
2022 615 28.5 21.5 7.5
2023 604 29.5 20.4 8.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Cherry Chase Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 480 22.0 21.8 n/a
1989 490 21.0 23.3 n/a
1990 544 23.0 23.6 n/a
1991 543 24.0 22.6 n/a
1992 555 24.4 22.7 27.4
1993 526 22.0 23.9 32.1
1994 483 20.0 24.1 28.4
1995 370 14.8 25.0 24.6
1996 370 14.8 25.0 24.6
1997 424 18.9 22.4 20.3
1998 444 19.4 22.9 18.2
1999 378 19.0 19.9 10.3
2000 345 17.6 19.6 7.8
2001 347 16.5 21.0 6.5
2002 402 21.0 19.1 4.1
2003 402 21.0 19.1 4.1
2004 439 21.0 20.9 10.9
2005 464 22.0 21.1 6.4
2006 505 25.0 20.2 3.4
2007 594 30.0 19.8 7.4
2008 646 33.0 19.6 8.7
2009 667 33.0 19.6 6.1
2010 749 36.0 20.8 5.2
2011 779 n/a n/a 5
2012 813 34.0 23.9 n/a
2013 852 33.4 25.5 4.5
2014 870 34.4 25.2 3.6
2015 871 34.0 25.6 3.2
2016 852 34.0 25.0 2.5
2017 845 35.0 24.1 1.7
2018 860 33.0 26.0 4.2
2019 835 34.0 24.5 4.2
2020 773 n/a n/a 4.4
2021 677 31.3 21.5 4.6
2022 615 28.5 21.5 7.5
2023 604 29.5 20.4 8.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

Kindergarten Immunization Rates

Cherry Chase Elementary

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YearCompletely ImmunizedReligious ExemptionMedical ExemptionConditionalPolioHepatitis BVaricellaDTPMMR
201293.0%1.0%0.0%7.0%96.0%98.0%98.0%97.0%97.0%
201396.0%0.0%0.0%4.0%100.0%98.0%100.0%100.0%97.0%
201491.0%1.0%1.0%8.0%95.0%98.0%97.0%95.0%97.0%
201599.0%0.0%0.0%1.0%99.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%99.0%
201698.0%0.0%0.0%2.0%100.0%100.0%99.0%100.0%99.0%
2017≥99.0%≤1.0%≤1.0%≤1.0%≥99.0%≥99.0%≥99.0%≥99.0%≥99.0%
201898.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%≥99.0%≥99.0%≥99.0%≥99.0%≥99.0%
201998.0%0.0%1.0%≥99.0%≥99.0%≥99.0%≥99.0%≥99.0%
202196.1%1.3%1.3%97.4%97.4%

Data source: California Department of Public Health
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Cherry Chase Elementary

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $10,973

Data source: California Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Cherry Chase Elementary

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
Ranks 203rd of 5789 Elementary schoolsRanks 162nd of 5874 Elementary schools
 0.7%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 % proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Cherry Chase Elementary)75.282.2
 7%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Sunnyvale)5956.4
 2.5%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)48.543
 5.6%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Cherry Chase Elementary)85.886.8
 1%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Sunnyvale)63.956.9
 7%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (California)50.245.1
 5.1%
4th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Cherry Chase Elementary)76.578.1
 1.7%
   4th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Sunnyvale)62.754.7
 8.1%
   4th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.543.7
 5.7%
4th Grade Mathematics (Cherry Chase Elementary)83.383.8
 0.5%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Sunnyvale)60.251.4
 8.8%
   4th Grade Mathematics (California)44.940.8
 4.1%
5th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Cherry Chase Elementary)90.481
 9.4%
   5th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Sunnyvale)66.957.5
 9.5%
   5th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.746.7
 5%
5th Grade Mathematics (Cherry Chase Elementary)87.179.4
 7.6%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Sunnyvale)56.444.9
 11.5%
   5th Grade Mathematics (California)3833.4
 4.6%
5th Grade Science (Cherry Chase Elementary)80.378.4
 1.9%
   5th Grade Science (Sunnyvale)49.946.1
 3.8%
   5th Grade Science (California)31.731.9
 0.1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
Total Students835604
 27.7%
African American32
 33.3%
American Indian04
Asian509345
 32.2%
Hispanic2753
 96.3%
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White217144
 33.6%
Two or More Races7856
 28.2%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients4.2%8.8%
 4.6%

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Frequently Asked Questions about Cherry Chase Elementary

Yes! Cherry Chase Elementary is one of the best elementary schools in the state. It ranks 159th of 5862 California elementary schools.

Students who attend Cherry Chase Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Sunnyvale Middle
High : Homestead High

Students at Cherry Chase Elementary are 57% Asian, 24% White, 9% Two or more races, 9% Hispanic.

In the 2022-23 school year, 604 students attended Cherry Chase Elementary.


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