Best Public Schools in Zip Code 94086

Summary:

The 94086 zip code area in Sunnyvale, California is home to 4 elementary schools: Ellis Elementary, Ponderosa Elementary, Vargas Elementary, and Braly Elementary. These schools serve students from the Sunnyvale and Santa Clara Unified school districts.

Among the schools, Ponderosa Elementary and Braly Elementary stand out with their strong academic performance. Ponderosa Elementary is ranked 1270 out of 5,862 California elementary schools and has a 4-star rating, consistently outperforming the district and state averages in English Language Arts and Mathematics. Braly Elementary is ranked 1709 and also has a 4-star rating, with particularly strong performance in English Language Arts.

In contrast, Vargas Elementary lags behind the other schools in the area, with significantly lower proficiency rates in both English Language Arts and Mathematics. Additionally, Vargas Elementary has the highest chronic absenteeism rate at 23.0%, while Ponderosa Elementary has the lowest at 15.7%. These performance disparities suggest the need for further investigation and targeted interventions to address the underlying factors contributing to the differences in academic outcomes among the schools in the 94086 zip code area.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				CAST Science (2024)		Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2024)				Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2024)				% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2018)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science End of Course	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy End of Course	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics End of Course	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	Total
Braly Elementary	Public	K-5	675 Gail Ave.	Sunnyvale	94086	Santa Clara County	Santa Clara Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 423-1000	352	19	18.1	41.8%	51 (14.5%)	3 (0.9%)	128 (36.4%)	140 (39.8%)	3 (0.9%)	3 (0.9%)	24 (6.8%)	67.4	1709^th of 5862 public elementary schools	70.8%		82.7	1067^th of 5874 public elementary schools	81.8%	642	34.7	34.7	52.0	59.6	51.3	54.6	50.0	57.4	42.9	50.3	94.7	97.3	96.0	97.3	$11,119
Ponderosa Elementary	Public	K-5	804 Ponderosa Ave.	Sunnyvale	94086	Santa Clara County	Santa Clara Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 423-4000	501	23	22.0	31.5%	95 (19.0%)	6 (1.2%)	156 (31.1%)	226 (45.1%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	14 (2.8%)	77.4	1270^th of 5862 public elementary schools	78.3%		80.2	1164^th of 5874 public elementary schools	80.2%	106	43.0	43.0	60.2	59.2	57.7	59.1	64.4	65.8	43.8	58.1					$9,209
Vargas Elementary	Public	K-5	1054 Carson Dr.	Sunnyvale	94086	Santa Clara County	Sunnyvale	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 522-8267	411	21	19.3	36.5%	76 (18.5%)	4 (1.0%)	213 (51.8%)	74 (18.0%)	10 (2.4%)	3 (0.7%)	31 (7.5%)	36.6	3387^th of 5862 public elementary schools	42.2%		36.8	3366^th of 5874 public elementary schools	42.7%	21	20.6	20.6	41.1	28.8	42.4	37.4	40.0	25.8	30.7	32.1					$14,324
Ellis Elementary	Public	K-5	550 East Olive Ave.	Sunnyvale	94086	Santa Clara County	Sunnyvale	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 522-8260	695	30	23.1	27.9%	87 (12.5%)	13 (1.9%)	244 (35.1%)	297 (42.7%)	3 (0.4%)	5 (0.7%)	46 (6.6%)	73.5	1429^th of 5862 public elementary schools	75.6%		69.6	1597^th of 5874 public elementary schools	72.8%	168	46.9	46.9	59.5	58.0	56.5	58.0	56.5	53.2	43.0	51.0					$12,408

Cities Near Zip Code 94086

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Sunnyvale	0.6 mi	21	168^th
Santa Clara	1.94 mi	24	211^th
Mountain View	2.61 mi	15	166^th
Los Altos	3.16 mi	12	11^th
Cupertino	3.26 mi	13	12^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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