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Cherry Chase Elementary

Public Grades K-5

77^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 99% of California elementary schools

Summary

Cherry Chase Elementary is a top-performing K-5 public school in Sunnyvale, serving about 622 students and consistently ranking among the very best elementary schools in California.

The school's academic results are exceptional, with over 83% of students proficient in math and 87% in English, far exceeding both Sunnyvale district and state averages. This high performance has been remarkably stable for over a decade. The school also excels in supporting all students, including English language learners, and maintains a very low chronic absenteeism rate of just 6.3%, which is strongly linked to academic success. Interestingly, Cherry Chase achieves these top-tier results without the highest per-student spending in the area, suggesting very efficient use of its resources.

When compared to nearby schools, Cherry Chase is part of a cluster of elite elementary schools in the area, including Cumberland Elementary and Oak Avenue Elementary, which all show similar patterns of high achievement and low absenteeism. However, performance can vary significantly even between close neighbors, as seen with Vargas Elementary just over a mile away, highlighting that school-level factors like leadership and teaching are crucial. For families, Cherry Chase represents a consistently excellent public school option with a proven track record of success.

622

Students ?

20.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$21,898

Per pupil spending ?

7.2%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1138 Heatherstone Way
Sunnyvale, CA 94087-1620

(408) 522-8200

District: Sunnyvale

Students who attend Cherry Chase Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Sunnyvale Middle
High:	Homestead High

Racial breakdown:

Asian:

54.7%

White:

23.8%

Hispanic:

10.6%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 93rd percentile in 2013 → 99th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the California average (84% vs 41% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 1% of California elementary schools

✓Ranking is trending up — up 6 percentile points since 2013

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school84%

District avg53%

California avg41%

77^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Top 1%▬ steady since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 8Elementary Schools in the Sunnyvale

461^st of 1,543Sunnyvale among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	97.9	77 of 5857	98.7%	★★★★★
2024	97.1	159 of 5869	97.3%	★★★★★
2023	97.3	161 of 5859	97.3%	★★★★★
2022	97.9	112 of 5883	98.1%	★★★★★
2019	96.2	203 of 5789	96.5%	★★★★★
2018	95.9	223 of 5662	96.1%	★★★★★
2017	96.8	192 of 5692	96.6%	★★★★★
2016	97.1	150 of 5614	97.3%	★★★★★
2015	98.2	80 of 5611	98.6%	★★★★★
2013	91.1	389 of 5530	93.0%	★★★★★
2012	89.1	486 of 5390	91.0%	★★★★★
2011	94.3	168 of 5377	96.9%	★★★★★
2010	90.9	391 of 5314	92.6%	★★★★★
2009	91.7	369 of 5193	92.9%	★★★★★
2008	92.0	372 of 5113	92.7%	★★★★★
2007	91.1	458 of 5113	91.0%	★★★★★
2006	96.7	126 of 4818	97.4%	★★★★★
2005	94.9	228 of 4822	95.3%	★★★★★
2004	94.7	250 of 4809	94.8%	★★★★★

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	80.9	142 of 1203	88.2%	★★★★☆
2024	74.5	312 of 1205	74.1%	★★★★☆
2023	77.3	216 of 1190	81.8%	★★★★☆
2022	78.0	201 of 1154	82.6%	★★★★☆
2019	78.3	170 of 1149	85.2%	★★★★☆
2018	77.0	215 of 1071	79.9%	★★★★☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	78.2	262 of 3162	91.7%	★★★★★
2023	91.4	119 of 3245	96.3%	★★★★★
2019	77.8	356 of 3275	89.1%	★★★★☆
2018	78.0	389 of 3246	88.0%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	98.0	39 of 5597	99.3%	★★★★★
2024	97.1	104 of 5612	98.1%	★★★★★
2023	97.2	113 of 5609	98.0%	★★★★★
2022	97.4	105 of 5635	98.1%	★★★★★
2019	96.4	133 of 5492	97.6%	★★★★★
2018	94.5	254 of 5413	95.3%	★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	89.2	390 of 5264	92.6%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	96.4	162 of 5628	97.1%	★★★★★
2024	95.3	250 of 5643	95.6%	★★★★★
2023	96.0	221 of 5638	96.1%	★★★★★
2022	97.1	142 of 5663	97.5%	★★★★★
2019	95.1	242 of 5510	95.6%	★★★★★
2018	96.0	192 of 5431	96.5%	★★★★★

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	82.4	71 of 610	88.4%	★★★★☆
2019	76.7	84 of 445	81.1%	★★★★☆
2018	75.8	71 of 339	79.1%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	89.2	102 of 2598	96.1%	★★★★★
2024	83.7	291 of 2651	89.0%	★★★★☆
2023	82.9	309 of 2661	88.4%	★★★★☆
2022	88.8	151 of 2726	94.5%	★★★★★
2019	69.2	861 of 2834	69.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	65.5	988 of 2737	63.9%	★★★☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Female (2025)99th percentile~ school

Male (2025)97th percentile~ school

White (2025)96th percentile-3 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2022)93rd percentile-6 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)92nd percentile-6 vs school

Multi-racial (2022)88th percentile-10 vs school

Asian (2025)88th percentile-10 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy87%+38 vs state

Mathematics84%+46 vs state

Science76%+43 vs state

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by a parent
Thursday, March 26, 2020

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

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)		Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)					Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)					% Completely Immunized (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
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 (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	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 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Cherry Chase Elementary	Public	K-5	1138 Heatherstone Way	Sunnyvale	94087	Santa Clara County	Sunnyvale	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 522-8200	622	30	20.5	7.2%	148 (23.8%)	3 (0.5%)	66 (10.6%)	340 (54.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	63 (10.1%)	97.9	77^th of 5857 public elementary schools	98.7%		97.1	159^th of 5869 public elementary schools	97.3%	82	75.5	75.5	87.7	85.9	87.8		87.2	84.8	82.9	83.0		83.7		$21,898	$2,874	$19,024
Cumberland Elementary	Public	K-5	824 Cumberland Ave.	Sunnyvale	94087	Santa Clara County	Sunnyvale	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 522-8255	586	31	19.0	9.7%	192 (32.8%)	6 (1.0%)	86 (14.7%)	243 (41.5%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.7%)	53 (9.0%)	96.4	203^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	96.5%		96.3	241^st of 5869 public elementary schools	95.9%	38	76.2	76.2	71.4	80.2	85.9		79.8	82.1	80.4	78.2		80.1		$22,365	$1,398	$20,967
Oak Avenue Elementary	Public	K-6	1501 Oak Ave.	Los Altos	94024	Santa Clara County	Los Altos Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 237-3900	334	17	20.0	2.7%	105 (31.4%)	2 (0.6%)	24 (7.2%)	162 (48.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	40 (12.0%)	98.4	39^th of 5857 public elementary schools	99.3%		98.8	33^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	99.4%	6	88.2	88.2	85.7	80.4	90.2	88.0	86.2	91.8	83.0	86.3	94.0	88.8		$23,057	$297	$22,760
Vargas Elementary	Public	K-5	1054 Carson Dr.	Sunnyvale	94086	Santa Clara County	Sunnyvale	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 522-8267	435	24	17.9	29.2%	46 (10.6%)	6 (1.4%)	259 (59.5%)	87 (20.0%)	3 (0.7%)	2 (0.5%)	32 (7.4%)	25.2	4381^st of 5857 public elementary schools	25.2%		36.6	3393^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	42.2%	988	18.2	18.2	30.8	35.0	26.6		30.7	39.6	26.2	15.2		26.1		$27,612	$1,774	$25,838
Amy Imai Elementary	Public	K-5	253 Martens Ave.	Mountain View	94040	Santa Clara County	Mountain View Whisman	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 526-3490	388	18	21.4	11.1%	99 (25.5%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (13.4%)	176 (45.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	59 (15.2%)	97.6	106^th of 5857 public elementary schools	98.2%		96.8	186^th of 5869 public elementary schools	96.8%	80	82.3	82.3	81.5	83.9	87.1		84.2	85.1	79.0	85.5		83.3		$24,291	$1,448	$22,843
Benjamin Bubb Elementary	Public	K-5	525 Hans Ave.	Mountain View	94040	Santa Clara County	Mountain View Whisman	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 526-3480	312	18	17.2	17.3%	89 (28.5%)	0 (0.0%)	67 (21.5%)	104 (33.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (16.7%)	92.7	490^th of 5857 public elementary schools	91.6%		93.6	466^th of 5869 public elementary schools	92.1%	24	71.4	71.4	72.2	74.2	76.6		74.2	70.2	69.2	77.6		71.9		$28,723	$1,714	$27,009
Chester W. Nimitz Elementary	Public	K-5	545 East Cheyenne Dr.	Sunnyvale	94087	Santa Clara County	Cupertino Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 736-2180	350	16	21.8	50.6%	46 (13.1%)	10 (2.9%)	134 (38.3%)	122 (34.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	37 (10.6%)	73.8	1431^st of 5857 public elementary schools	75.6%		80.8	1124^th of 5869 public elementary schools	80.8%	307	38.4	38.4	58.5	59.0	55.7		57.4	69.1	64.3	48.0		58.8	96.3	$17,978	$1,147	$16,831
Edith Landels Elementary	Public	K-5	115 West Dana St.	Mountain View	94041	Santa Clara County	Mountain View Whisman	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 526-3520	399	19	21.0	21.1%	112 (28.1%)	5 (1.3%)	131 (32.8%)	106 (26.6%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	43 (10.8%)	89	712^th of 5857 public elementary schools	87.8%		92	575^th of 5869 public elementary schools	90.2%	137	58.9	58.9	74.3	70.6	75.0		73.2	67.1	63.2	60.7		63.9		$24,021	$1,456	$22,565
West Valley Elementary	Public	K-5	1635 Belleville Way	Sunnyvale	94087	Santa Clara County	Cupertino Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 245-0148	422	21	20.1	15.9%	109 (25.8%)	1 (0.2%)	25 (5.9%)	236 (55.9%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (11.6%)	96.4	206^th of 5857 public elementary schools	96.5%		92.4	545^th of 5869 public elementary schools	90.7%	339	72.0	72.0	78.2	79.2	78.8		78.8	87.5	77.8	84.2		82.7	93.0	$19,049	$477	$18,572
Ellis Elementary	Public	K-5	550 East Olive Ave.	Sunnyvale	94086	Santa Clara County	Sunnyvale	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 522-8260	768	36	21.5	24.6%	90 (11.7%)	9 (1.2%)	314 (40.9%)	305 (39.7%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.3%)	45 (5.9%)	69.1	1644^th of 5857 public elementary schools	71.9%		73.5	1432^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	75.6%	212	43.6	43.6	51.8	59.8	50.8		53.9	54.8	55.1	47.6		52.3		$22,501	$1,064	$21,437

Frequently Asked Questions about Cherry Chase Elementary

What is the racial makeup of Cherry Chase Elementary?

Students at Cherry Chase Elementary are 55% Asian, 24% White, 11% Hispanic, 10% Two or more races.

Is Cherry Chase Elementary a good school?

Yes! Cherry Chase Elementary is one of the best elementary schools in the state. It ranks 77^th of 5857 California elementary schools.

What district is Cherry Chase Elementary in?

Sunnyvale

How many students attend Cherry Chase Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 622 students attended Cherry Chase Elementary.

What schools do graduates of Cherry Chase Elementary attend?

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

Middle : Sunnyvale Middle
High : Homestead High

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