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Cupertino Middle

Public Grades 6-8

74^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,761 California Middle Schools

Better than 97% of California middle schools

Summary

Cupertino Middle is a highly-rated public school serving about 1,067 students in grades 6-8 within the exceptional Cupertino Union School District in Sunnyvale, CA.

Academically, the school is outstanding, with over 77% of students proficient in math and 80% in English, far surpassing California state averages. It consistently earns 5-star ratings and ranks in the top 3% of all middle schools statewide. However, within its own elite district, it's important for parents to know that Cupertino Middle's test scores are the lowest among its peers, such as Joaquin Miller Middle and John F. Kennedy Middle. This is partly because it serves a student population with greater economic needs than most other schools in the district.

This context makes one of the school's greatest strengths even more impressive: its exceptional support for specific student groups. Cupertino Middle ranks in the top 10% statewide for its effectiveness with students from low-income families, English learners, and those in special education. While its chronic absenteeism rate is low compared to the state, it is slightly higher than some district peers, which may relate to performance differences. Ultimately, all schools in the Cupertino Union district, including Cupertino Middle, provide a world-class education that significantly outperforms nearby schools in other districts like Sunnyvale or Santa Clara Unified.

1,067

Students ?

18.0

Student/teacher ratio ?

$19,029

Per pupil spending ?

20.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1650 South Bernardo Ave.
Sunnyvale, CA 94087-5256

(408) 245-0303

District: Cupertino Union

Students who attend Cupertino Middle usually attend:

High:

Homestead High

Feeder schools for Cupertino Middle:

Elementary:	Chester W. Nimitz Elementary
	Louis E. Stocklmeir Elementary
	Montclaire Elementary
	West Valley Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Asian:

54.5%

White:

24.5%

Hispanic:

11.9%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 98th percentile in 2015 → 97th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the California average (79% vs 41% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 3% of California middle schools

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Near the bottom of Cupertino Union's ranking

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school79%

District avg82%

California avg41%

74^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Top 3%▬ steady since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

5^th of 5Middle Schools in the Cupertino Union

52^nd of 1,543Cupertino Union 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	97.2	74 of 2761	97.3%	★★★★★
2024	98.1	45 of 2783	98.4%	★★★★★
2023	97.7	67 of 2781	97.6%	★★★★★
2022	97.1	83 of 2740	97.0%	★★★★★
2021	96.9	31 of 894	96.5%	★★★★★
2019	97.0	72 of 2715	97.3%	★★★★★
2018	97.5	41 of 2480	98.3%	★★★★★
2017	97.7	41 of 2508	98.4%	★★★★★
2016	97.1	35 of 2497	98.6%	★★★★★
2015	96.5	58 of 2477	97.7%	★★★★★
2013	82.4	256 of 2379	89.2%	★★★★☆
2012	81.9	253 of 2259	88.8%	★★★★☆
2011	85.3	180 of 2236	91.9%	★★★★★
2010	86.6	159 of 2179	92.7%	★★★★★
2009	89.1	119 of 2063	94.2%	★★★★★
2008	92.8	59 of 2005	97.1%	★★★★★
2007	92.3	77 of 1999	96.1%	★★★★★
2006	94.5	49 of 1804	97.3%	★★★★★
2005	94.4	58 of 1777	96.7%	★★★★★
2004	95.8	40 of 1769	97.7%	★★★★★

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	81.5	98 of 739	86.7%	★★★★☆
2024	82.9	76 of 743	89.8%	★★★★☆
2023	80.2	103 of 715	85.6%	★★★★☆
2022	78.3	142 of 733	80.6%	★★★★☆
2019	81.6	85 of 745	88.6%	★★★★☆
2018	83.3	64 of 700	90.9%	★★★★★

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	91.4	76 of 1531	95.0%	★★★★★
2021	89.0	19 of 354	94.6%	★★★★★
2019	87.8	105 of 1491	93.0%	★★★★★
2018	95.3	39 of 1369	97.2%	★★★★★

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	96.4	24 of 1478	98.4%	★★★★★
2023	95.3	32 of 1521	97.9%	★★★★★
2022	96.4	22 of 1540	98.6%	★★★★★
2021	99.2	4 of 363	98.9%	★★★★★
2019	99.5	14 of 1442	99.0%	★★★★★
2018	98.6	24 of 1364	98.2%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	96.6	71 of 2533	97.2%	★★★★★
2024	97.3	51 of 2551	98.0%	★★★★★
2023	96.8	79 of 2531	96.9%	★★★★★
2022	96.3	93 of 2509	96.3%	★★★★★
2021	95.1	34 of 738	95.4%	★★★★★
2019	94.6	109 of 2380	95.4%	★★★★★
2018	96.5	47 of 2262	97.9%	★★★★★

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	61.7	718 of 2395	70.0%	★★★★☆
2024	53.8	889 of 2388	62.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	62.3	675 of 2374	71.6%	★★★★☆
2022	50.3	988 of 2359	58.1%	★★★☆☆
2019	71.7	461 of 2213	79.2%	★★★★☆
2018	70.5	437 of 2072	78.9%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	85.7	240 of 2542	90.6%	★★★★★
2024	86.4	241 of 2579	90.7%	★★★★★
2023	86.9	215 of 2531	91.5%	★★★★★
2022	87.1	184 of 2458	92.5%	★★★★★
2021	82.9	68 of 721	90.6%	★★★★★
2019	69.1	512 of 2369	78.4%	★★★★☆
2018	76.6	349 of 2230	84.3%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	96.8	83 of 2534	96.7%	★★★★★
2024	98.1	43 of 2552	98.3%	★★★★★
2023	97.7	59 of 2538	97.7%	★★★★★
2022	97.0	77 of 2527	97.0%	★★★★★
2021	97.5	28 of 763	96.3%	★★★★★
2019	97.8	48 of 2407	98.0%	★★★★★
2018	97.8	41 of 2273	98.2%	★★★★★

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	88.2	49 of 726	93.3%	★★★★★
2024	89.4	39 of 701	94.4%	★★★★★
2023	87.2	50 of 677	92.6%	★★★★★
2022	84.2	73 of 665	89.0%	★★★★☆
2019	78.7	97 of 554	82.5%	★★★★☆
2018	86.8	31 of 462	93.3%	★★★★★

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	90.4	92 of 1566	94.1%	★★★★★
2024	88.4	106 of 1552	93.2%	★★★★★
2023	79.4	173 of 1531	88.7%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	91.7	52 of 1520	96.6%	★★★★★
2024	91.7	52 of 1537	96.6%	★★★★★
2023	91.3	51 of 1543	96.7%	★★★★★
2022	89.8	79 of 1555	94.9%	★★★★★
2019	87.2	128 of 1602	92.0%	★★★★★
2018	89.8	67 of 1496	95.5%	★★★★★

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)

English Language Learner (2024)98th percentile~ school

Female (2025)97th percentile~ school

Male (2025)97th percentile~ school

White (2025)97th percentile~ school

Disabled (2022)95th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)94th percentile-3 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)93rd percentile-4 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)91st percentile-7 vs school

Asian (2025)87th percentile-11 vs school

Hispanic (2025)70th percentile-27 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy80%+32 vs state

Science78%+45 vs state

Mathematics77%+40 vs state

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What people are saying

by a parent
Thursday, January 11, 2024

Good: Students are generally nice and level headed.. there isnt much strutting or cliques going on at this school as far as we can see. Some teachers are nice.. choir, social sciences, science. Some teachers are bad.. especially newer math teacher. Students hate the teacher and the teacher is not very competent and there have been complaints against the teacher as well by parents and students.
Bad: The administration/principal seems very disinterested and not working towards improving the quality of education and the school. School rankings have dropped significantly in the last few years and there seems to be no effort to remediate this. Extended teacher absences are handled very badly with poor communications to students and parents. after school activities get canceled with no notification in the last minute leaving parents scrambling. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CSA Spanish Overall (2025)				CSA Spanish Listening (2025)				CSA Spanish Writing (2025)				CSA Spanish Reading (2025)				CAST Science (2025)		Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)				Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)				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	CSA Spanish Overall 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 8th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall All Grades	CSA Spanish Listening 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 8th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening All Grades	CSA Spanish Writing 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 8th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing All Grades	CSA Spanish Reading 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 8th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading All Grades	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Cupertino Middle	Public	6-8	1650 South Bernardo Ave.	Sunnyvale	94087	Santa Clara County	Cupertino Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 245-0303	1,067	59	18.0	20.9%	261 (24.5%)	8 (0.7%)	127 (11.9%)	582 (54.5%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	86 (8.1%)	97.2	74^th of 2761 public middle schools	97.3%		98.1	45^th of 2783 public middle schools	98.4%	29																	77.8	77.8	76.1	79.0	85.5	80.4	71.8	78.4	81.6	77.5	$19,029	$334	$18,695
Sunnyvale Middle	Public	6-8	1080 Mango Ave.	Sunnyvale	94087	Santa Clara County	Sunnyvale	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 522-8288	1,053	54	19.4	16.8%	271 (25.7%)	16 (1.5%)	283 (26.9%)	372 (35.3%)	11 (1.0%)	2 (0.2%)	98 (9.3%)	88.8	295^th of 2761 public middle schools	89.3%		86.4	359^th of 2783 public middle schools	87.1%	64																	64.2	64.2	63.6	65.3	67.9	65.6	61.8	61.3	61.5	61.5	$22,356	$1,157	$21,199
Sam H. Lawson Middle	Public	6-8	10401 Vista Dr.	Cupertino	95014	Santa Clara County	Cupertino Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 255-7500	841	44	19.3	15.2%	52 (6.2%)	6 (0.7%)	31 (3.7%)	703 (83.6%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	46 (5.5%)	98.9	18^th of 2761 public middle schools	99.3%		99.1	15^th of 2783 public middle schools	99.5%	3																	85.3	85.3	84.1	86.8	90.1	87.0	85.5	88.4	91.4	88.4	$18,636	$570	$18,066
John F. Kennedy Middle	Public	6-8	821 Bubb Rd.	Cupertino	95014	Santa Clara County	Cupertino Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 253-1525	880	41	21.4	15.7%	85 (9.7%)	2 (0.2%)	38 (4.3%)	698 (79.3%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.5%)	52 (5.9%)	99.3	9^th of 2761 public middle schools	99.7%		99.5	8^th of 2783 public middle schools	99.7%	1																	79.1	79.1	92.0	91.8	89.5	91.0	90.3	91.3	90.5	90.7	$17,285	$256	$17,029
Georgina P. Blach Junior High	Public	7-8	1120 Covington Rd.	Los Altos	94024	Santa Clara County	Los Altos Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 934-3800	388	22	17.5	4.4%	139 (35.8%)	1 (0.3%)	22 (5.7%)	165 (42.5%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	57 (14.7%)	99.1	15^th of 2761 public middle schools	99.5%		99.1	16^th of 2783 public middle schools	99.4%	1																	83.5	83.5		89.8	86.5	88.1		92.0	89.6	90.8	$25,635	$395	$25,240
Marian A. Peterson Middle	Public	6-8	1380 Rosalia Ave.	Sunnyvale	94087	Santa Clara County	Santa Clara Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 423-2800	759	36	21.3	22.0%	123 (16.2%)	8 (1.1%)	229 (30.2%)	350 (46.1%)	5 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	43 (5.7%)	87.9	314^th of 2761 public middle schools	88.6%		88.6	307^th of 2783 public middle schools	89.0%	7																	55.0	55.0	65.6	70.0	66.4	67.3	63.6	59.6	53.4	58.8	$28,128	$1,177	$26,951
Isaac Newton Graham Middle	Public	6-8	1175 Castro St.	Mountain View	94040	Santa Clara County	Mountain View Whisman	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(650) 965-9292	860	49	17.5	26.3%	203 (23.6%)	5 (0.6%)	338 (39.3%)	204 (23.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.3%)	107 (12.4%)	84.4	383^rd of 2761 public middle schools	86.1%		83.3	412^th of 2783 public middle schools	85.2%	29																	54.5	54.5	62.5	63.1	60.5	62.0	56.4	57.5	58.3	57.4	$25,440	$1,527	$23,913
Warren E. Hyde Middle	Public	6-8	19325 Bollinger Rd.	Cupertino	95014	Santa Clara County	Cupertino Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 252-6290	800	40	19.9	26.3%	93 (11.6%)	3 (0.4%)	95 (11.9%)	550 (68.8%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	56 (7.0%)	97.9	54^th of 2761 public middle schools	98.0%		97.7	68^th of 2783 public middle schools	97.6%	14																	71.1	71.1	84.8	82.5	83.5	83.6	83.0	77.1	75.4	78.5	$21,110	$829	$20,281
Joaquin Miller Middle	Public	6-8	6151 Rainbow Dr.	San Jose	95129	Santa Clara County	Cupertino Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 252-3755	1,067	51	20.8	13.5%	50 (4.7%)	3 (0.3%)	23 (2.2%)	908 (85.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	82 (7.7%)	99.3	11^th of 2761 public middle schools	99.6%		99.6	6^th of 2783 public middle schools	99.8%	5																	86.1	86.1	89.0	91.2	89.0	89.8	92.8	92.8	91.0	92.3	$17,178	$234	$16,944
Columbia Middle	Public	6-8	739 Morse Ave.	Sunnyvale	94085	Santa Clara County	Sunnyvale	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 522-8247	697	41	16.9	30.3%	107 (15.4%)	6 (0.9%)	376 (53.9%)	122 (17.5%)	20 (2.9%)	14 (2.0%)	50 (7.2%)	42.4	1412^th of 2761 public middle schools	48.9%		39.5	1480^th of 2783 public middle schools	46.8%	68	12.5	11.8	9.8	11.2	15.6	17.7	22.0	18.7	18.8	17.7	7.3	14.0	12.5	8.8	17.1	13.1	27.2	27.2	40.0	41.0	36.5	39.2	31.6	34.5	30.0	32.1	$24,718	$1,708	$23,010

Frequently Asked Questions about Cupertino Middle

What district is Cupertino Middle in?

Cupertino Union

What high school do graduates of Cupertino Middle attend?

Students who attend Cupertino Middle usually go on to attend Homestead High

What is the racial makeup of Cupertino Middle?

Students at Cupertino Middle are 55% Asian, 24% White, 12% Hispanic, 8% Two or more races.

How many students attend Cupertino Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,067 students attended Cupertino Middle.

Is Cupertino Middle a good school?

Yes! Cupertino Middle is one of the best middle schools in the state. It ranks 74^th of 2761 California middle schools.

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