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L. P. Collins Elementary

Public Grades K-5

397^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 93% of California elementary schools

Summary

L. P. Collins Elementary is a highly-rated K-5 public school serving 498 students in the top-tier Cupertino Union School District, consistently earning 5-star ratings and performing well above California state averages in English, Math, and Science.

When compared to other schools in its exceptional district, Collins is a solid, middle-tier performer. It academically outpaces neighbors like Chester W. Nimitz Elementary and Garden Gate Elementary, but trails top-ranked schools such as William Faria Elementary and John Muir Elementary. A notable strength is its exceptional, state-leading effectiveness in teaching English Language Learner students. However, the school's statewide ranking has declined in recent years, and test scores, particularly in Science and in the upper grades, are below the district average.

The school serves a more economically diverse population than some nearby schools and maintains a low chronic absenteeism rate, though it is slightly higher than the district's top performers. While spending per student is in the mid-range for the area, the variation in outcomes among nearby schools suggests factors beyond funding, like instructional practices, influence performance. Overall, Collins remains a strong school in a premier district, with clear strengths and some areas for growth relative to its peers.

498

Students ?

21.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$17,719

Per pupil spending ?

17.1%

Free/discounted lunch ?

10300 Blaney Ave.
Cupertino, CA 95014-2332

(408) 252-6002

District: Cupertino Union

Students who attend L. P. Collins Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Sam H. Lawson Middle
High:	Cupertino High

Racial breakdown:

Asian:

76.5%

Two or more races:

9.0%

White:

6.8%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 100th percentile in 2015 → 93rd in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the California average (75% vs 41% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 7% of California elementary schools

Worth a look

!Ranking has slipped — down 7 percentile points since 2015

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

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school75%

District avg82%

California avg41%

397^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Top 7%▼ down 6 pts since 2015

From top 1% (2015) to top 7% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

13^th of 18Elementary 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	94.0	397 of 5857	93.2%	★★★★★
2024	96.9	176 of 5869	97.0%	★★★★★
2023	98.5	53 of 5859	99.1%	★★★★★
2022	98.7	40 of 5883	99.3%	★★★★★
2021	98.1	26 of 1417	98.2%	★★★★★
2019	98.1	63 of 5789	98.9%	★★★★★
2018	98.3	44 of 5662	99.2%	★★★★★
2017	98.5	46 of 5692	99.2%	★★★★★
2016	98.4	34 of 5614	99.4%	★★★★★
2015	99.0	18 of 5611	99.7%	★★★★★
2013	97.3	13 of 5530	99.8%	★★★★★
2012	96.1	34 of 5390	99.4%	★★★★★
2011	96.2	55 of 5377	99.0%	★★★★★
2010	96.9	40 of 5314	99.2%	★★★★★
2009	97.0	51 of 5193	99.0%	★★★★★
2008	97.6	47 of 5113	99.1%	★★★★★
2007	96.3	153 of 5113	97.0%	★★★★★
2006	94.2	255 of 4818	94.7%	★★★★★
2005	97.0	108 of 4822	97.8%	★★★★★
2004	96.5	149 of 4809	96.9%	★★★★★

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	66.3	492 of 1203	59.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	75.2	286 of 1205	76.3%	★★★★☆
2023	79.2	174 of 1190	85.4%	★★★★☆
2022	80.9	127 of 1154	89.0%	★★★★☆
2019	77.9	179 of 1149	84.4%	★★★★☆
2018	79.1	152 of 1071	85.8%	★★★★☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	99.8	9 of 3162	99.7%	★★★★★
2023	99.9	4 of 3245	99.9%	★★★★★
2021	99.4	6 of 602	99.0%	★★★★★
2019	100.0	1 of 3275	100.0%	★★★★★
2018	99.8	13 of 3246	99.6%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	96.5	143 of 5597	97.4%	★★★★★
2024	96.0	189 of 5612	96.6%	★★★★★
2023	97.9	66 of 5609	98.8%	★★★★★
2022	98.3	45 of 5635	99.2%	★★★★★
2021	97.8	24 of 1267	98.1%	★★★★★
2019	97.6	56 of 5492	99.0%	★★★★★
2018	97.7	53 of 5413	99.0%	★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	78.4	847 of 5460	84.5%	★★★★☆
2024	97.4	129 of 5517	97.7%	★★★★★
2023	99.2	29 of 5363	99.5%	★★★★★
2022	99.6	18 of 5264	99.7%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	89.2	619 of 5628	89.0%	★★★★☆
2024	96.1	188 of 5643	96.7%	★★★★★
2023	97.9	76 of 5638	98.7%	★★★★★
2022	98.2	62 of 5663	98.9%	★★★★★
2021	97.4	34 of 1272	97.3%	★★★★★
2019	97.4	90 of 5510	98.4%	★★★★★
2018	98.2	45 of 5431	99.2%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	91.0	75 of 2726	97.2%	★★★★★

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)100th percentile+3 vs school

Female (2025)97th percentile+4 vs school

White (2022)97th percentile~ school

Male (2025)89th percentile-4 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)84th percentile-9 vs school

Asian (2025)59th percentile-34 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

Mathematics82%+45 vs state

English Language Arts/Literacy74%+26 vs state

Science58%+26 vs state

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What people are saying

by a student
Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Honestly the only bad reviews are coming from parents assuming things, collins is a great school. The only downside(if it even counts) is that some teachers are better than others, but its not even by that much. Close Quote

by a parent
Thursday, June 3, 2021

Stay away from this school. I am willing to bet money that most of the teachers who work here are mentally ill and take out their personal issues and problems on the children and their parents. The principal wants to support her teachers due to her own arrogance and ego. I tried complaining about them and she took it out on me and my children. Other teachers who heard about my complains also retaliated against me for speaking up about how crappy this group of teachers are. You will not be impressed with their teachings. Most of the good test scores are because parents are enrolled in places like Russian School of Math and other tutoring centers. I would give this school a zero if I could. Tension, stress, disappointment, and disrespect from staff are the type of things you should expect from this school. Close Quote

by a student
Sunday, January 28, 2018

the best school, teachers, and kids you will ever find around! Close Quote

by a parent
Wednesday, April 15, 2015

An absolute nightmare to try to pick up my child afterschool in the Collins parking lot. If you are not there 20 minutes before school gets out, you cannot even enter the lot. After school gets out, it's another 20 minutes before the cars from Blaney Avenue are allowed to turn into the parking lot. Wear comfortable shows because you will have to park on a neighboring street and walk over to the campus if you want to pick up your child. 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)	% Varicella (2022)	% MMR (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 All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Varicella KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
L. P. Collins Elementary	Public	K-5	10300 Blaney Ave.	Cupertino	95014	Santa Clara County	Cupertino Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 252-6002	498	23	21.7	17.1%	34 (6.8%)	8 (1.6%)	26 (5.2%)	381 (76.5%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (9.0%)	94	397^th of 5857 public elementary schools	93.2%		96.9	176^th of 5869 public elementary schools	97.0%	221	58.4	58.4	78.7	75.0	70.9	74.4	85.7	84.8	77.3	82.2	96.8	96.8	96.8	$17,719	$454	$17,265
C. B. Eaton Elementary	Public	K-5	20220 Suisun Dr.	Cupertino	95014	Santa Clara County	Cupertino Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 255-2848	489	22	22.6	15.7%	49 (10.0%)	3 (0.6%)	19 (3.9%)	364 (74.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (10.8%)	97	154^th of 5857 public elementary schools	97.4%		98.3	59^th of 5869 public elementary schools	99.0%	95	71.8	71.8	77.4	79.5	81.0	79.2	88.3	86.9	83.7	86.4	97.1		97.1	$17,564	$457	$17,107
William Faria Elementary	Public	K-5	10155 Barbara Ln.	Cupertino	95014	Santa Clara County	Cupertino Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 252-0706	614	25	24.5	12.5%	11 (1.8%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	557 (90.7%)	7 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (5.5%)	99.4	5^th of 5857 public elementary schools	99.9%		99.5	4^th of 5869 public elementary schools	99.9%	1	89.9	89.9	94.7	92.0	94.5	93.7	96.8	98.2	96.3	97.2	96.9	96.9		$13,787	$206	$13,581
D. J. Sedgwick Elementary	Public	K-5	19200 Phil Ln.	Cupertino	95014	Santa Clara County	Cupertino Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 252-3103	407	19	21.5	27.0%	31 (7.6%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (8.1%)	298 (73.2%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	41 (10.1%)	95.2	313^th of 5857 public elementary schools	94.7%		96.1	259^th of 5869 public elementary schools	95.6%	54	66.7	66.7	86.8	71.4	79.1	79.0	84.3	73.6	77.8	78.5				$22,551	$892	$21,659
Louis E. Stocklmeir Elementary	Public	K-5	592 Dunholme Way	Sunnyvale	94087	Santa Clara County	Cupertino Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 732-3363	840	35	23.8	21.3%	237 (28.2%)	5 (0.6%)	52 (6.2%)	452 (53.8%)	5 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	87 (10.4%)	93.4	445^th of 5857 public elementary schools	92.4%		94.2	415^th of 5869 public elementary schools	92.9%	30	63.9	63.9	66.7	75.5	77.6	73.0	75.0	81.3	74.6	77.1	98.2			$15,776	$328	$15,448
Garden Gate Elementary	Public	K-5	10500 Ann Arbor Ave.	Cupertino	95014	Santa Clara County	Cupertino Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 252-5414	471	23	20.7	20.8%	18 (3.8%)	3 (0.6%)	22 (4.7%)	393 (83.4%)	6 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	28 (5.9%)	88.5	747^th of 5857 public elementary schools	87.2%		92.4	544^th of 5869 public elementary schools	90.7%	203	54.1	54.1	59.2	67.7	65.0	63.8	81.6	73.0	75.4	76.8				$17,540	$500	$17,040
Laurelwood Elementary	Public	K-5	955 Teal Dr.	Santa Clara	95051	Santa Clara County	Santa Clara Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 423-1600	571	27	21.2	11.2%	134 (23.5%)	6 (1.1%)	78 (13.7%)	301 (52.7%)	5 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	46 (8.1%)	94.5	369^th of 5857 public elementary schools	93.7%		97	166^th of 5869 public elementary schools	97.2%	203	66.7	66.7	72.0	93.4	76.7	80.6	69.9	87.2	72.8	76.3				$26,684	$1,445	$25,239
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
Nelson S. Dilworth Elementary	Public	K-5	1101 Strayer Dr.	San Jose	95129	Santa Clara County	Cupertino Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 253-2850	547	24	22.9	19.6%	37 (6.8%)	3 (0.5%)	23 (4.2%)	434 (79.3%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	48 (8.8%)	98.2	57^th of 5857 public elementary schools	99.0%		98.6	44^th of 5869 public elementary schools	99.3%	13	73.9	73.9	80.0	91.7	89.5	87.3	85.1	95.4	84.4	87.9				$14,490	$266	$14,224
Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary	Public	K-5	277 Rodonovan Dr.	Santa Clara	95051	Santa Clara County	Cupertino Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 248-4313	453	21	21.1	28.0%	58 (12.8%)	3 (0.7%)	65 (14.3%)	273 (60.3%)	3 (0.7%)	2 (0.4%)	47 (10.4%)	88.4	750^th of 5857 public elementary schools	87.2%		92.1	565^th of 5869 public elementary schools	90.4%	185	69.0	69.0	58.6	60.0	83.6	66.3	72.1	67.8	72.4	70.4				$19,193	$650	$18,543

Frequently Asked Questions about L. P. Collins Elementary

What is the racial makeup of L. P. Collins Elementary?

Students at L. P. Collins Elementary are 77% Asian, 9% Two or more races, 7% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% African American.

Is L. P. Collins Elementary a good school?

Yes. L. P. Collins Elementary ranks in the top 6.8% of California elementary schools.

What district is L. P. Collins Elementary in?

Cupertino Union

What schools do graduates of L. P. Collins Elementary attend?

Students who attend L. P. Collins Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Sam H. Lawson Middle
High : Cupertino High

How many students attend L. P. Collins Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 498 students attended L. P. Collins Elementary.

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