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Braly Elementary

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Braly Elementary ranks 1480 th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-5

1480^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 75% of California elementary schools

Summary

Braly Elementary is a K-5 public school serving 381 students in the Santa Clara Unified School District, representing a solidly performing school in a competitive Sunnyvale area with a diverse student population.

Braly is a 4-star school performing above state and district averages, with a notable strength in mathematics and an exceptional record of success with English Language Learners, where it ranks in the state's 91st percentile. The school has shown impressive long-term improvement, rising from the 31st to the 75th percentile statewide over the past decade. However, its performance can vary year-to-year, and it faces the challenge of addressing differing outcomes among various student groups while maintaining its standout support for multilingual learners.

When compared to nearby schools, Braly occupies a strong middle position. It significantly outperforms schools with similar student demographics like Briarwood Elementary and Bishop Elementary, while top-tier schools such as Cumberland Elementary and Laurelwood Elementary achieve higher overall proficiency rates. Braly's chronic absenteeism rate has improved and is better than the district average, though higher than some local peers.

381

Students ?

20.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$31,197

Per pupil spending ?

31.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

675 Gail Ave.
Sunnyvale, CA 94086-8016

(408) 423-1000

District: Santa Clara Unified

Students who attend Braly Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Marian A. Peterson Middle
High:	Adrian Wilcox High

Racial breakdown:

Asian:

42.8%

Hispanic:

36.5%

White:

14.2%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Recently slipping — 82nd percentile in 2023 → 75th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the California average (55% vs 41% meeting standards)

✓Above the California median (75th percentile)

Worth a look

!Ranking has slipped from its 82nd-percentile peak (2023) to 75th (2025)

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

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school55%

District avg53%

California avg41%

1,480^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Top 25%▲ up 14 pts since 2015

From top 39% (2015) to top 25% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

8^th of 19Elementary Schools in the Santa Clara Unified

401^st of 1,543Santa Clara Unified 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	72.8	1480 of 5857	74.7%	★★★★☆
2024	67.4	1712 of 5869	70.8%	★★★★☆
2023	82.7	1064 of 5859	81.8%	★★★★☆
2022	80.9	1151 of 5883	80.4%	★★★★☆
2019	75.8	1353 of 5789	76.6%	★★★★☆
2018	76.1	1309 of 5662	76.9%	★★★★☆
2017	58.2	2110 of 5692	62.9%	★★★☆☆
2016	65.0	1765 of 5614	68.6%	★★★☆☆
2015	54.7	2206 of 5611	60.7%	★★★☆☆
2013	33.1	3806 of 5530	31.2%	★★☆☆☆
2012	54.1	2390 of 5390	55.7%	★★★☆☆
2011	60.5	1995 of 5377	62.9%	★★★☆☆
2010	71.1	1414 of 5314	73.4%	★★★★☆
2009	64.7	1696 of 5193	67.3%	★★★☆☆
2008	75.7	1153 of 5113	77.4%	★★★★☆
2007	57.5	1953 of 5113	61.8%	★★★☆☆
2006	61.5	1677 of 4818	65.2%	★★★☆☆
2005	59.9	1747 of 4822	63.8%	★★★☆☆
2004	61.9	1631 of 4809	66.1%	★★★☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	50.2	756 of 1203	37.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	55.7	675 of 1205	44.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	73.4	316 of 1190	73.4%	★★★★☆
2022	65.9	480 of 1154	58.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	45.9	751 of 1149	34.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	32.3	838 of 1071	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	75.9	294 of 3162	90.7%	★★★★★
2023	79.1	285 of 3245	91.2%	★★★★★
2022	75.0	388 of 3311	88.3%	★★★★☆
2019	67.4	605 of 3275	81.5%	★★★★☆
2018	79.4	347 of 3246	89.3%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	68.3	1586 of 5597	71.7%	★★★★☆
2024	66.9	1617 of 5612	71.2%	★★★★☆
2023	72.7	1387 of 5609	75.3%	★★★★☆
2022	77.4	1226 of 5635	78.2%	★★★★☆
2019	76.2	1248 of 5492	77.3%	★★★★☆
2018	71.2	1446 of 5413	73.3%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	41.3	2927 of 5107	42.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	25.9	4033 of 5107	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	36.2	3202 of 5087	37.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	46.0	2454 of 5084	51.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	40.9	2897 of 4963	41.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	48.9	2293 of 4830	52.5%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	52.1	2298 of 5460	57.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	37.2	3360 of 5517	39.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	57.0	1934 of 5363	63.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	63.3	1498 of 5264	71.5%	★★★★☆
2019	42.6	2928 of 5173	43.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	38.9	3107 of 5084	38.9%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	73.7	1350 of 5628	76.0%	★★★★☆
2024	64.6	1765 of 5643	68.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	86.0	811 of 5638	85.6%	★★★★☆
2022	81.6	1035 of 5663	81.7%	★★★★☆
2019	67.8	1602 of 5510	70.9%	★★★★☆
2018	74.8	1282 of 5431	76.4%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	41.6	1394 of 2847	51.0%	★★★☆☆

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)91st percentile+20 vs school

Male (2025)76th percentile~ school

Female (2025)72nd percentile-3 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)58th percentile-17 vs school

Special Education (2025)51st percentile-24 vs school

Hispanic (2025)43rd percentile-32 vs school

Asian (2025)37th percentile-38 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy59%+10 vs state

Mathematics54%+17 vs state

Science43%+11 vs state

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What people are saying

by a parent
Wednesday, March 15, 2017

School is small, safe, and at a nice location for us. We have had a better year last year but this academic year has seen it going to worse. Leadership has changed and some new teachers and classes are... More
DISAGREE: This school has an effective approach to homework.
Almost no homework in KG. We have heard that other schools do a better job in terms of academics.
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DISAGREE: Teachers at this school are effective.
Some teachers are great but at least one KG teacher is ineffective, unresponsive and lacks communication.
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DISAGREE: Leadership at this school is effective.
New principal is not effective. Doesn't care about parent feedback. Doesn't intend to resolve it to a satisfactory level. Close Quote

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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 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall All Grades	CSA Spanish Listening 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening All Grades	CSA Spanish Writing 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing All Grades	CSA Spanish Reading 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading All Grades	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	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
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	381	18	20.7	31.5%	54 (14.2%)	4 (1.0%)	139 (36.5%)	163 (42.8%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	17 (4.5%)	72.8	1480^th of 5857 public elementary schools	74.7%		67.4	1712^th of 5869 public elementary schools	70.8%	232																	43.4	43.4	50.0	64.7	62.3	58.9	47.4	58.5	56.6	54.0	94.7	97.3		96.0	97.3		$31,197	$1,301	$29,896
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
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	524	24	22.1	28.4%	88 (16.8%)	5 (1.0%)	188 (35.9%)	203 (38.7%)	7 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	32 (6.1%)	88.1	776^th of 5857 public elementary schools	86.8%		77.4	1273^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	78.3%	497																	61.8	61.8	65.0	66.7	66.7	66.1	72.0	69.5	60.5	67.5							$29,520	$790	$28,730
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
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
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
Bishop Elementary	Public	K-5	450 North Sunnyvale Ave.	Sunnyvale	94085	Santa Clara County	Sunnyvale	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 522-8229	465	26	18.1	42.8%	39 (8.4%)	8 (1.7%)	321 (69.0%)	64 (13.8%)	2 (0.4%)	7 (1.5%)	24 (5.2%)	44.1	2944^th of 5857 public elementary schools	49.7%		35.4	3485^th of 5869 public elementary schools	40.6%	541																	28.3	28.3	44.3	38.0	46.6	42.6	48.4	31.1	31.7	36.9	94.0	95.5	95.5	95.5	95.5	95.5	$26,549	$1,503	$25,046
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
Briarwood Elementary	Public	K-5	1930 Townsend Ave.	Santa Clara	95051	Santa Clara County	Santa Clara Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 423-1300	288	14	20.4	39.9%	40 (13.9%)	8 (2.8%)	139 (48.3%)	89 (30.9%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.5%)	56.2	2241^st of 5857 public elementary schools	61.7%		55.3	2275^th of 5869 public elementary schools	61.2%	34																	36.8	36.8	38.9	52.4	49.1	47.4	50.0	50.0	35.1	43.9	95.4						$34,920	$1,708	$33,212
San Miguel Elementary	Public	K-5	777 San Miguel Ave.	Sunnyvale	94085	Santa Clara County	Sunnyvale	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 522-8278	431	25	17.5	31.1%	45 (10.4%)	4 (0.9%)	296 (68.7%)	57 (13.2%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	26 (6.0%)	45.5	2853^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	51.3%		45.2	2849^th of 5869 public elementary schools	51.5%	4	13.3	21.7	8.6	15.1	37.8	26.1	42.9	34.9	17.8	47.8	5.7	25.4	4.4	15.2	5.7	8.7	29.7	29.7	36.9	41.2	44.3	40.7	40.3	47.1	32.8	40.3							$29,828	$2,194	$27,634

Frequently Asked Questions about Braly Elementary

What is the racial makeup of Braly Elementary?

Students at Braly Elementary are 43% Asian, 36% Hispanic, 14% White, 4% Two or more races, 1% African American.

Is Braly Elementary a good school?

Braly Elementary ranks 1480^th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

What district is Braly Elementary in?

Santa Clara Unified

What schools do graduates of Braly Elementary attend?

Students who attend Braly Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Marian A. Peterson Middle
High : Adrian Wilcox High

How many students attend Braly Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 381 students attended Braly Elementary.

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