Summary:
ZIP code 94085 includes three schools in Sunnyvale: Bishop Elementary and San Miguel Elementary serve kindergarten through grade 5, while Columbia Middle serves grades 6–8. Together, they enroll 1,593 students. In 2025–2026, math was the area’s strongest subject relative to the state, but English results were the clearest shared challenge: the schools averaged 41% proficient in ELA, 8 percentage points below the state’s 49%.
Bishop led the all-grades comparison in ELA at 44% and math at 40%; its ELA result was 5 points above Columbia and 4 points above San Miguel. In math, Bishop’s 40.4% was 5 points above Columbia and 1 point above San Miguel’s 39.7%. Columbia had the lowest all-grades ELA and math results, at 39% and 36%. Science results were much closer: Columbia and San Miguel each had about 34% proficient, compared with Bishop’s 33%. Among the two schools reporting California Spanish Assessment results, San Miguel led in Overall, at 20% versus Columbia’s 14%; the state result was 10%.
Science improved at all three schools between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026: by 7 points at Columbia, 5 at Bishop, and 5 at San Miguel. Math rose by 4 points at Columbia and Bishop, while San Miguel’s result fell by 1 point; ELA changed little overall, with Bishop up 2 points, Columbia nearly unchanged, and San Miguel down 1. SchoolDigger rankings rose from the 41st to the 54th percentile for Bishop, from the 47th to the 51st for Columbia, and slipped from the 51st to the 50th for San Miguel. Columbia has the largest enrollment and a 16.9 student–teacher ratio. The 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible figures were 43% at Bishop, 31% at San Miguel, and 30% at Columbia. Chronic absenteeism in 2025–2026 was below the state’s 18% at each school: 9% at Columbia, 10% at Bishop, and 12% at San Miguel. All-grades comparisons span schools serving different grades, so elementary grade-matched results can give a closer comparison.
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