Best Public Schools in Zip Code 94086

Summary:

The 94086 zip code area in California is home to 4 elementary schools, serving students from kindergarten through 5th grade. Based on the available data, two schools stand out as top performers in the area: Ponderosa Elementary and Braly Elementary.

Ponderosa Elementary is the highest-ranked school in the 94086 zip code, ranking 1156 out of 5,848 California elementary schools. It has the highest percentage of students proficient or better in both English Language Arts (60.17%) and Mathematics (59.52%), as well as the lowest chronic absenteeism rate at 15.7%. Braly Elementary is a close second, ranking 1059 out of 5,848 schools and having the highest English Language Arts proficiency (63.91%) and the second-highest Mathematics proficiency (60.69%) among the 4 schools.

The other two schools, Ellis Elementary and Vargas Elementary, lag behind in several metrics, including test scores, rankings, and chronic absenteeism rates. This suggests that the Sunnyvale and Santa Clara Unified school districts may need to provide additional support and resources to these schools to help improve student outcomes and ensure equity across the 94086 zip code area.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2023)				Ranking (2022)				CAST Science (2023)		Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2023)				Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2023)				% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2018)
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 (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	SchoolDigger Rating (2023)	Average Standard Score (2022)	Statewide Rank (2022)	State Percentile (2022)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science End of Course	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 End of Course	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics End of Course	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	Total
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	352	19	18.1	41.8%	51 (14.5%)	3 (0.9%)	128 (36.4%)	140 (39.8%)	3 (0.9%)	3 (0.9%)	24 (6.8%)	82.7	1067^th of 5874 public elementary schools	81.8%		80.9	1151^st of 5883 public elementary schools	80.4%	84	49.1	49.1	52.9	64.7	75.0	63.9	60.0	66.7	56.9	60.7	94.7	97.3	96.0	97.3	$11,119
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	501	23	22.0	31.5%	95 (19.0%)	6 (1.2%)	156 (31.1%)	226 (45.1%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	14 (2.8%)	80.2	1164^th of 5874 public elementary schools	80.2%		83.6	1013^th of 5883 public elementary schools	82.8%	151	48.8	48.8	63.3	55.0	62.2	60.2	72.8	48.2	58.1	59.5					$9,209
Vargas Elementary	Public	K-5	1054 Carson Dr.	Sunnyvale	94086	Santa Clara County	Sunnyvale	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 522-8267	411	21	19.3	36.5%	76 (18.5%)	4 (1.0%)	213 (51.8%)	74 (18.0%)	10 (2.4%)	3 (0.7%)	31 (7.5%)	36.8	3366^th of 5874 public elementary schools	42.7%		40.9	3038^th of 5883 public elementary schools	48.4%	328	28.6	28.6	31.8	33.9	50.0	38.0	27.3	25.4	30.4	27.5					$14,324
Ellis Elementary	Public	K-5	550 East Olive Ave.	Sunnyvale	94086	Santa Clara County	Sunnyvale	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(408) 522-8260	695	30	23.1	27.9%	87 (12.5%)	13 (1.9%)	244 (35.1%)	297 (42.7%)	3 (0.4%)	5 (0.7%)	46 (6.6%)	69.6	1597^th of 5874 public elementary schools	72.8%		67.7	1705^th of 5883 public elementary schools	71.0%	108	37.9	37.9	59.1	64.3	53.3	59.3	54.6	52.5	31.6	47.3					$12,408

Cities Near Zip Code 94086

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Sunnyvale	0.6 mi	21	168^th
Santa Clara	1.94 mi	24	211^th
Mountain View	2.61 mi	15	166^th
Los Altos	3.16 mi	12	11^th
Cupertino	3.26 mi	13	12^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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