Bishop Elementary

Set in Sunnyvale, California, Bishop Elementary is a reasonably sized primary school, run under Sunnyvale. It instructs 465 students across grades K through 5.

Sunnyvale comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 5,753 students; Bishop Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Bishop Elementary records that 69% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 14% Asian, 8% White, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Bishop Elementary has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 43% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Bishop Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 54.0%; this one comes in at 32.0%, -22.0 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Santa Clara County put median household income runs about $164,281, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Bishop Elementary is one of 412 public schools in Santa Clara County (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students).

Columbia Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bishop Elementary at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 48.2%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 5%: 490 students in 2018 compared to 465 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 44% to 69%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 21.3:1 in 2018 to 18.2:1 in 2025.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.