Chester W. Nimitz Elementary

Located at 545 East Cheyenne Dr., in Sunnyvale, California, Chester W. Nimitz Elementary is a modestly sized elementary campus that educates 350 students (grades K through 5), operated by Cupertino Union. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 25% below typical.

Across the 23 schools in Cupertino Union (13,526 students total), Chester W. Nimitz Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Chester W. Nimitz Elementary reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 35% Asian, 13% White, 11% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Santa Clara County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Chester W. Nimitz Elementary has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.9:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 51% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Santa Clara County's rate of about 37%.

After controlling for student poverty, Chester W. Nimitz Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.4%, the actual is 61.3%, a residual of +11.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, Santa Clara County reports that the typical household earns roughly $164,281 per year, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Santa Clara County's 412 public schools (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students), Chester W. Nimitz Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Community Day is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Chester W. Nimitz Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 72.0%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Chester W. Nimitz Elementary's enrollment has contracted 48% since 2018, when it stood at 668 (now 350). Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 19% to 38%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 26.6:1 in 2018 to 21.9:1 today.

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