Cumberland Elementary

Cumberland Elementary is an average-sized K-5 school in Sunnyvale, California, operated by Sunnyvale. The school teaches 586 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 26% above typical.

Sunnyvale runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 5,753 students. Cumberland Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Cumberland Elementary shows that the largest single group is Asian at 41%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 33% White, 15% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Cumberland Elementary shows 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Cumberland Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 10% of students at Cumberland Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Santa Clara County's rate of about 37%.

With demographic context factored in, Cumberland Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 73.7%, the actual is 79.1%, a residual of +5.3 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Santa Clara County indicate the typical household earns roughly $164,281 per year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Santa Clara County runs 412 public schools (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students), of which Cumberland Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Sunnyvale Middle, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cumberland Elementary at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 59.9%.

Cumberland Elementary operates from a metropolitan location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cumberland Elementary has ticked down 24%, going from 768 students in 2018 to 586 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 3% to 15%. Class-load math has tightened: from 26.5:1 in 2018 to 19.1:1 in 2025.

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