Cupertino Middle

Cupertino Middle operates as a heavily attended 6-8 campus in Sunnyvale, California, part of Cupertino Union. Current enrollment sits at 1,067 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 659 students per school, that is 62% above typical.

Within Cupertino Union, which oversees 23 schools and 13,526 students, Cupertino Middle is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Cupertino Middle lists that 55% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 24% White, 12% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 41% Asian, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Asian than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 21% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Santa Clara County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Cupertino Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 67.1%; this one delivers 80.1%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Santa Clara County indicate median household earnings sit near $164,281, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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), Cupertino Middle is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is West Valley Elementary, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cupertino Middle. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cupertino Middle at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 76.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 25%: 1,428 students in 2018 compared to 1,067 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 32% to 24% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 22.4:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 in 2025.

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