Ellis Elementary

Located at 550 East Olive Ave., in Sunnyvale, California, Ellis Elementary is an expansive K-5 school that enrolls 768 students (grades K through 5), one of the schools within Sunnyvale. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 65% larger than typical.

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

Looking at the student body, Ellis Elementary lists that 41% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 40% Asian, 12% White, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Ellis Elementary logs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 25% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Santa Clara County's rate of about 37%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Ellis Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 64.8%, the actual is 54.5%, a residual of -10.4 points.

In the area at large, census data for Santa Clara County shows median household income runs about $164,281, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Santa Clara County's 412 public schools (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students), Ellis Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Braly Elementary, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Ellis Elementary comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 52.7%.

Ellis Elementary operates from a downtown location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 4%: 739 students in 2018 compared to 768 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 29% to 41% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 29.1:1 in 2018 to 21.5:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Ellis Elementary typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.