Fairwood Elementary

Located at 1110 Fairwood Ave., in Sunnyvale, California, Fairwood Elementary is a close-knit elementary campus that serves 324 students (grades K through 5), overseen by Sunnyvale. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 30% below typical.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Fairwood Elementary reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (36%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 31% Asian, 17% White, 11% multiracial, 3% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

On the income-and-resources front, Fairwood Elementary records 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.8:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 23% of students at Fairwood Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Santa Clara County's rate of about 37%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Fairwood Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.7%, the actual is 54.2%, a residual of -11.5 points.

Across the wider 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 the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Santa Clara County's 412 public schools (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students), Fairwood Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Mission Early College High, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Fairwood Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 38.3%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Fairwood Elementary's enrollment has fell 26% since 2018, when it stood at 435 (now 324). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 14% to 36%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 29.0:1 in 2018 to 18.8:1 today.

On this page, members of the Fairwood Elementary community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.