Marian A. Peterson Middle

Marian A. Peterson Middle, an average-sized middle school in Sunnyvale, California, operated by Santa Clara Unified, instructs 759 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

Santa Clara Unified comprises 30 schools with combined enrollment of 14,411 students; Marian A. Peterson Middle is among them.

On demographics, Marian A. Peterson Middle shows that 46% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 30% Hispanic, 16% White, 6% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Marian A. Peterson Middle has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 22% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Santa Clara County's rate of about 37%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Marian A. Peterson Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 66.4%; this one delivers 61.2%.

Around the school, Santa Clara County reports that median household income runs about $164,281, 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), Marian A. Peterson Middle is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Laurelwood Elementary, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Marian A. Peterson Middle. On composite proficiency, Marian A. Peterson Middle comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 57.8%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Marian A. Peterson Middle's enrollment has ticked down 18% since 2018, when it stood at 923 (now 759). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 23% to 16%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 24.6:1 in 2018 to 21.4:1 in 2025.

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