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SUNNYVALE H S
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Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 88 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 43 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 25 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About SUNNYVALE H S
SUNNYVALE H S is a secondary school of average-sized scale in SUNNYVALE, Texas, operated by SUNNYVALE ISD, caters to 738 students in grades 9 through 12.
Across the 4 schools in SUNNYVALE ISD (2,306 students total), SUNNYVALE H S accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On demographics, SUNNYVALE H S logs that the most-represented group is White (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 27% Asian, 16% Hispanic, 10% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 35% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 14% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Dallas County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SUNNYVALE H S tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 67.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 76.4%.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Dallas County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), SUNNYVALE H S is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is SUNNYVALE MIDDLE, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SUNNYVALE H S. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SUNNYVALE H S ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 50.7%.
Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.
Trend over the last 7 years. SUNNYVALE H S's enrollment has rose 40% since 2018, when it stood at 528 (now 738). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 54% to 45%. Class-load math has rose: from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.
On the community side, members of the SUNNYVALE H S community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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