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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 5

Chester W. Nimitz Elementary, Sunnyvale, CA

Chester W. Nimitz Elementary is a public elementary school in Sunnyvale, part of Cupertino Union. It enrolled 350 students in 2024-25, with 21.9 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
350
Teachers (FTE)
16.0
Students per teacher
21.9
Grades
K to 5

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 21.5. The California average across schools is 21.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school21.9
District21.5
California21.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
545 East Cheyenne Dr., Sunnyvale, CA 94087
Phone
(408)736-2180
District
Cupertino Union
County
Santa Clara County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Midsize
NCES school ID
061029001146
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
145
Reduced-price lunch
32
Free or reduced-price lunch
17750.6% of enrollment.
Direct certification
107Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Cupertino Union

Elementary schools elsewhere in Sunnyvale

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.