Sunnyvale Middle School (SMS) is a California Gold Ribbon School and National Blue Ribbon School located in an ethnically diverse suburban area in the City of Sunnyvale in Santa Clara County, California. Sunnyvale Middle School serves a population of 1200 students in grades 6, 7, and 8. Sunnyvale is generally considered to be a middle-income community, largely residential, surrounded by a variety of retail businesses and Silicon Valley high-tech companies. Four elementary schools, Ellis, Vargas, Cherry Chase, and Cumberland, feed into Sunnyvale Middle School. The school site focuses on supporting the whole student with challenging academics, social-emotional supports and extracurricular opportunities.