Sunset Hills Elementary

Sunset Hills Elementary operates as a roomy primary school in SURPRISE, Arizona, operated by Dysart Unified District (4243). Current enrollment sits at 877 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 94% larger than the state mean of about 451.

Dysart Unified District (4243) comprises 24 schools with combined enrollment of 23,078 students; Sunset Hills Elementary is among them.

Demographically, Sunset Hills Elementary reports that the most-represented group is White (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 37% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 8% Black. By comparison, Maricopa County as a whole is about 59% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Sunset Hills Elementary records 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.0:1 average.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Maricopa County) records that median household income runs about $89,300, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Maricopa County runs 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), of which Sunset Hills Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Western Peaks Elementary, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 22%: 1,119 students in 2018 compared to 877 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 57% to 43% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 22.2:1 in 2018 to 19.3:1 today.

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