Enrollment
282
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOS ANGELES UNIFIED·NCES 062271003379
Sunland Elementary
8350 Hillrose St., Sunland, CA 91040 · (818) 353-1631 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL282 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% of California public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
222 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 56 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 30% larger than its 5th grade class (43).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on published attendance-zone data from Los Angeles Unified. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
38.7%
CA avg 49.1% . -7.3pp since 2014
Math
34.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 20.4% | 18.3% | 24.1% | 37.2% |
| Math | 15.9% | 18.8% | 25.4% | 39.9% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.7% | 34.8% |
| 2023-24 | 39.3% | 36.0% |
| 2022-23 | 39.7% | 33.6% |
| 2021-22 | 32.7% | 27.4% |
| 2018-19 | 50.2% | 42.4% |
| 2017-18 | 49.3% | 39.2% |
| 2016-17 | 52.8% | 38.7% |
| 2015-16 | 46.0% | 35.0% |
| 2014-15 | 46.0% | 34.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% typical for California 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 California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Sunland Elementary
Sunland Elementary's state test result (37.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunland Elementary this school | 282 | 78.7% | 37.1% |
| Burbank Boulevard Elementary North Hollywood | 319 | 81.5% | 49.8% |
| J. X. Wilson Elementary Santa Rosa | 332 | 78.0% | 36.5% |
| Linda Vista Magnet Elementary Mission Viejo | 263 | 79.1% | 39.8% |
| Rancho Mirage Elementary Rancho Mirage | 349 | 81.7% | 40.8% |
| Emelita Street Elementary Encino | 275 | 70.9% | 40.6% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Sunland Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.1% | #2,747 of 5,151 | #675 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #2,771 of 5,172 ▼ 264 | #706 of 1,129 ▼ 99 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.7% | #3,074 of 5,172 ▼ 271 | #746 of 1,129 ▼ 86 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.7pp | #1,200 of 5,116 | #382 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 282 | #4,909 of 5,915 | #1,104 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.8:1 | #467 of 5,352 | #140 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.0% | #2,132 of 5,354 | #329 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.7% | #2,298 of 5,625 | #722 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.6% | #782 of 3,837 | #323 of 947 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
282
-73 (-21%) vs 2020
-49% since 1990-91, when it was 548
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
was 20.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 282 | 15 | 18.8:1 | 79% (222) |
| 2023-24 | 304 | 16 | 19.0:1 | 76% (231) |
| 2022-23 | 289 | 16 | 18.1:1 | 72% (208) |
| 2020-21 | 355 | 17 | 20.9:1 | 73% (259) |
| 2017-18 | 384 | 18 | 21.3:1 | 74% (286) |
| 2015-16 | 441 | 20 | 22.1:1 | 70% (309) |
| 2010-11 | 561 | N/A | N/A | 61% (340) |
| 2000-01 | 650 | 35 | 18.6:1 | 60% (389) |
| 1990-91 | 548 | 28 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sunland Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (384 to 282); teachers down 17% (18 to 15).
About Sunland Elementary
Sunland Elementary is an elementary school with a street address in Sunland, California. A federal count lists 282 students at the school, in kindergarten through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in California is about 465, so this school runs 39% smaller than that.
Los Angeles Unified is made up of 784 schools with 406,887 students in all.
Roughly 60% of students at Sunland Elementary are Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 24% White, 9% multiracial, 4% Black, and 3% Asian. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 48%. Pick two students at random and there is a 57% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The ratio of students to teachers is 18.8:1, with 15 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is 3.5 students per teacher below the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 79%. Compared with the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County, the school's rate is higher.
Sunland Elementary is graded B by allk12, scoring above 55% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Sunland Elementary, the prediction is 33.4% and the result is 37.1%.
In Los Angeles County (population about 9,808,667), the median household income is $90,112, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Sunland Elementary is one of 2,244 public schools in the county.
The closest other public school is Apperson Street Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Sunland Elementary is 5th of 8 on proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 282 students in 2024-25, 73 fewer than the 355 it had in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio falling from 20.9:1 to 18.8:1.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Sunland Elementary covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
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Other Sunland Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Sunland Elementary. Sunland Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
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Nearby schools
- Apperson Street Elementary0.6 mi · 355
- Mt. Gleason Middle0.8 mi · 753
- Mt. Lukens Continuation0.8 mi · 38
- Plainview Academic Charter Academy0.9 mi · 248
- Verdugo Hills Senior High0.9 mi · 1,195
- Pinewood Avenue Elementary1.8 mi · 215
Frequently asked questions
About Sunland ElementaryHow many students attend Sunland Elementary?
Sunland Elementary enrolls approximately 282 students in grades KG-05.
Is Sunland Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sunland Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Sunland Elementary have?
Sunland Elementary employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sunland Elementary?
At Sunland Elementary, the student body is approximately 24% White, 60% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Sunland Elementary in?
Sunland Elementary is part of Los Angeles Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.