1
Which teacher or staff member at Sunnydale Elementary deserves more recognition?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
469
Elementary
DISTRICT 562 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LANCASTER ELEMENTARY·NCES 062088002514
Sunnydale Elementary
1233 West Avenue J-8, Lancaster, CA 93534 · (661) 948-2636 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL469 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 21% of California public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
21.3:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
411 students
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 58 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 36% larger than its 6th grade class (58).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
27.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.7pp since 2014
Math
17.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 9.9% | 17.8% | 34.7% | 37.6% |
| Math | 5.8% | 11.6% | 24.5% | 58.1% |
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 | 27.7% | 17.4% |
| 2023-24 | 24.5% | 14.7% |
| 2022-23 | 21.4% | 9.8% |
| 2021-22 | 17.8% | 7.4% |
| 2018-19 | 36.3% | 17.1% |
| 2017-18 | 38.2% | 19.9% |
| 2016-17 | 32.6% | 17.6% |
| 2015-16 | 31.0% | 15.0% |
| 2014-15 | 22.0% | 12.0% |
% 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
21.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Sunnydale Elementary
Sunnydale Elementary's state test result (21.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunnydale Elementary this school | 469 | 87.6% | 21.2% |
| Kimball Elementary Antioch | 450 | 84.9% | 17.7% |
| Seneca Elementary Moreno Valley | 472 | 87.9% | 29.6% |
| Highland Elementary Vallejo | 510 | 86.9% | 9.1% |
| Robert P. Ulrich Elementary California City | 503 | 81.9% | N/A |
| Aspire Alexander Twilight College Preparatory Academy Sacramento | 437 | 82.6% | N/A |
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 Sunnydale Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.2% | #4,470 of 5,151 | #1,063 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.4% | #4,529 of 5,172 ▲ 174 | #1,078 of 1,129 ▲ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.7% | #4,206 of 5,172 ▲ 143 | #1,004 of 1,129 ▲ 15 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.0pp | #615 of 5,116 | #230 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 469 | #2,809 of 5,915 | #567 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.3:1 | #1,706 of 5,352 | #501 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.8% | #2,046 of 5,354 | #313 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.6% | #1,378 of 5,625 | #528 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.1% | #985 of 3,837 | #378 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
469
-158 (-25%) vs 2020
-52% since 1990-91, when it was 981
Student : Teacher
21.3:1
was 24.1:1
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 | 469 | 22 | 21.3:1 | 88% (411) |
| 2023-24 | 504 | 19 | 26.5:1 | 92% (463) |
| 2022-23 | 513 | 21 | 24.4:1 | 92% (472) |
| 2020-21 | 627 | 26 | 24.1:1 | 95% (594) |
| 2017-18 | 618 | 25 | 24.7:1 | 91% (560) |
| 2015-16 | 611 | 24 | 25.5:1 | 90% (547) |
| 2010-11 | 697 | N/A | N/A | 71% (496) |
| 2000-01 | 973 | 46 | 21.1:1 | 54% (529) |
| 1990-91 | 981 | 34 | 28.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sunnydale Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (618 to 469); teachers down 12% (25 to 22).
About Sunnydale Elementary
Located in Lancaster, California, Sunnydale Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school. Its 469 students are spread across kindergarten through 6.
Lancaster Elementary operates 23 schools. Combined enrollment is 13,765 students.
Hispanic students are the majority at Sunnydale Elementary, with 60% of enrollment. It is also 22% Black, 10% White, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Los Angeles County's residents are about 48% Hispanic, 12 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 58% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its teaching staff equals 22 full-time positions, a ratio of 21.3:1. That is lower than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 88%. Among public schools in Los Angeles County, the average eligibility rate is 70%.
The allk12 Grade for Sunnydale Elementary is C-. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 21% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Sunnydale Elementary, the prediction is 28.2% and the result is 21.2%.
Within Los Angeles County, the median household income is $90,112, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Besides Sunnydale Elementary, Los Angeles County has 2,243 other public schools.
Nearby, Lancaster Alternative and Virtual Academies is less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles.
Sunnydale Elementary falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show a 25% enrollment decrease, from 627 in 2020-21 to 469 in 2024-25. Students per teacher fell from 24.1 in 2020-21 to 21.3 in 2024-25.
The Sunnydale Elementary community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. 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
Related schools
Other schools in Lancaster Elementary
- Amargosa Creek MiddleMiddle · 859 students
- New Vista MiddleMiddle · 835 students
- Endeavour MiddleMiddle · 805 students
- Monte Vista ElementaryElementary · 788 students
- El Dorado ElementaryElementary · 766 students
- West Wind ElementaryElementary · 757 students
Other schools in Lancaster
- Assurance Learning AcademyHigh · 3,014 students
- Lancaster HighHigh · 2,688 students
- Eastside HighHigh · 2,631 students
- Antelope Valley HighHigh · 1,498 students
- Sundown ElementaryElementary · 941 students
- Amargosa Creek MiddleMiddle · 859 students
Other Sunnydale Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Sunnydale Elementary. Sunnydale Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Sunnydale Elementary SchoolStreamwood, IL · 263 students
Nearby schools
- Lancaster Alternative and Virtual Academies0.1 mi · 282
- Empower Generations0.5 mi · 81
- Sierra Elementary0.5 mi · 707
- The Leadership Academy0.6 mi · 35
- RISE0.6 mi · 16
- Desert Sands Charter0.6 mi · 727
Frequently asked questions
About Sunnydale ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Sunnydale Elementary?
Sunnydale Elementary enrolls approximately 469 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Sunnydale Elementary serve?
Sunnydale Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Sunnydale Elementary?
Approximately 21.3:1 students per teacher at Sunnydale Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Sunnydale Elementary?
Student demographics at Sunnydale Elementary are roughly 10% White, 60% Hispanic, 22% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Sunnydale Elementary?
Sunnydale Elementary is overseen by Lancaster Elementary in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.