Sunnyside Elementary

As a modestly sized primary school in Strathmore, California, Sunnyside Elementary enrolls 311 students from grades K through 8, run under Sunnyside Union Elementary. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 33% smaller than typical.

Operationally, Sunnyside Elementary answers to Sunnyside Union Elementary, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Sunnyside Elementary reports that nearly all students (95%) are Hispanic; the rest looks like 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 67% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 86% of students at Sunnyside Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Tulare County's rate of about 77%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Sunnyside Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 28.4%; this one comes in at 12.5%, -15.8 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Tulare County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $71,300 per year, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Tulare County runs 196 public schools (combined enrollment of about 101,494 students), of which Sunnyside Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Strathmore High, around 1.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sunnyside Elementary ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 36.2%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sunnyside Elementary has declined 11%, going from 350 students in 2018 to 311 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 9% to 4% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 20.1:1 in 2018 to 18.9:1 today.

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