Sunrise Elementary

Sunrise Elementary is a primary school of compact scale in Los Angeles, California, part of Los Angeles Unified, serveing 385 students in grades K through 6.

Los Angeles Unified comprises 784 schools with combined enrollment of 406,887 students; Sunrise Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Sunrise Elementary logs that nearly all students (97%) are Hispanic. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 97% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Sunrise Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 21.5%, the actual is 30.6%, a residual of +9.2 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put median household earnings sit near $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sunrise Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

KIPP Los Angeles College Preparatory is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sunrise Elementary at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 32.6%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sunrise Elementary has remained close to its prior level, going from 393 students in 2018 to 385 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 20.1:1 in 2018 to 18.3:1 today.

On allk12, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.