Sunrise Elementary

Sunrise Elementary operates as a well-populated elementary-level community in Rancho Cordova, California, part of Elk Grove Unified. Current enrollment sits at 1,235 students spanning grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 166% above the state mean of about 465.

Within Elk Grove Unified, which oversees 67 schools and 63,232 students, Sunrise Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Sunrise Elementary logs that the most-represented group is Asian (34%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 26% White, 20% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 7% Black. That is meaningfully more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 18%.

In terms of school funding signals, Sunrise Elementary records 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 33% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Sacramento County (around 63%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Sunrise Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.0%; this one delivers 63.4%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Sacramento County put the typical household earns roughly $92,175 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Sacramento County runs 387 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students), of which Sunrise Elementary is one.

Robert J. McGarvey Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sunrise Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 45.4%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Sunrise Elementary's enrollment has grew 74% since 2018, when it stood at 711 (now 1,235). The White share of enrollment decreased from 38% to 26% over that span.

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