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If you could change one rule at Sunrise Elementary, what would it be?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
1,235
Elementary
DISTRICT 767 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELK GROVE UNIFIED·NCES 061233012101
Sunrise Elementary
11821 Cobble Brook Dr., Rancho Cordova, CA 95742 · (916) 985-4350 · Sacramento County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,235 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 66% of California public elementary schools
- A-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.
- FThree-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
24.2:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
404 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 257 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 173 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 178 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 174 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 143 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 144 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 166 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (257) is 55% larger than its 6th grade class (166).
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · 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
68.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +0.8pp since 2014
Math
61.7%
CA avg 37.7% . -4.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 39.2% | 29.6% | 17.0% | 14.2% |
| Math | 35.9% | 25.8% | 22.4% | 15.9% |
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 | 68.8% | 61.7% |
| 2023-24 | 66.8% | 60.1% |
| 2022-23 | 72.6% | 63.0% |
| 2021-22 | 75.0% | 68.5% |
| 2020-21 | 68.7% | 66.9% |
| 2018-19 | 70.7% | 65.1% |
| 2017-18 | 71.3% | 64.2% |
| 2016-17 | 75.0% | 69.6% |
| 2015-16 | 76.0% | 69.0% |
| 2014-15 | 68.0% | 66.0% |
% 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
64.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Sunrise Elementary
Sunrise Elementary's state test result (64.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunrise Elementary this school | 1,235 | 32.7% | 64.2% |
| Porter Ranch Community Porter Ranch | 1,312 | 22.0% | 75.7% |
| Foothill Ranch Elementary Foothill Ranch | 990 | 28.4% | 69.3% |
| Victor Elementary Torrance | 965 | 34.4% | 63.9% |
| Emblem Academy Saugus | 810 | 32.7% | 72.9% |
| Pico Canyon Elementary Stevenson Ranch | 851 | 35.1% | 76.4% |
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 Sunrise Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.2% | #917 of 5,151 | #26 of 217 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.7% | #982 of 5,172 ▲ 33 | #27 of 217 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.8% | #801 of 5,172 ▲ 76 | #25 of 217 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.6pp | #339 of 5,116 | #18 of 213 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,235 | #13 of 5,915 | #2 of 238 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.2:1 | #3,906 of 5,352 | #146 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.4% | #96 of 5,354 | #35 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.7% | #4,655 of 5,625 | #204 of 235 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +73.7% | #19 of 1,139 | #3 of 64 |
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
1,235
+452 (+58%) vs 2020
+67% since 2010-11, when it was 738
Student : Teacher
24.2:1
was 23.0:1
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 | 1,235 | 51 | 24.2:1 | 33% (404) |
| 2023-24 | 1,076 | 45 | 23.9:1 | 24% (256) |
| 2022-23 | 966 | 40 | 24.1:1 | 21% (206) |
| 2020-21 | 783 | 34 | 23.0:1 | 20% (160) |
| 2017-18 | 711 | 29 | 24.5:1 | 17% (123) |
| 2015-16 | 1,218 | 53 | 23.0:1 | 17% (208) |
| 2010-11 | 738 | N/A | N/A | 20% (148) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sunrise Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 74% (711 to 1,235); teachers up 76% (29 to 51).
About Sunrise Elementary
Sunrise Elementary is an elementary school located in Rancho Cordova, California, in Sacramento County. It had 1,235 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 6. Elementary schools in California average about 465 students, which makes this school 166% bigger than average.
Across its 67 schools, Elk Grove Unified enrolls 63,232 students. Sunrise Elementary is one of those schools.
The largest group at Sunrise Elementary is Asian students, at 34%. The school is also 26% White, 20% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, and 7% Black. That is higher than the 18% Asian share among all Sacramento County residents. The diversity index for Sunrise Elementary is 75%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 51 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 24.2:1. The average for elementary schools in California, 22.3:1, is lower. Of all students at Sunrise Elementary, 33% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 63% average for public schools in Sacramento County, the school's rate is lower.
On the allk12 Grade, Sunrise Elementary lands at B+, ahead of 66% of California public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Sunrise Elementary would be expected to post about 60.4%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 64.2%.
In the surrounding county, Sacramento County, the median household earns about $92,175 a year, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. The county's public schools total 387, with about 259,342 students.
A public school about 0.7 miles away, Robert J. McGarvey Elementary, is the closest to Sunrise Elementary. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 46.3% proficiency; Sunrise Elementary posts 64.2%.
Its NCES locale code is City: Small: the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
In 2020-21, federal data counted 783 students at Sunrise Elementary; in 2024-25, 1,235. The grades served may not have been the same in both years. The school's ratio increased from 23.0:1 to 24.2:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The Sunrise Elementary discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Sacramento County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,594,006
Census ACS
Median income
$92,175
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
387
259,342 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Elk Grove Unified
- Franklin HighHigh · 2,650 students
- Pleasant Grove HighHigh · 2,536 students
- Sheldon HighHigh · 2,368 students
- Monterey Trail HighHigh · 2,263 students
- Laguna Creek HighHigh · 2,142 students
- Cosumnes Oaks HighHigh · 2,109 students
Other schools in Rancho Cordova
- Cordova HighHigh · 1,944 students
- Lake View CharterCombined · 969 students
- Mills MiddleMiddle · 886 students
- Robert J. McGarvey ElementaryElementary · 840 students
- W. E. Mitchell MiddleMiddle · 755 students
- Williamson ElementaryElementary · 489 students
Other Sunrise Elementary schools
29 other US public schools in 15 states are named Sunrise Elementary. Sunrise Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 30.
- Sunrise ElementaryLos Angeles, CA · 385 students
- SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLOCALA, FL · 1,402 students
- Sunrise ElementaryBLAINE, MN · 1,015 students
- SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPALM BAY, FL · 907 students
- SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLKISSIMMEE, FL · 906 students
Nearby schools
- Robert J. McGarvey Elementary0.7 mi · 840
- Mather Heights Elementary2.3 mi · 236
- Folsom Cordova K-8 Community Charter2.9 mi · 150
- Navigator Elementary2.9 mi · 431
- New Pacific Charter - Rancho Cordova2.9 mi · 164
- Foundations Academy3.4 mi · 171
Frequently asked questions
About Sunrise ElementaryHow many students attend Sunrise Elementary?
Sunrise Elementary enrolls approximately 1,235 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Sunrise Elementary serve?
Sunrise Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Sunrise Elementary?
Approximately 24.2:1 students per teacher at Sunrise Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Sunrise Elementary?
Student demographics at Sunrise Elementary are roughly 26% White, 20% Hispanic, 7% Black, 34% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Sunrise Elementary in?
Sunrise Elementary is part of Elk Grove Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.