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What's the most underrated thing about Sunset Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
413
Elementary
DISTRICT 553 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRESNO UNIFIED·NCES 061455001769
Sunset Elementary
1755 South Crystal Ave., Fresno, CA 93706 · (559) 457-3310 · Fresno County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL413 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.4:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
308 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 | 86 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 43 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 100% larger than its 6th grade class (43).
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
53.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +30.7pp since 2014
Math
54.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +20.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 31 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 20 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 24.7% | 28.9% | 22.6% | 23.7% |
| Math | 23.6% | 30.9% | 26.7% | 18.9% |
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 | 53.7% | 54.5% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 52.8% |
| 2022-23 | 45.5% | 45.5% |
| 2021-22 | 40.0% | 35.1% |
| 2018-19 | 39.7% | 40.4% |
| 2017-18 | 42.4% | 40.7% |
| 2016-17 | 39.0% | 45.8% |
| 2015-16 | 35.0% | 42.0% |
| 2014-15 | 23.0% | 34.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
53.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 36% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in California's top 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 Sunset Elementary
Sunset Elementary's state test result (53.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunset Elementary this school | 413 | 74.6% | 53.5% |
| Loretta Lampton Elementary Norwalk | 406 | 73.4% | 45.6% |
| Soleil Academy Charter Lynwood | 385 | 75.1% | N/A |
| Moreno Elementary Montclair | 428 | 79.7% | 37.7% |
| Chavez (Cesar) Elementary San Francisco | 397 | 74.1% | 14.8% |
| Central Elementary Imperial Beach | 350 | 73.7% | 15.8% |
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 Sunset Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Fresno County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #1,484 of 5,151 | #37 of 185 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.5% | #1,340 of 5,172 ▲ 20 | #35 of 185 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.7% | #1,776 of 5,172 ▲ 112 | #53 of 185 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +16.5pp | #128 of 5,116 | #8 of 182 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 413 | #3,516 of 5,915 | #146 of 206 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.4:1 | #1,799 of 5,352 | #96 of 190 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.3% | #4,460 of 5,354 | #152 of 190 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.6% | #2,651 of 5,625 | #133 of 199 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +29.5% | #135 of 1,139 | #9 of 49 |
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
413
+26 (+7%) vs 2020
+27% since 1990-91, when it was 325
Student : Teacher
21.4:1
was 48.4:1
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 | 413 | 19.3 | 21.4:1 | 75% (308) |
| 2023-24 | 404 | 19 | 21.3:1 | 75% (304) |
| 2022-23 | 402 | 19.8 | 20.3:1 | 76% (305) |
| 2020-21 | 387 | 8 | 48.4:1 | 78% (301) |
| 2017-18 | 319 | 14 | 22.8:1 | 81% (258) |
| 2015-16 | 242 | 10 | 24.2:1 | 77% (187) |
| 2010-11 | 235 | N/A | N/A | 82% (192) |
| 2000-01 | 312 | 17 | 18.4:1 | 99% (309) |
| 1990-91 | 325 | 16 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sunset Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 29% (319 to 413); teachers up 38% (14 to 19.3).
About Sunset Elementary
Sunset Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school with its address in Fresno, California. It has an enrollment of 413 students in kindergarten through 6.
Sunset Elementary is one school in a 100-school district, Fresno Unified, which enrolls 67,873 students.
At Sunset Elementary, 90% of students are Hispanic. After that, the student body is 6% Black and 3% White. Census figures show Fresno County is about 55% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Sunset Elementary scores 19%.
Sunset Elementary has 19.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 21.4:1. The school's 21.4:1 compares with an average of 22.3:1 for elementary schools in California. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 75%. That is in line with the 75% average for public schools in Fresno County.
Sunset Elementary is in the top 10% of California schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 35.8%. The school's actual rate is 53.5%, 17.7 points higher.
For the population of Fresno County, the median household earns about $74,201 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 14%. Across Fresno County, 368 public schools serve about 206,072 students.
Of the public schools around it, Sunset Elementary is closest to Edison-Bethune Charter Academy, about 0.7 miles away. Sunset Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Sunset Elementary ranks 2nd of 4 nearby schools, at 53.5% versus a 46.7% average.
Sunset Elementary has an NCES locale of City: Large.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 7%, from 387 to 413. By 2024-25, the school had 21.4 students per teacher, compared with 48.4 in 2020-21.
Anyone can start a thread about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Sunset Elementary. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Fresno County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,016,725
Census ACS
Median income
$74,201
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
368
206,072 students
Quick facts
Related schools
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Other Sunset Elementary schools
23 other US public schools in 13 states are named Sunset Elementary. Sunset Elementary is the 13th largest of the 24.
- Sunset ElementaryLivermore, CA · 759 students
- Sunset ElementarySan Ysidro, CA · 520 students
- Sunset ElementaryCoalinga, CA · 442 students
- Sunset ElementarySan Francisco, CA · 402 students
- Sunset ElementaryOak View, CA · 357 students
Nearby schools
- Edison-Bethune Charter Academy0.7 mi · 368
- Big Picture Educational Academy1.3 mi · 520
- Pathway Community Day1.3 mi · 10
- Columbia Elementary1.4 mi · 568
- Pershing Continuation High1.4 mi · 101
- Edison High1.4 mi · 2,339
Frequently asked questions
About Sunset ElementaryHow large is Sunset Elementary?
Sunset Elementary enrolls approximately 413 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Sunset Elementary serve?
Sunset Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does Sunset Elementary have?
Sunset Elementary employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Sunset Elementary?
Student demographics at Sunset Elementary are roughly 3% White, 90% Hispanic, 6% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Sunset Elementary in?
Sunset Elementary is part of Fresno Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.