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What's the one class at Sunset Elementary every student should take?
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Enrollment
759
Elementary
DISTRICT 612 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LIVERMORE VALLEY JOINT UNIFIED·NCES 062211002635
Sunset Elementary
1671 Frankfurt Way, Livermore, CA 94550 · (925) 606-5230 · Alameda County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL759 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
23.3:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
58 students
DISTRICT 22% · 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 | 167 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 119 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 127 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 126 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 128 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (167) is 30% larger than its 5th grade class (128).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
77.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +11.3pp since 2014
Math
74.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +13.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 11 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 51.4% | 25.9% | 14.4% | 8.4% |
| Math | 45.2% | 29.5% | 17.2% | 8.1% |
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 | 77.3% | 74.7% |
| 2023-24 | 72.8% | 68.9% |
| 2022-23 | 75.8% | 73.8% |
| 2021-22 | 75.5% | 72.3% |
| 2020-21 | 71.6% | 68.8% |
| 2018-19 | 80.0% | 69.1% |
| 2017-18 | 77.3% | 71.5% |
| 2016-17 | 70.1% | 67.8% |
| 2015-16 | 72.0% | 67.0% |
| 2014-15 | 66.0% | 61.0% |
% 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
73.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 75% 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 Sunset Elementary
Sunset Elementary's state test result (73.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunset Elementary this school | 759 | 7.6% | 73.5% |
| Greenbrook Elementary Danville | 732 | 6.6% | 76.0% |
| Chaparral Elementary Poway | 858 | 10.3% | 73.3% |
| Booksin Elementary San Jose | 715 | 11.9% | 74.6% |
| Sycamore Canyon Newbury Park | 937 | 5.4% | 79.8% |
| Dapplegray Elementary Rolling Hills Estates | 639 | 10.2% | 73.8% |
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 Alameda County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.5% | #493 of 5,151 | #42 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.7% | #428 of 5,172 ▲ 234 | #36 of 192 ▲ 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.3% | #385 of 5,172 ▲ 190 | #27 of 192 ▲ 28 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.1pp | #2,608 of 5,116 | #67 of 187 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 759 | #497 of 5,915 | #11 of 216 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.3:1 | #3,240 of 5,352 | #101 of 201 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.8% | #1,030 of 5,354 | #78 of 201 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 7.6% | #5,526 of 5,625 | #203 of 211 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.2% | #3,631 of 3,837 | #131 of 138 |
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
759
+15 (+2%) vs 2020
+27% since 1990-91, when it was 596
Student : Teacher
23.3:1
was 26.6:1
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 | 759 | 32.5 | 23.3:1 | 8% (58) |
| 2023-24 | 753 | 32.4 | 23.2:1 | 18% (139) |
| 2022-23 | 756 | 30.4 | 24.9:1 | 21% (162) |
| 2020-21 | 744 | 28 | 26.6:1 | 9% (66) |
| 2017-18 | 776 | 30.6 | 25.4:1 | 7% (58) |
| 2015-16 | 773 | 31 | 24.9:1 | 4% (32) |
| 2010-11 | 743 | N/A | N/A | 11% (82) |
| 2000-01 | 607 | 30 | 20.2:1 | 1% (5) |
| 1990-91 | 596 | 22 | 27.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sunset Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (776 to 759); teachers up 6% (30.6 to 32.5).
About Sunset Elementary
Families in Livermore, California, are served by Sunset Elementary, a large elementary school. The school counts 759 students across kindergarten through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in California is about 465 students.
Livermore Valley Joint Unified serves 12,945 students across 18 schools.
White students form the largest group at Sunset Elementary, 49% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 21% Asian, 18% Hispanic, and 10% multiracial. Among people living in Alameda County, the White share is about 30%. The chance that two students picked at random at Sunset Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 67%.
Sunset Elementary's 32.5 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 23.3:1. That ratio is over the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 8%. Among public schools in Alameda County, the average eligibility rate is 49%.
In California, Sunset Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 73.5% actual against a predicted 75.1%.
Alameda County has these Census figures: median household income is about $129,367, roughly 52% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. The public schools of Alameda County number 394 and enroll about 210,511.
Of nearby public schools, Joe Michell is the closest, at about 0.7 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, Sunset Elementary is ahead of the 56.1% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 7.
Sunset Elementary is coded as City: Small in federal locale data.
Enrollment went from 744 in 2020-21 to 759 in 2024-25, a change of 15 students. By 2024-25, the school had 23.3 students per teacher, compared with 26.6 in 2020-21.
Discussions about Sunset Elementary may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Alameda County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,649,473
Census ACS
Median income
$129,367
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
394
210,511 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Livermore Valley Joint Unified
- Granada HighHigh · 2,156 students
- Livermore HighHigh · 1,827 students
- William Mendenhall MiddleMiddle · 876 students
- Junction K-8Elementary · 801 students
- Joe MichellElementary · 786 students
- Emma C. Smith ElementaryElementary · 648 students
Other schools in Livermore
- Granada HighHigh · 2,156 students
- Livermore HighHigh · 1,827 students
- William Mendenhall MiddleMiddle · 876 students
- Junction K-8Elementary · 801 students
- Joe MichellElementary · 786 students
- Emma C. Smith ElementaryElementary · 648 students
Other Sunset Elementary schools
23 other US public schools in 13 states are named Sunset Elementary. Sunset Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 24.
- Sunset ElementarySan Ysidro, CA · 520 students
- Sunset ElementaryCoalinga, CA · 442 students
- Sunset ElementaryFresno, CA · 413 students
- Sunset ElementarySan Francisco, CA · 402 students
- Sunset ElementaryOak View, CA · 357 students
Nearby schools
- Joe Michell0.7 mi · 786
- William Mendenhall Middle1.1 mi · 876
- Granada High1.1 mi · 2,156
- Vineyard Alternative1.2 mi · 92
- Del Valle Continuation High1.2 mi · 87
- Emma C. Smith Elementary1.3 mi · 648
Frequently asked questions
About Sunset ElementaryHow many students attend Sunset Elementary?
Sunset Elementary enrolls approximately 759 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Sunset Elementary serve?
Sunset Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sunset Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sunset Elementary is approximately 23.3:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sunset Elementary?
At Sunset Elementary, the student body is approximately 49% White, 18% Hispanic, 1% Black, 21% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Sunset Elementary in?
Sunset Elementary is part of Livermore Valley Joint Unified.
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