Sunset Elementary

Located at 400 Sunset Ave., in Oak View, California, Sunset Elementary is an intimate elementary-level community that teaches 357 students (grades K through 8), part of Ventura Unified. That puts it 23% leaner than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Sunset Elementary is one of 27 schools operated by Ventura Unified, a district that instructs 14,346 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Sunset Elementary shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder breaks down as 46% White, 2% Asian, 2% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Sunset Elementary has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 27.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 66% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Sunset Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.7%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Ventura County shows the typical household earns roughly $109,797 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Ventura County's 238 public schools (combined enrollment of about 147,841 students), Sunset Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Mira Monte Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.3 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Sunset Elementary comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 37.7%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 366 students in 2018 compared to 357 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 26.1:1 in 2018 to 27.4:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.