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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at Sunset Elementary?
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Enrollment
402
Elementary
DISTRICT 328 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED·NCES 063441006556
Sunset Elementary
1920 41st Ave., San Francisco, CA 94116 · (415) 759-2760 · San Francisco County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL402 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 98% 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.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-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
25.6:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
135 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
84.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +4.4pp since 2014
Math
84.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 54.7% | 29.7% | 10.4% | 5.2% |
| Math | 53.1% | 31.8% | 10.9% | 4.2% |
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 | 84.4% | 84.9% |
| 2023-24 | 86.9% | 89.5% |
| 2022-23 | 87.0% | 83.8% |
| 2021-22 | 85.9% | 81.8% |
| 2018-19 | 82.0% | 89.7% |
| 2017-18 | 86.3% | 88.4% |
| 2016-17 | 81.8% | 80.2% |
| 2015-16 | 82.0% | 82.0% |
| 2014-15 | 80.0% | 81.0% |
% 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
86.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+26.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 86% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 60% 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 27 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 (86.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunset Elementary this school | 402 | 33.6% | 86.4% |
| Jefferson Elementary San Francisco | 511 | 36.8% | 61.5% |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary Santa Clara | 453 | 28.0% | 70.7% |
| Plavan (Urbain H.) Elementary Fountain Valley | 530 | 33.6% | 83.1% |
| Brookvale Elementary Fremont | 428 | 29.2% | 70.4% |
| West Portal Elementary San Francisco | 588 | 32.3% | 65.8% |
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 San Francisco County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 86.4% | #55 of 5,151 | #1 of 69 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.9% | #104 of 5,172 ▼ 67 | #2 of 69 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.4% | #125 of 5,172 ▼ 65 | #1 of 69 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.8pp | #3,092 of 5,116 | #28 of 67 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 402 | #3,672 of 5,915 | #28 of 81 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.6:1 | #4,720 of 5,352 | #56 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.5% | #1,882 of 5,354 | #34 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.6% | #4,621 of 5,625 | #57 of 74 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.8% | #1,080 of 1,139 | #21 of 23 |
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
402
+6 (+2%) vs 2020
+45% since 2000-01, when it was 277
Student : Teacher
25.6:1
was 24.8:1
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 | 402 | 15.7 | 25.6:1 | 34% (135) |
| 2023-24 | 403 | 15.2 | 26.6:1 | 34% (138) |
| 2022-23 | 402 | 16.5 | 24.4:1 | 29% (115) |
| 2020-21 | 396 | 16 | 24.8:1 | 31% (123) |
| 2017-18 | 399 | 15 | 26.6:1 | 26% (102) |
| 2015-16 | 403 | 18 | 22.4:1 | 27% (108) |
| 2010-11 | 391 | N/A | N/A | 36% (140) |
| 2000-01 | 277 | 13 | 21.3:1 | 44% (123) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sunset Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (399 to 402); teachers up 5% (15 to 15.7).
About Sunset Elementary
Sunset Elementary is an elementary school in San Francisco, California, and it is part of San Francisco Unified. It teaches 402 students in kindergarten through 5.
Enrollment across the 106 schools in San Francisco Unified totals 48,706 students.
More than half of the students at Sunset Elementary are Asian (58%). The rest of enrollment is 19% White, 14% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. Census estimates put the Asian share of San Francisco County's population at about 35%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Sunset Elementary scores 60%.
There are 15.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at Sunset Elementary, giving a ratio of 25.6:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1. A total of 135 students, or 34%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 20 points below the 54% average for public schools in San Francisco County.
Sunset Elementary holds an A+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 98% of California public elementary schools.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Sunset Elementary is among the top 10% of schools in California. Predicted: 59.9%. Actual: 86.4%.
Census data for San Francisco County show median household income comes to about $140,970, about 60% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. There are 132 public schools in the county, enrolling about 56,505, Sunset Elementary among them.
Giannini (A.P.) Middle is about 0.2 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Sunset Elementary at 1st of 7.
Sunset Elementary falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Sunset Elementary enrolled 396; in 2024-25, 402.
The Sunset Elementary discussion page is a place for open houses, carpools, and field trips. You can also rate the school on this page.
San Francisco County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
830,235
Census ACS
Median income
$140,970
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
60%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
132
56,505 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in San Francisco Unified
- Lowell HighHigh · 2,571 students
- Lincoln (Abraham) HighHigh · 2,074 students
- Washington (George) HighHigh · 2,068 students
- Galileo HighHigh · 1,750 students
- Balboa HighHigh · 1,238 students
- Giannini (A.P.) MiddleMiddle · 1,183 students
Other schools in San Francisco
- Five Keys Independence HS (SF Sheriff's)High · 3,447 students
- Lowell HighHigh · 2,571 students
- Lincoln (Abraham) HighHigh · 2,074 students
- Washington (George) HighHigh · 2,068 students
- Galileo HighHigh · 1,750 students
- Balboa HighHigh · 1,238 students
Other Sunset Elementary schools
23 other US public schools in 13 states are named Sunset Elementary. Sunset Elementary is the 14th largest of the 24.
- Sunset ElementaryLivermore, CA · 759 students
- Sunset ElementarySan Ysidro, CA · 520 students
- Sunset ElementaryCoalinga, CA · 442 students
- Sunset ElementaryFresno, CA · 413 students
- Sunset ElementaryOak View, CA · 357 students
Nearby schools
- Giannini (A.P.) Middle0.2 mi · 1,183
- Noriega Children Center0.3 mi · 39
- Stevenson (Robert Louis) Elementary0.4 mi · 442
- S.F. County Special Education0.5 mi · 120
- Key (Francis Scott) Elementary0.5 mi · 552
- Lawton Alternative0.8 mi · 600
Frequently asked questions
About Sunset ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Sunset Elementary?
Sunset Elementary enrolls approximately 402 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Sunset Elementary serve?
Sunset Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Sunset Elementary have?
Sunset Elementary employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 25.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Sunset Elementary?
Student demographics at Sunset Elementary are roughly 19% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 58% Asian, 14% Two or more.
What district is Sunset Elementary in?
Sunset Elementary is part of San Francisco Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.