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What tradition at Sunset Elementary should never be changed?
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Enrollment
520
Elementary
DISTRICT 620 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN YSIDRO ELEMENTARY·NCES 063522005966
Sunset Elementary
3825 Sunset Ln., San Ysidro, CA 92173 · (619) 428-1148 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL520 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 28% of California public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
22.6:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
321 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 75 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 13% larger than its 6th grade class (75).
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Sunset Elementary→San Ysidro Middle
Based on grade levels within San Ysidro Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
36.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.7pp since 2014
Math
32.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +7.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 19.4% | 17.4% | 20.4% | 42.9% |
| Math | 15.7% | 16.7% | 26.0% | 41.7% |
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 | 36.7% | 32.3% |
| 2023-24 | 32.0% | 24.1% |
| 2022-23 | 31.3% | 23.8% |
| 2021-22 | 28.1% | 23.3% |
| 2018-19 | 36.8% | 32.9% |
| 2017-18 | 37.0% | 27.2% |
| 2016-17 | 34.2% | 23.0% |
| 2015-16 | 40.0% | 28.0% |
| 2014-15 | 34.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
31.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 (31.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunset Elementary this school | 520 | 61.7% | 31.3% |
| Daniel Phelan Language Academy Whittier | 507 | 64.5% | 61.3% |
| Smythe Elementary San Ysidro | 534 | 65.0% | 18.1% |
| Alpha: Blanca Alvarado San Jose | 500 | 60.2% | N/A |
| Wallen L. Andrews Whittier | 542 | 61.3% | 50.6% |
| Sherman Oaks Elementary San Jose | 524 | 59.0% | 39.6% |
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 Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #3,360 of 5,151 | #288 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #2,984 of 5,172 ▲ 745 | #260 of 393 ▲ 48 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.7% | #3,250 of 5,172 ▲ 307 | #281 of 393 ▲ 22 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.8pp | #789 of 5,116 | #47 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 520 | #2,199 of 5,915 | #166 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.6:1 | #2,690 of 5,352 | #176 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.9% | #5,057 of 5,354 | #411 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.7% | #3,391 of 5,625 | #210 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.1% | #685 of 3,837 | #39 of 279 |
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
520
-86 (-14%) vs 2020
+28% since 1990-91, when it was 407
Student : Teacher
22.6:1
was 26.4:1
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 | 520 | 23 | 22.6:1 | 62% (321) |
| 2023-24 | 522 | 22 | 23.7:1 | 66% (345) |
| 2022-23 | 546 | 22 | 24.8:1 | 62% (336) |
| 2020-21 | 606 | 23 | 26.4:1 | 84% (510) |
| 2017-18 | 723 | 30 | 24.1:1 | 73% (528) |
| 2015-16 | 828 | 29 | 28.6:1 | 100% (825) |
| 2010-11 | 758 | N/A | N/A | 80% (604) |
| 2000-01 | 561 | 28 | 20.0:1 | 98% (551) |
| 1990-91 | 407 | 17 | 23.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sunset Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (723 to 520); teachers down 23% (30 to 23).
About Sunset Elementary
Sunset Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in California, with an address in San Ysidro. The school counted 520 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 6.
San Ysidro Elementary is responsible for 7 schools, Sunset Elementary included, with 4,140 students in all.
Of every 100 students at Sunset Elementary, about 96 are Hispanic. It is also 2% multiracial. For comparison, the population of San Diego County is roughly 35% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 8%.
Sunset Elementary has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.6:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is similar, at 22.3:1. At Sunset Elementary, 62% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Compared with the 54% average for public schools in San Diego County, the school's rate is higher.
Sunset Elementary holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 28% of California public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 31.3%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 43.4%.
In the surrounding county, San Diego County, the median household earns about $106,268 a year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. San Diego County has 766 public schools with about 467,437 students, including Sunset Elementary.
Smythe Elementary is about 0.4 miles from Sunset Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Sunset Elementary is 2nd on average proficiency.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
From 606 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 520 by 2024-25. The number of students per teacher dropped from 26.4 to 22.6 over 4 years.
Sunset Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
San Diego County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,288,774
Census ACS
Median income
$106,268
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
766
467,437 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in San Ysidro Elementary
- Ocean View HillsElementary · 1,020 students
- Willow ElementaryElementary · 643 students
- Vista Del MarMiddle · 541 students
- Smythe ElementaryElementary · 534 students
- San Ysidro MiddleMiddle · 500 students
- La Mirada ElementaryElementary · 382 students
Other schools in San Ysidro
- Willow ElementaryElementary · 643 students
- George Nicoloff ElementaryElementary · 616 students
- Smythe ElementaryElementary · 534 students
- San Ysidro MiddleMiddle · 500 students
- La Mirada ElementaryElementary · 382 students
Other Sunset Elementary schools
23 other US public schools in 13 states are named Sunset Elementary. Sunset Elementary is the 7th largest of the 24.
- Sunset ElementaryLivermore, CA · 759 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
- Smythe Elementary0.4 mi · 534
- La Mirada Elementary0.5 mi · 382
- San Ysidro Middle0.7 mi · 500
- Willow Elementary0.8 mi · 643
- Los Altos Elementary1.0 mi · 263
- George Nicoloff Elementary1.1 mi · 616
Frequently asked questions
About Sunset ElementaryHow many students attend Sunset Elementary?
Sunset Elementary enrolls approximately 520 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Sunset Elementary serve?
Sunset Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sunset Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sunset Elementary is approximately 22.6:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sunset Elementary?
At Sunset Elementary, the student body is approximately 1% White, 96% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Sunset Elementary public or private?
Sunset Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by San Ysidro Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.