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How has Sunset Hills Elementary changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
381
Elementary
DISTRICT 607 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POWAY UNIFIED·NCES 063153004896
Sunset Hills Elementary
9291 Oviedo St., San Diego, CA 92129 · (858) 484-1600 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL381 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 69% of California public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-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
25.1:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
38 students
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 | 75 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
75.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +14.5pp since 2014
Math
74.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +13.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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 14 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 44.7% | 30.8% | 16.4% | 8.2% |
| Math | 39.1% | 35.3% | 17.9% | 7.7% |
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 | 75.5% | 74.4% |
| 2023-24 | 68.5% | 66.5% |
| 2022-23 | 74.8% | 73.4% |
| 2021-22 | 73.8% | 71.3% |
| 2018-19 | 74.9% | 71.0% |
| 2017-18 | 74.2% | 72.4% |
| 2016-17 | 71.3% | 69.2% |
| 2015-16 | 67.0% | 59.0% |
| 2014-15 | 61.0% | 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
71.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 Hills Elementary
Sunset Hills Elementary's state test result (71.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunset Hills Elementary this school | 381 | 10.0% | 71.3% |
| Empire Oaks Elementary Folsom | 366 | 9.6% | 76.7% |
| Solana Santa Fe Elementary Rancho Santa Fe | 334 | 12.3% | 79.8% |
| Solana Highlands Elementary San Diego | 384 | 12.0% | 80.7% |
| Oak Meadow Elementary El Dorado Hills | 412 | 15.5% | 70.9% |
| Rancho Vista Elementary Rolling Hills Estates | 329 | 14.0% | 84.4% |
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 Hills Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.3% | #602 of 5,151 | #74 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.4% | #436 of 5,172 ▲ 314 | #53 of 393 ▲ 35 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.5% | #474 of 5,172 ▲ 321 | #57 of 393 ▲ 40 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.4pp | #2,509 of 5,116 | #174 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 381 | #3,914 of 5,915 | #307 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.1:1 | #4,469 of 5,352 | #346 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.0% | #632 of 5,354 | #51 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.0% | #5,474 of 5,625 | #428 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.1% | #1,892 of 3,837 | #139 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
381
-22 (-5%) vs 2020
-65% since 1990-91, when it was 1,097
Student : Teacher
25.1:1
was 21.2:1
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 | 381 | 15.2 | 25.1:1 | 10% (38) |
| 2023-24 | 372 | 15.2 | 24.5:1 | 8% (28) |
| 2022-23 | 401 | 15.2 | 26.4:1 | 7% (28) |
| 2020-21 | 403 | 19 | 21.2:1 | 10% (41) |
| 2017-18 | 454 | 21.6 | 21.0:1 | 15% (69) |
| 2015-16 | 464 | 21 | 22.1:1 | 16% (74) |
| 2010-11 | 392 | N/A | N/A | 13% (49) |
| 2000-01 | 556 | 27 | 20.6:1 | 7% (40) |
| 1990-91 | 1,097 | 43 | 25.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sunset Hills Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (454 to 381); teachers down 30% (21.6 to 15.2).
About Sunset Hills Elementary
Sunset Hills Elementary is a small elementary school. Its address is in San Diego, California. It reported 381 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
In Poway Unified, 39 schools enroll a combined 34,259 students.
The biggest share of students at Sunset Hills Elementary, 43%, is White. The remaining shares are 26% Asian, 18% Hispanic, and 11% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Sunset Hills Elementary scores 70%.
Staffing at Sunset Hills Elementary comes to 15.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 25.1:1. The school's 25.1:1 compares with an average of 22.3:1 for elementary schools in California. On the income side, 10% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in San Diego County averages 54%, higher than here.
On the allk12 Grade, Sunset Hills Elementary lands at B+, ahead of 69% of California public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Sunset Hills Elementary is 2.4 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 71.3% actual, 73.7% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in California.
Census data for San Diego County show the median household earns about $106,268 a year, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. There are 766 public schools in the county, enrolling about 467,437, Sunset Hills Elementary among them.
Sunset Hills Elementary's nearest public school is Black Mountain Middle (about 0.1 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Sunset Hills Elementary places 7th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Sunset Hills Elementary has an NCES locale of City: Large.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 5% decrease, from 403 to 381. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 21.2:1 to 25.1:1.
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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
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Other schools in Poway Unified
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- Oak Valley MiddleMiddle · 1,503 students
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Other Sunset Hills Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Sunset Hills Elementary. Sunset Hills Elementary is the 4th largest of the 5.
- Sunset Hills ElementarySURPRISE, AZ · 877 students
- SUNSET HILLS ELEMENTARYALAMOGORDO, NM · 436 students
- SUNSET HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTARPON SPRINGS, FL · 428 students
- SUNSET HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLOMAHA, NE · 301 students
Nearby schools
- Black Mountain Middle0.1 mi · 1,077
- Mt. Carmel High0.3 mi · 1,800
- Sundance Elementary0.7 mi · 428
- Adobe Bluffs Elementary0.9 mi · 586
- Deer Canyon Elementary1.0 mi · 354
- Mesa Verde Middle1.2 mi · 1,178
Frequently asked questions
About Sunset Hills ElementaryHow large is Sunset Hills Elementary?
Sunset Hills Elementary enrolls approximately 381 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Sunset Hills Elementary serve?
Sunset Hills Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sunset Hills Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sunset Hills Elementary is approximately 25.1:1 (15 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sunset Hills Elementary?
At Sunset Hills Elementary, the student body is approximately 43% White, 18% Hispanic, 2% Black, 26% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Sunset Hills Elementary public or private?
Sunset Hills Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Poway Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.