Sunset Hills Elementary

Sunset Hills Elementary, an intimate primary school in San Diego, California, one of the schools within Poway Unified, educates 381 students, covering grades K through 5.

Across the 39 schools in Poway Unified (34,259 students total), Sunset Hills Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Sunset Hills Elementary shows that the largest single group is White at 43%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 26% Asian, 18% Hispanic, 11% multiracial.

On the resource side, On paper, Sunset Hills Elementary has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 25.1:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 10% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, San Diego County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Sunset Hills Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 73.6%; this one delivers 67.6%.

Across the wider county, census data for San Diego County shows median household income runs about $106,268, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sunset Hills Elementary is one of 766 public schools in San Diego County (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students).

The closest other public school is Black Mountain Middle, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Sunset Hills Elementary comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 75.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sunset Hills Elementary has edged down 16%, going from 454 students in 2018 to 381 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share edged up from 21% to 26%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 21.0:1 in 2018 to 25.1:1 today.

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