Sunset

Sunset is an one-room-style K-5 school in La Puente, California, one of the schools within Hacienda la Puente Unified. The school instructs 27 students in grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 94% leaner than the state mean of about 465.

Sunset is one of 35 schools operated by Hacienda la Puente Unified, a district that serves 16,260 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Sunset logs that 85% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder consists of 11% Asian, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Sunset shows 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

In the broader community, Los Angeles County reports that the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Sunset is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Sunset Elementary, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 6 years. Over the past 6-year window, the student count expanded 17%: 23 students in 2018 compared to 27 in 2024. Hispanic enrollment moved from 70% to 85% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 7.7:1 in 2018 to 9.0:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.