Sunset View Elementary

As a moderately sized elementary-level community in San Diego, California, Sunset View Elementary works with 408 students from grades K through 4, run under San Diego Unified.

Within San Diego Unified, which oversees 174 schools and 94,828 students, Sunset View Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Sunset View Elementary lists that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 18% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 48% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Sunset View Elementary records 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Sunset View Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. About 14% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. 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 View Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 70.9%, the actual is 79.1%, a residual of +8.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, San Diego County reports that the typical household earns roughly $106,268 per year, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across San Diego County's 766 public schools (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students), Sunset View Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Silver Gate Elementary, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sunset View Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 62.9%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 6%: 436 students in 2018 compared to 408 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 22.9:1 in 2018 to 24.0:1 today.

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