Enrollment
107
Elementary
DISTRICT 258 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DURANGO SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 9-R·NCES 080348000457
Sunnyside Elementary School
75 CR 218, DURANGO, CO 81303 · (970) 259-5249 · La Plata County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL107 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 17% of Colorado 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.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
54 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 15 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 16 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 21 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 13 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 14 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 13 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 15 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (16) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (15).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
31.6%
CO avg 44.9% . -3.5pp since 2023
Math
21.1%
CO avg 36.1% . +5.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.6% | 21.1% |
| 2023-24 | 35.1% | 15.8% |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. 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
25.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.1%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% typical for Colorado 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 Colorado'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 Sunnyside Elementary School
Sunnyside Elementary School's state test result (25.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunnyside Elementary School this school | 107 | 50.5% | 25.9% |
| Galeton Elementary School GALETON | 107 | 55.1% | 66.4% |
| Fort Lewis Mesa Elementary School HESPERUS | 116 | 50.9% | 50.0% |
| Sargent Elementary School MONTE VISTA | 142 | 49.3% | 36.0% |
| Cheyenne Wells Elementary School CHEYENNE WELLS | 90 | 53.3% | N/A |
| Battle Rock Charter School CORTEZ | 88 | 51.1% | N/A |
Matched among Colorado 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 Sunnyside Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In La Plata County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.9% | #660 of 931 | #9 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.1% | #695 of 940 ▲ 81 | #9 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.6% | #629 of 946 ▼ 63 | #9 of 10 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 107 | #994 of 1,056 | #11 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.5% | #471 of 983 | #4 of 11 |
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
107
-29 (-21%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 106
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 107 | 10.9 | 9.8:1 | 50% (54) |
| 2023-24 | 108 | 10.5 | 10.3:1 | 45% (49) |
| 2022-23 | 106 | 10.1 | 10.5:1 | 38% (40) |
| 2020-21 | 136 | 8 | 17.0:1 | 38% (51) |
| 2017-18 | 149 | 9.6 | 15.5:1 | 41% (61) |
| 2015-16 | 171 | 12 | 14.3:1 | 39% (67) |
| 2010-11 | 156 | 12 | 13.0:1 | 39% (61) |
| 2000-01 | 127 | 11 | 11.6:1 | 30% (38) |
| 1990-91 | 106 | 5 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sunnyside Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (149 to 107); teachers up 14% (9.6 to 10.9).
About Sunnyside Elementary School
Sunnyside Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in DURANGO, Colorado. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 107 students. Enrollment is 72% lower than the average for elementary schools in Colorado, which is about 379.
Durango School District No. 9-R includes 13 schools. Together they enroll 5,089 students.
At Sunnyside Elementary School, White students make up 63% of the student body. The next largest groups are 30% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. The school's White share is 19 points below the 82% share among La Plata County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 52% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The ratio of students to teachers is 9.8:1, with 10.9 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Sunnyside Elementary School is 50%. Among public schools in La Plata County, the average eligibility rate is 39%.
Measured against Colorado public elementary schools, Sunnyside Elementary School receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
In Colorado, Sunnyside Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 25.9% actual against a predicted 36.1%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for La Plata County show that the median household income is $86,056, about 49% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Besides Sunnyside Elementary School, La Plata County has 23 other public schools.
The nearest public school is Escalante Middle School, at about 7.2 miles. Inside a ten-mile radius, there are 3 other public schools. Among 6 nearby schools that report test results, Sunnyside Elementary School ranks 6th on proficiency.
Sunnyside Elementary School is coded as Rural: Distant in federal locale data.
Enrollment has fallen by 29 students since 2020-21, to 107. Students per teacher fell from 17.0 in 2020-21 to 9.8 in 2024-25.
Community posts for Sunnyside Elementary School can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
La Plata County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
56,331
Census ACS
Median income
$86,056
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
24
7,504 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Durango School District No. 9-R
- Durango High SchoolHigh · 1,352 students
- Colorado Connections Academy @ DurangoCombined · 752 students
- Escalante Middle SchoolMiddle · 461 students
- Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 452 students
- Riverview Elementary SchoolElementary · 374 students
- Needham Elementary SchoolElementary · 367 students
Other schools in DURANGO
- Durango High SchoolHigh · 1,352 students
- Colorado Connections Academy @ DurangoCombined · 752 students
- Escalante Middle SchoolMiddle · 461 students
- Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 452 students
- Riverview Elementary SchoolElementary · 374 students
- Needham Elementary SchoolElementary · 367 students
Other Sunnyside Elementary schools
20 other US public schools in 14 states are named Sunnyside Elementary. Sunnyside Elementary School is the 21st largest of the 21.
- Sunnyside Elementary SchoolIndianapolis, IN · 714 students
- SUNNYSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLIDAHO FALLS, ID · 568 students
- Sunnyside Elementary SchoolSmyrna, DE · 507 students
- Sunnyside ElementaryGarden Grove, CA · 500 students
- Sunnyside ElementaryNEW BRIGHTON, MN · 498 students
Nearby schools
- Escalante Middle School7.2 mi · 461
- Florida Mesa Elementary School8.1 mi · 293
- The Juniper School8.3 mi · 171
- Park Elementary School10.0 mi · 452
- Animas High School10.4 mi · 249
- Southwest Colorado eSchool10.4 mi · 48
Frequently asked questions
About Sunnyside Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Sunnyside Elementary School?
Sunnyside Elementary School enrolls approximately 107 students in grades PK-05.
Is Sunnyside Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sunnyside Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Sunnyside Elementary School?
Approximately 9.8:1 students per teacher at Sunnyside Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sunnyside Elementary School?
At Sunnyside Elementary School, the student body is approximately 63% White, 30% Hispanic, 5% Two or more.
Is Sunnyside Elementary School public or private?
Sunnyside Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Durango School District No. 9-R.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.