Enrollment
261
Elementary
DISTRICT 184 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOFFAT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT RE: NO. 1·NCES 080573000983
Sunset Elementary School
800 WEST 7TH STREET, CRAIG, CO 81625 · (970) 824-5762 · Moffat County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL261 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 52% of Colorado public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
11.9:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 32.4:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
151 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 41 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (49).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Moffat County School District RE: No. 1. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
36.3%
CO avg 44.9% . -4.1pp since 2023
Math
31.2%
CO avg 36.1% . +2.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 3 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.3% | 31.2% |
| 2023-24 | 40.4% | 28.5% |
% 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
35.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.6%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Sunset Elementary School
Sunset Elementary School's state test result (35.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunset Elementary School this school | 261 | 57.9% | 35.3% |
| Lincoln Orchard Mesa Elementary School GRAND JUNCTION | 289 | 61.6% | 35.1% |
| Sanford Elementary School SANFORD | 218 | 55.5% | 43.9% |
| Ridgeview Elementary School CRAIG | 233 | 52.8% | 32.1% |
| Trailblazer Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 211 | 55.5% | 33.5% |
| Sarah Milner Elementary School LOVELAND | 264 | 53.4% | 25.0% |
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 Sunset Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.3% | #503 of 931 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.2% | #526 of 940 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.3% | #556 of 946 ▼ 58 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 261 | #809 of 1,056 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #53 of 896 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.8% | #516 of 896 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.9% | #397 of 983 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.0% | #195 of 664 |
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
261
-48 (-16%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 381
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 261 | 22 | 11.9:1 | 58% (151) |
| 2023-24 | 296 | 23.1 | 12.8:1 | 63% (186) |
| 2022-23 | 301 | 20.9 | 14.4:1 | 48% (145) |
| 2020-21 | 309 | 19 | 16.3:1 | 49% (150) |
| 2017-18 | 348 | 16.3 | 21.3:1 | 34% (118) |
| 2015-16 | 284 | 14 | 20.3:1 | 37% (104) |
| 2010-11 | 306 | 17 | 18.0:1 | 39% (118) |
| 2000-01 | 333 | 19 | 17.5:1 | 29% (97) |
| 1990-91 | 381 | 20 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sunset Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (348 to 261); teachers up 35% (16.3 to 22).
About Sunset Elementary School
Sunset Elementary School is one of the public schools in CRAIG, Colorado. It is a small elementary school. Total enrollment is 261 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in Colorado have about 379 students on average; enrollment here is 31% lower.
Moffat County School District RE: No. 1 enrolls 1,821 students in 7 schools, including Sunset Elementary School.
More than half of enrollment at Sunset Elementary School is White: 67%. The remaining shares are 28% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Moffat County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school's share is lower. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Sunset Elementary School scores 48%.
With 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 11.9:1. Elementary schools in Colorado average 16.6:1, 4.7 more students per teacher than here. Roughly 58% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Sunset Elementary School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 52% of Colorado public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Sunset Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Colorado schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 35.3%; the prediction is 31.6%.
American Community Survey estimates for Moffat County show that median household income comes to about $73,849, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 19% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county's public schools total 7, with about 1,821 students.
Moffat County High School is the nearest public school to Sunset Elementary School, about 0.6 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 5 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Sunset Elementary School is ahead of the 25.4% nearby average, ranking 1st of 8.
In the federal locale system, Sunset Elementary School is coded Town: Remote, for schools in a town far from an urbanized area.
The school's student count decreased 16% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. The school's ratio dropped from 16.3:1 to 11.9:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Moffat County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
13,207
Census ACS
Median income
$73,849
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
1,821 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Moffat County School District RE: No. 1
- Moffat County High SchoolHigh · 481 students
- Craig Middle SchoolMiddle · 419 students
- Sandrock ElementaryElementary · 299 students
- Ridgeview Elementary SchoolElementary · 233 students
- Early Childhood CenterElementary · 117 students
- Maybell SchoolElementary · 11 students
Other schools in CRAIG
- Moffat County High SchoolHigh · 481 students
- Craig Middle SchoolMiddle · 419 students
- Sandrock ElementaryElementary · 299 students
- Ridgeview Elementary SchoolElementary · 233 students
- Early Childhood CenterElementary · 117 students
Other Sunset Elementary schools
23 other US public schools in 13 states are named Sunset Elementary. Sunset Elementary School is the 20th largest of the 24.
- SUNSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMIAMI, FL · 1,192 students
- Sunset ElementaryLivermore, CA · 759 students
- Sunset ElementaryAIRWAY HEIGHTS, WA · 634 students
- Sunset Elementary SchoolBrentwood, TN · 616 students
- Sunset Elementary SchoolMoultrie, GA · 614 students
Nearby schools
- Moffat County High School0.6 mi · 481
- Craig Middle School0.6 mi · 419
- Sandrock Elementary0.7 mi · 299
- Early Childhood Center1.0 mi · 117
- Ridgeview Elementary School1.9 mi · 233
- Hayden Valley Elementary School15.5 mi · 232
Frequently asked questions
About Sunset Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Sunset Elementary School?
Sunset Elementary School enrolls approximately 261 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Sunset Elementary School serve?
Sunset Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sunset Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sunset Elementary School is approximately 11.9:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Sunset Elementary School?
Student demographics at Sunset Elementary School are roughly 67% White, 28% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Sunset Elementary School public or private?
Sunset Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Moffat County School District RE: No. 1.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.