Sunset Ridge PK-8

Sunset Ridge PK-8 is a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in WESTMINSTER, Colorado, one of the schools within Westminster Public Schools. The school hosts 449 students in grades pre-K through 8.

Sunset Ridge PK-8 is one of 18 schools operated by Westminster Public Schools, a district that instructs 7,724 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Sunset Ridge PK-8 lists that 85% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder comes out to 11% White. By comparison, Adams County as a whole is about 43% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Sunset Ridge PK-8 logs 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.6:1 average. Roughly 88% of students at Sunset Ridge PK-8 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Adams County (around 62%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Sunset Ridge PK-8 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 13.5%, the actual is 19.3%, a residual of +5.8 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Adams County) records that the typical household earns roughly $94,571 per year, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Sunset Ridge PK-8 is one of 171 public schools in Adams County (combined enrollment of about 87,938 students).

Rocky Mountain Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sunset Ridge PK-8 ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 21.4%.

Sunset Ridge PK-8 operates from a residential location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 21%: 371 students in 2018 compared to 449 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 75% to 85% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 21.4:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Sunset Ridge PK-8 community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.