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Enrollment
907
Elementary
DISTRICT 557 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BREVARD·NCES 120015004246
SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1651 MARA LOMA BLVD SE, PALM BAY, FL 32909 · (321) 674-6145 · Brevard County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL907 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 46% of Florida 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.
- C+Beats 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 Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
451 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 | 25 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 136 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 127 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 119 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 137 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 128 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 117 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 118 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (136) is 15% larger than its 6th grade class (118).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 70% · 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
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
55.6%
FL avg 56.7% . -3.9pp since 2023
Math
55.5%
FL avg 58.9% . +4.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.6% | 55.5% |
| 2023-24 | 59.5% | 51.0% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. 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
56.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% typical for Florida 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 Florida'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 SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (56.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 907 | 49.7% | 56.6% |
| ANTIOCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CRESTVIEW | 931 | 50.4% | 69.9% |
| BUNNELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUNNELL | 1,061 | 52.4% | 50.8% |
| WARD-HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OCALA | 908 | 53.6% | 64.0% |
| TYNES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIDDLEBURG | 1,047 | 54.6% | 62.7% |
| RIDEOUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIDDLEBURG | 768 | 49.7% | 58.5% |
Matched among Florida 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 SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Brevard County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.6% | #1,021 of 2,136 | #36 of 66 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.5% | #1,302 of 2,149 ▲ 36 | #37 of 66 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.6% | #1,034 of 2,149 ▼ 295 | #38 of 66 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 907 | #297 of 2,267 | #4 of 68 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #1,078 of 2,077 | #55 of 66 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.5% | #666 of 2,108 | #31 of 66 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.7% | #1,310 of 2,188 | #34 of 68 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.2% | #368 of 621 | #9 of 15 |
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
907
+208 (+30%) vs 2020
+21% since 2010-11, when it was 748
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 907 | 57 | 15.9:1 | 50% (451) |
| 2023-24 | 868 | 49 | 17.7:1 | 53% (464) |
| 2022-23 | 759 | 48 | 15.8:1 | 58% (443) |
| 2020-21 | 699 | 46 | 15.2:1 | 65% (453) |
| 2017-18 | 838 | 61 | 13.7:1 | 54% (454) |
| 2015-16 | 842 | 60 | 14.0:1 | 64% (535) |
| 2010-11 | 748 | 56 | 13.4:1 | 55% (413) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
In PALM BAY, Florida, part of Brevard County, SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school. The student body numbers 907 students, from pre-K through 6. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Florida) has about 604 students.
SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one school in a 109-school district, BREVARD, which enrolls 73,587 students.
White students account for 55% of enrollment at SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The remaining students are 17% Hispanic, 17% Black, and 10% multiracial. Census figures show Brevard County is about 73% White. The chance that two students picked at random at SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 63%.
SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 57 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 15.9:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1, higher than at this school. SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 50%.
The allk12 Grade for SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is B-. Compared with Florida public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 46% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 56.3% for SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The school posts 56.6%, within a point of the prediction.
Across Brevard County, median household income is about $78,476, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among the 113 public schools in Brevard County.
ODYSSEY PREPARATORY CHARTER ACADEMY is the closest public school, about 2.8 miles away in a straight line. SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with 6 others within five miles. The school's 56.6% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 9 nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Fringe: in rural territory close to an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count grew from 699 to 907.
The discussion area below is open to posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Brevard County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
632,780
Census ACS
Median income
$78,476
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
113
73,587 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BREVARD
- VIERA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,334 students
- MELBOURNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,210 students
- BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,122 students
- HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,960 students
- ODYSSEY CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 1,917 students
- ROCKLEDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,579 students
Other schools in PALM BAY
- BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,122 students
- HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,960 students
- ODYSSEY CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 1,917 students
- PINEAPPLE COVE CLASSICAL ACADEMYCombined · 1,065 students
- SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 997 students
- WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 984 students
Other Sunrise Elementary schools
29 other US public schools in 15 states are named Sunrise Elementary. SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 4th largest of the 30.
- SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLOCALA, FL · 1,402 students
- SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLKISSIMMEE, FL · 906 students
- SUNRISE ELEMENTARYORLANDO, FL · 456 students
- SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLDELTONA, FL · 428 students
- Sunrise ElementaryRancho Cordova, CA · 1,235 students
Nearby schools
- ODYSSEY PREPARATORY CHARTER ACADEMY2.8 mi · 462
- ODYSSEY CHARTER SCHOOL3.7 mi · 1,917
- WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.8 mi · 984
- ROYAL PALM CHARTER SCHOOL4.0 mi · 339
- COLUMBIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.1 mi · 576
- BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL4.2 mi · 2,122
Frequently asked questions
About SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 907 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 15.9:1 (57 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 55% White, 17% Hispanic, 17% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by BREVARD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.