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Enrollment
1,192
Elementary
DISTRICT 568 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000523
SUNSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
5120 SW 72ND ST, MIAMI, FL 33143 · (305) 661-8527 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,192 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 98% of Florida public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
15.3:1
78 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
7%
79 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 20 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 197 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 206 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 201 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 207 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 170 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 191 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (197) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (191).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on published attendance-zone data from MIAMI-DADE. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
93.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.9pp since 2023
Math
95.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 93 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 96 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 93.5% | 95.8% |
| 2023-24 | 90.6% | 92.1% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
92.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
77.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 93% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 78% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Florida's top 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 (92.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUNSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 1,192 | 6.6% | 92.7% |
| PINECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 1,001 | 9.8% | 84.5% |
| FRANKLIN ACADEMY COOPER CITY COOPER CITY | 1,336 | 2.3% | 71.0% |
| KEY BISCAYNE K-8 CENTER KEY BISCAYNE | 884 | 6.3% | 69.4% |
| IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT WESTON WESTON | 1,093 | 0.3% | 81.8% |
| FRANKLIN ACADEMY F PEMBROKE PINES | 922 | 3.3% | 57.2% |
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 SUNSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Miami-Dade County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 92.7% | #8 of 2,136 | #3 of 278 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 95.8% | #7 of 2,149 ▲ 16 | #2 of 279 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 93.5% | #8 of 2,149 no change | #5 of 279 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,192 | #89 of 2,267 | #13 of 290 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #815 of 2,077 | #83 of 264 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.5% | #1,303 of 2,108 | #31 of 267 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 6.6% | #2,148 of 2,188 | #275 of 283 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.2% | #572 of 621 | #66 of 73 |
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
1,192
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
+35% since 1990-91, when it was 881
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 1,192 | 78 | 15.3:1 | 7% (79) |
| 2023-24 | 1,189 | 77 | 15.4:1 | 10% (120) |
| 2022-23 | 1,196 | 78 | 15.3:1 | 12% (138) |
| 2020-21 | 1,191 | 75 | 15.9:1 | 14% (164) |
| 2017-18 | 1,178 | 79 | 14.9:1 | 13% (148) |
| 2015-16 | 1,183 | 82 | 14.4:1 | 14% (167) |
| 2010-11 | 1,119 | 85 | 13.2:1 | 18% (196) |
| 2000-01 | 1,075 | 76 | 14.1:1 | 17% (187) |
| 1990-91 | 881 | 62 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SUNSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SUNSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SUNSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a large elementary school in MIAMI-DADE, located in MIAMI, Florida. There are 1,192 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5. The school is 97% bigger than the average for elementary schools in Florida.
MIAMI-DADE counts 527 schools and 335,685 students, including SUNSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Hispanic students are 64% of those enrolled at SUNSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Beyond that, enrollment is 26% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian, and 3% Black. The diversity index for SUNSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 51%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
With 78 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 15.3:1. Elementary schools in Florida have an average ratio of 17.5:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at SUNSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 7% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Miami-Dade County averages 48%, higher than here.
SUNSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earns an A+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 98% of Florida public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, SUNSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks in the top 10% in Florida. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 92.7%, against a prediction of 77.9%.
Census data for Miami-Dade County show the median household earns about $71,753 a year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Miami-Dade County number 561, with about 335,817 students.
A public school about 0.5 miles away, INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY, is the closest to SUNSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, SUNSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 1,191 in 2020-21, 1,192 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at SUNSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. You can also rate the school on this page.
Miami-Dade County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,738,356
Census ACS
Median income
$71,753
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
561
335,817 students
Quick facts
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- CORAL REEF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,399 students
- MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,100 students
- MIAMI PALMETTO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,618 students
- SOUTHWEST MIAMI SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,599 students
- G. HOLMES BRADDOCK SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,291 students
Other Sunset Elementary schools
23 other US public schools in 13 states are named Sunset Elementary. SUNSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 24.
- Sunset ElementaryLivermore, CA · 759 students
- Sunset ElementaryAIRWAY HEIGHTS, WA · 634 students
- Sunset Elementary SchoolBrentwood, TN · 616 students
- Sunset Elementary SchoolMoultrie, GA · 614 students
- Sunset Elementary SchoolEdmond, OK · 535 students
Nearby schools
- INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PREPARATORY ACADEMY0.5 mi · 375
- PONCE DE LEON MIDDLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 778
- SOMERSET ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (SOUTH MIAMI CAMPUS)0.9 mi · 491
- SOMERSET ACADEMY CHARTER MIDDLE SCHOOL (SOUTH MIAMI CAMPUS)0.9 mi · 166
- HENRY S. WEST LABORATORY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 373
- LUDLAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 260
Frequently asked questions
About SUNSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is SUNSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SUNSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,192 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does SUNSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
SUNSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at SUNSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 15.3:1 students per teacher at SUNSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at SUNSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at SUNSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 26% White, 64% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is SUNSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
SUNSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of MIAMI-DADE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.