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Enrollment
428
Elementary
DISTRICT 484 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PINELLAS·NCES 120156001690
SUNSET HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1347 GULF RD, TARPON SPRINGS, FL 34689 · (727) 943-5523 · Pinellas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL428 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 85% 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.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
14.8:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
170 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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 | 37 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
68.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.2pp since 2023
Math
74.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +6.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.0% | 74.8% |
| 2023-24 | 65.8% | 68.2% |
% 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
72.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 SUNSET HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SUNSET HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (72.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUNSET HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 428 | 39.7% | 72.3% |
| HIGHLAND LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PALM HARBOR | 449 | 39.6% | 63.0% |
| GENEVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GENEVA | 486 | 42.2% | 70.4% |
| ORANGE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SEMINOLE | 405 | 36.3% | 87.1% |
| COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMY AT WELLEN PARK FORT LAUDERDALE | 409 | 44.0% | 60.8% |
| ANONA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LARGO | 430 | 39.3% | 73.6% |
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 HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Pinellas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.3% | #374 of 2,136 | #23 of 90 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.8% | #456 of 2,149 ▲ 148 | #25 of 90 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #516 of 2,149 ▼ 6 | #31 of 90 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 428 | #1,688 of 2,267 | #57 of 90 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #599 of 2,077 | #74 of 90 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.0% | #1,512 of 2,108 | #71 of 90 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.7% | #1,588 of 2,188 | #56 of 90 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.7% | #506 of 1,374 | #31 of 75 |
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
428
-34 (-7%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 460
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 428 | 29 | 14.8:1 | 40% (170) |
| 2023-24 | 444 | 29 | 15.3:1 | 49% (216) |
| 2022-23 | 451 | 31 | 14.6:1 | 52% (234) |
| 2020-21 | 462 | 34 | 13.6:1 | 41% (188) |
| 2017-18 | 533 | 36 | 14.8:1 | 46% (243) |
| 2015-16 | 534 | 34 | 15.7:1 | 47% (249) |
| 2010-11 | 597 | 38 | 15.7:1 | 41% (245) |
| 2000-01 | 590 | 31 | 19.0:1 | 31% (181) |
| 1990-91 | 460 | 23 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SUNSET HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SUNSET HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SUNSET HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public elementary school in TARPON SPRINGS, Florida. The school has 428 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 604 students for elementary schools in Florida.
PINELLAS operates 151 schools. Combined enrollment is 87,955 students.
Of every 100 students at SUNSET HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 71 are White. The school is also 16% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Black, and 3% Asian. Among Pinellas County residents, the White share is about 74%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, SUNSET HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 46%.
SUNSET HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1, with 29 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1. The school has 40% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Florida public elementary schools, SUNSET HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 85%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, SUNSET HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 11.0 points above its prediction. Actual: 72.3%. Predicted: 61.3%.
In the surrounding county, Pinellas County, median household income comes to about $72,646, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county has 155 public schools and about 87,955 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, TARPON SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL, is about 0.2 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. SUNSET HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL places 3rd of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 462 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 428 by 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 14.8 students per teacher, compared with 13.6 in 2020-21.
This page is set up for the SUNSET HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Pinellas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
963,481
Census ACS
Median income
$72,646
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
155
87,955 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PINELLAS
- PALM HARBOR UNIVERSITY HIGHHigh · 2,413 students
- LARGO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,058 students
- EAST LAKE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,980 students
- DIXIE M. HOLLINS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,934 students
- ST. PETERSBURG HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,736 students
- OSCEOLA FUNDAMENTAL HIGHHigh · 1,706 students
Other schools in TARPON SPRINGS
- EAST LAKE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,980 students
- TARPON SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,111 students
- TARPON SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 649 students
- BROOKER CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 501 students
- TARPON SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 417 students
- EAST LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERINGMiddle · 392 students
Other Sunset Hills Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Sunset Hills Elementary. SUNSET HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- Sunset Hills ElementarySURPRISE, AZ · 877 students
- SUNSET HILLS ELEMENTARYALAMOGORDO, NM · 436 students
- Sunset Hills ElementarySan Diego, CA · 381 students
- SUNSET HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLOMAHA, NE · 301 students
Nearby schools
- TARPON SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 1,111
- TARPON SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 649
- TARPON SPRINGS FUNDAMENTAL ELE1.5 mi · 267
- TARPON SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 417
- GULFSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 393
- ST. PETERSBURG COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL NORTH PINELLAS2.4 mi · 223
Frequently asked questions
About SUNSET HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend SUNSET HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SUNSET HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 428 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does SUNSET HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
SUNSET HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at SUNSET HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at SUNSET HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at SUNSET HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At SUNSET HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 71% White, 16% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees SUNSET HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SUNSET HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by PINELLAS in Pinellas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.