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Best kept secret at Sunnyside Elementary School?
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Enrollment
714
Elementary
DISTRICT 746 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MSD LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP·NCES 180567001066
Sunnyside Elementary School
6345 Sunnyside Rd, Indianapolis, IN 46236 · (317) 964-4500 · Marion County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL714 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 16% of Indiana public elementary schools
- C-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 Indiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
473 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 | 58 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 119 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 99 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 121 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 124 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 53% smaller than its 6th grade class (124).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 57% · 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
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
17.8%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
31.7%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
Source: ILEARN. 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
22.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.7%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% typical for Indiana 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 Indiana'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 Sunnyside Elementary School
Sunnyside Elementary School's state test result (22.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunnyside Elementary School this school | 714 | 66.2% | 22.5% |
| The PATH School Indianapolis | 705 | 71.8% | 10.3% |
| Christel House Academy West Indianapolis | 485 | 65.4% | 14.6% |
| Washington Irving Elementary Sch Hammond | 754 | 56.4% | 12.5% |
| Abraham Lincoln Elementary School Hammond | 565 | 61.2% | 13.6% |
| Garden City Elementary School Indianapolis | 727 | 71.7% | 13.2% |
Matched among Indiana 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 Sunnyside Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.5% | #813 of 983 | #69 of 140 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.7% | #730 of 986 | #53 of 142 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.8% | #869 of 986 | #94 of 142 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 714 | #71 of 1,079 | #20 of 157 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #856 of 991 | #123 of 142 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.9% | #461 of 996 | #127 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.2% | #229 of 1,058 | #74 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.9% | #468 of 597 | #76 of 86 |
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
714
+44 (+7%) vs 2020
-8% since 2000-01, when it was 776
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 18.6:1
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 | 714 | 40.2 | 17.8:1 | 66% (473) |
| 2023-24 | 700 | 41 | 17.1:1 | 79% (556) |
| 2022-23 | 705 | 40.5 | 17.4:1 | 78% (552) |
| 2020-21 | 670 | 36 | 18.6:1 | 77% (515) |
| 2017-18 | 751 | 39.5 | 19.0:1 | 84% (632) |
| 2015-16 | 714 | 36 | 19.8:1 | 83% (591) |
| 2010-11 | 665 | 35 | 19.0:1 | 62% (413) |
| 2000-01 | 776 | 41 | 18.9:1 | 18% (142) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sunnyside Elementary School.
About Sunnyside Elementary School
Sunnyside Elementary School is a large elementary school located in Indianapolis, Indiana. The school's 714 students are in kindergarten through 6. Statewide, elementary schools in Indiana average about 436 students each.
MSD Lawrence Township runs 16 schools with a combined 16,747 students. Sunnyside Elementary School is one of them.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Sunnyside Elementary School, at 69%. The remaining students are 18% Black, 7% White, and 5% multiracial. Census figures show Marion County is about 14% Hispanic. Sunnyside Elementary School's diversity index is 48%, against a US figure of 70%.
Sunnyside Elementary School employs 40.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 17.8:1. This ratio sits 2.2 above the 15.5:1 average for elementary schools in Indiana. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 66% in 2024-25.
Measured against Indiana public elementary schools, Sunnyside Elementary School receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Sunnyside Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Indiana schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 22.5% and a predicted 28.7%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Marion County show that the median household income is $66,346, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Sunnyside Elementary School is one of 274 public schools in the county.
Early Learning Center is the public school closest to Sunnyside Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Sunnyside Elementary School ranks 5th of 6 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 22.5% against a local average of 34.5%.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
2024-25 enrollment was 714, a 7% gain from 670 in 2020-21.
Community posts for Sunnyside Elementary School can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Marion County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
975,809
Census ACS
Median income
$66,346
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
274
161,456 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MSD Lawrence Township
- Lawrence North High SchoolHigh · 2,799 students
- Lawrence Central High SchoolHigh · 2,517 students
- Fall Creek Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,355 students
- Early Learning CenterElementary · 1,313 students
- Belzer Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,119 students
- Forest Glen Elementary SchoolElementary · 971 students
Other schools in Indianapolis
- Indiana Connections AcademyCombined · 5,376 students
- North Central High SchoolHigh · 3,682 students
- Franklin Central High SchoolHigh · 3,438 students
- Warren Central High SchoolHigh · 3,391 students
- Ben Davis High SchoolHigh · 3,315 students
- Pike High SchoolHigh · 3,188 students
Other Sunnyside Elementary schools
20 other US public schools in 14 states are named Sunnyside Elementary. Sunnyside Elementary School is the largest of the 21.
- SUNNYSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLIDAHO FALLS, ID · 568 students
- Sunnyside Elementary SchoolSmyrna, DE · 507 students
- Sunnyside ElementaryGarden Grove, CA · 500 students
- Sunnyside ElementaryNEW BRIGHTON, MN · 498 students
- Sunnyside ElementarySobieski, WI · 497 students
Nearby schools
- Early Learning Center0.2 mi · 1,313
- Oaklandon Elementary School0.7 mi · 507
- Fall Creek Valley Middle School1.3 mi · 1,355
- Indian Creek Elementary School1.4 mi · 712
- Forest Glen Elementary School1.4 mi · 971
- Amy Beverland Elementary2.1 mi · 800
Frequently asked questions
About Sunnyside Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Sunnyside Elementary School?
Sunnyside Elementary School enrolls approximately 714 students in grades KG-06.
Is Sunnyside Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sunnyside Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Sunnyside Elementary School have?
Sunnyside Elementary School employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Sunnyside Elementary School?
Student demographics at Sunnyside Elementary School are roughly 7% White, 69% Hispanic, 18% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Sunnyside Elementary School in?
Sunnyside Elementary School is part of MSD Lawrence Township.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.