Sunnyside Elementary School

Located at 6345 Sunnyside Rd, in Indianapolis, Indiana, Sunnyside Elementary School is an expansive elementary campus that instructs 714 students (grades K through 6), part of MSD Lawrence Township. Compared to the state average of about 436 students per school, that is 64% bigger than typical.

MSD Lawrence Township runs 16 schools in total, collectively educating 16,747 students. Sunnyside Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Sunnyside Elementary School records that 69% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder comes out to 18% Black, 7% White, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 14% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. An estimated 66% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Sunnyside Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 28.7%, the actual is 22.5%, a residual of -6.2 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Marion County put median household earnings sit near $66,346, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Marion County runs 274 public schools (combined enrollment of about 161,456 students), of which Sunnyside Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Early Learning Center, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Sunnyside Elementary School comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 34.5%.

Sunnyside Elementary School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sunnyside Elementary School has edged down 5%, going from 751 students in 2018 to 714 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 60% to 69% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 19.0:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 in 2025.

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