Enrollment
244
Elementary
DISTRICT 455 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SIOUX CITY COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192640001530
Sunnyside Elementary School
2700 S Maple St, Sioux City, IA 51106 · (712) 274-4047 · Woodbury County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL244 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 96% of Iowa public elementary schools
- ATest 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.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Iowa public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
85 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 78 | 32% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 35% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 33% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 48% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Sioux City Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
89.1%
IA avg 73.6% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
86.1%
IA avg 70.9% . -2.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 89 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 89.1% | 86.1% |
| 2023-24 | 85.1% | 88.3% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
85.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.5%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 86% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 75% typical for Iowa 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 11 points, placing it in Iowa'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 Sunnyside Elementary School
Sunnyside Elementary School's state test result (85.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunnyside Elementary School this school | 244 | 34.8% | 85.9% |
| Franklin Elementary School Le Mars | 261 | 36.8% | 78.4% |
| Mulberry Elementary School Muscatine | 293 | 31.7% | 73.6% |
| Eisenhower Elementary School Ottumwa | 248 | 29.4% | 74.4% |
| Harlan Elementary School Mount Pleasant | 195 | 34.9% | N/A |
| Northwest Elementary School Ankeny | 346 | 37.3% | 70.2% |
Matched among Iowa 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 Iowa | In Woodbury County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 85.9% | #37 of 564 | #1 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.1% | #98 of 564 ▼ 39 | #2 of 16 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 89.1% | #31 of 564 ▲ 9 | #1 of 16 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 244 | #487 of 705 | #17 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #521 of 561 | #18 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.3% | #199 of 561 | #12 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.8% | #436 of 666 | #16 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.6% | #344 of 359 | #10 of 11 |
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
244
+7 (+3%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 243
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 19.8:1
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 | 244 | 14.9 | 16.4:1 | 35% (85) |
| 2023-24 | 249 | 15 | 16.6:1 | 36% (90) |
| 2022-23 | 262 | 15.8 | 16.6:1 | 39% (103) |
| 2020-21 | 237 | 12 | 19.8:1 | 37% (87) |
| 2017-18 | 248 | 14 | 17.8:1 | 27% (67) |
| 2015-16 | 227 | 12 | 18.9:1 | 29% (66) |
| 2010-11 | 212 | 9 | 23.6:1 | 18% (39) |
| 2000-01 | 192 | 12 | 16.0:1 | 13% (25) |
| 1990-91 | 243 | 12 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sunnyside Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (248 to 244); teachers up 7% (14 to 14.9).
About Sunnyside Elementary School
Sunnyside Elementary School serves students in Sioux City, Iowa, as a small elementary school. Its 244 students are spread across grades 3 through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Iowa is about 325 students.
Sioux City Comm School District is the local district for Sunnyside Elementary School. It runs 21 schools with 14,189 students.
Roughly 66% of students at Sunnyside Elementary School are White. Enrollment also includes 16% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 6% Black, and 3% Asian. Sunnyside Elementary School's diversity index is 52%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teacher staffing is 14.9 full-time equivalents, or about 16.4 students per teacher. This ratio sits 2.7 above the 13.7:1 average for elementary schools in Iowa. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 35%. Compared with the 60% average for public schools in Woodbury County, the school's rate is lower.
The allk12 Grade for Sunnyside Elementary School is A+. Compared with Iowa public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 96% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Sunnyside Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Iowa schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 85.9%. Predicted: 74.5%. Difference: 11.4 points.
Among Woodbury County residents, the median household income is $73,658, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Besides Sunnyside Elementary School, Woodbury County has 36 other public schools.
Nearby, East Middle School is about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 58.9% on proficiency, and Sunnyside Elementary School is above that at 85.9%.
Sunnyside Elementary School falls in the City: Small locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 7 more students in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 19.8:1 to 16.4:1.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Sunnyside Elementary School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Woodbury County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
106,247
Census ACS
Median income
$73,658
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
18,210 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sioux City Comm School District
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,529 students
- East High SchoolHigh · 1,495 students
- West High SchoolHigh · 1,308 students
- North Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,136 students
- East Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,076 students
- West Middle SchoolMiddle · 826 students
Other schools in Sioux City
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,529 students
- East High SchoolHigh · 1,495 students
- West High SchoolHigh · 1,308 students
- North Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,136 students
- East Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,076 students
- West Middle SchoolMiddle · 826 students
Other Sunnyside Elementary schools
20 other US public schools in 14 states are named Sunnyside Elementary. Sunnyside Elementary School is the 20th largest of the 21.
- Sunnyside Elementary SchoolBurlington, IA · 298 students
- Sunnyside Elementary SchoolIndianapolis, IN · 714 students
- SUNNYSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLIDAHO FALLS, ID · 568 students
- Sunnyside Elementary SchoolSmyrna, DE · 507 students
- Sunnyside ElementaryGarden Grove, CA · 500 students
Nearby schools
- East Middle School0.2 mi · 1,076
- East High School0.6 mi · 1,495
- Nodland Elementary School0.8 mi · 249
- Morningside Elementary1.1 mi · 645
- Spalding Park Elementary1.5 mi · 683
- CARDINAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.2 mi · 424
Frequently asked questions
About Sunnyside Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Sunnyside Elementary School?
Sunnyside Elementary School enrolls approximately 244 students in grades 03-05.
What age range does Sunnyside Elementary School serve?
Sunnyside Elementary School serves students from grade 03 through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sunnyside Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sunnyside Elementary School is approximately 16.4:1 (15 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Sunnyside Elementary School?
Sunnyside Elementary School reports a student body of 66% White, 16% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Sunnyside Elementary School in?
Sunnyside Elementary School is part of Sioux City Comm School District.
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