Enrollment
311
Elementary
DISTRICT 243 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEBSTER CITY COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 193063001763
Sunset Heights Elementary School
1101 Boone St, Webster City, IA 50595 · (515) 832-9245 · Hamilton County
GRADES 02–04ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL311 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 60% of Iowa public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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 Iowa public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
151 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 2 | 103 | 33% |
| Grade 3 | 104 | 33% |
| Grade 4 | 104 | 33% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Webster City Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
73.5%
IA avg 73.6% . +3.5pp since 2023
Math
75.5%
IA avg 70.9% . +3.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 up about 3 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.5% | 75.5% |
| 2023-24 | 70.0% | 72.3% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. 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
72.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.7%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% typical for Iowa 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 Iowa'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 Heights Elementary School
Sunset Heights Elementary School's state test result (72.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunset Heights Elementary School this school | 311 | 48.6% | 72.8% |
| Madison Elementary School Muscatine | 372 | 50.8% | 61.3% |
| Boyden-Hull Elementary School Boyden | 322 | 48.1% | 81.2% |
| Lenox Elementary School Lenox | 308 | 51.3% | 76.2% |
| Edison Elementary School Council Bluffs | 384 | 46.4% | 59.8% |
| Longfellow Elementary School Council Bluffs | 431 | 45.7% | 53.6% |
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 Sunset Heights Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.8% | #284 of 564 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.5% | #297 of 564 ▲ 50 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.5% | #269 of 564 ▲ 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 311 | #353 of 705 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #362 of 561 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.2% | #228 of 561 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.6% | #238 of 666 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.6% | #351 of 359 |
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
311
+21 (+7%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 346
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 311 | 22 | 14.2:1 | 49% (151) |
| 2023-24 | 303 | 23.3 | 13.0:1 | 51% (155) |
| 2022-23 | 288 | 24 | 12.0:1 | 51% (146) |
| 2020-21 | 290 | 22 | 13.2:1 | 56% (161) |
| 2017-18 | 313 | 21.7 | 14.4:1 | 55% (172) |
| 2015-16 | 359 | 23 | 15.6:1 | 53% (189) |
| 2010-11 | 324 | 20 | 16.2:1 | 55% (177) |
| 2000-01 | 310 | 21 | 14.8:1 | 30% (94) |
| 1990-91 | 346 | 20 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sunset Heights Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (313 to 311); teachers up 1% (21.7 to 22).
About Sunset Heights Elementary School
Sunset Heights Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Iowa, located in Webster City. Grades offered run from 2 through 4, with 311 students enrolled.
Webster City Comm School District, which runs Sunset Heights Elementary School, has 5 schools and 1,688 students.
Sunset Heights Elementary School's enrollment is 67% White. Next come 26% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. That compares with about 87% White among all Hamilton County residents. By the diversity index, Sunset Heights Elementary School comes in at 48%.
Staffing totals 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.2:1. Elementary schools in Iowa average about 13.7:1, a similar figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 49%.
The allk12 Grade for Sunset Heights Elementary School is B. Compared with Iowa public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 60% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Sunset Heights Elementary School is 5.2 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 72.8% actual, 67.7% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Iowa.
Among Hamilton County residents, median household income is about $72,432, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 8 public schools in Hamilton County, with a combined enrollment of about 2,432.
Of nearby public schools, Webster City Middle School is the closest, at about 0.5 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is 3. Its average proficiency rate of 72.8% is above the 70.4% average for nearby schools.
Federal records code the school's setting as Town: Distant.
Sunset Heights Elementary School saw enrollment rise 7% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Hamilton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
14,886
Census ACS
Median income
$72,432
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
2,432 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Webster City Comm School District
- Webster City High SchoolHigh · 505 students
- Webster City Middle SchoolMiddle · 454 students
- Pleasant View Elementary SchoolElementary · 210 students
- Northeast Hamilton Elementary SchoolElementary · 208 students
Other schools in Webster City
- Webster City High SchoolHigh · 505 students
- Webster City Middle SchoolMiddle · 454 students
- Pleasant View Elementary SchoolElementary · 210 students
Other Sunset Heights Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Sunset Heights Elementary. Sunset Heights Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Sunset Heights Elementary SchoolPEORIA, AZ · 987 students
Nearby schools
- Webster City Middle School0.5 mi · 454
- Webster City High School0.5 mi · 505
- Pleasant View Elementary School0.6 mi · 210
- Northeast Hamilton Elementary School9.8 mi · 208
- Stratford Elementary14.0 mi · 74
- South Hamilton Elem14.5 mi · 370
Frequently asked questions
About Sunset Heights Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Sunset Heights Elementary School?
Sunset Heights Elementary School enrolls approximately 311 students in grades 02-04.
What age range does Sunset Heights Elementary School serve?
Sunset Heights Elementary School serves students from grade 02 through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sunset Heights Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sunset Heights Elementary School is approximately 14.2:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sunset Heights Elementary School?
At Sunset Heights Elementary School, the student body is approximately 67% White, 26% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Sunset Heights Elementary School public or private?
Sunset Heights Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Webster City Comm School District.
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