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If you had an hour of school board time for Sunset Elementary, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
520
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240006000134
Sunset Elementary
8572 Fort Smallwood Rd, Pasadena, MD 21122 · (410) 222-6478 · Anne Arundel County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL520 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
215 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 54%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 35 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 93 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (93) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (87).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 73% · 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
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
55.4%
MD avg 50.6% . +17.1pp since 2023
Math
38.8%
MD avg 34.8% . +5.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.4% | 38.8% |
| 2023-24 | 38.3% | 33.4% |
% Proficient (Levels 3-4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: MCAP. 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
41.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.8%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% typical for Maryland 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 Maryland'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 Elementary
Sunset Elementary's state test result (41.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunset Elementary this school | 520 | 41.3% | 41.5% |
| Jacobsville Elementary Pasadena | 474 | 38.0% | 50.4% |
| Westminster Elementary Westminster | 564 | 41.5% | 62.0% |
| Ocean City Elementary Ocean City | 566 | 37.8% | 78.1% |
| William Winchester Elementary Westminster | 587 | 40.0% | 63.5% |
| Cranberry Station Elementary Westminster | 593 | 44.4% | 53.3% |
Matched among Maryland 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 Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Anne Arundel County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #457 of 853 | #47 of 80 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.8% | #449 of 853 ▲ 52 | #46 of 80 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.4% | #350 of 853 ▲ 178 | #39 of 80 ▲ 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 520 | #338 of 898 | #34 of 84 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #608 of 857 | #66 of 81 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.4% | #548 of 857 | #60 of 81 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.3% | #605 of 885 | #42 of 83 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.5% | #516 of 551 | #47 of 49 |
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
520
+102 (+24%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 674
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 520 | 34.3 | 15.2:1 | 41% (215) |
| 2023-24 | 440 | 30.8 | 14.3:1 | 43% (187) |
| 2022-23 | 434 | 28.2 | 15.4:1 | 39% (168) |
| 2020-21 | 418 | 30 | 13.9:1 | 32% (132) |
| 2017-18 | 528 | 31.7 | 16.7:1 | 22% (117) |
| 2015-16 | 483 | 28 | 17.3:1 | 28% (137) |
| 2010-11 | 487 | 30 | 16.2:1 | 24% (118) |
| 2000-01 | 547 | 29 | 18.9:1 | 7% (41) |
| 1990-91 | 674 | 32 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sunset Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (528 to 520); teachers up 8% (31.7 to 34.3).
About Sunset Elementary
Sunset Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school. Its address is in Pasadena, Maryland. The school's 520 students are in pre-K through 5.
Anne Arundel County Public Schools is responsible for 125 schools, Sunset Elementary included, with 85,029 students in all.
Sunset Elementary's enrollment is 71% White. Other groups make up 13% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% Black, and 3% Asian. Sunset Elementary has a diversity index of 47%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school has about 15.2 students per teacher and 34.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is over the 13.8:1 average for elementary schools in Maryland. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 41%. Across public schools in Anne Arundel County, the average is about the same, 42%.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Sunset Elementary is 8.3 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 41.5% actual, 49.8% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Maryland.
Census estimates describe Anne Arundel County this way: median household income is about $124,911, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Anne Arundel County number 129 and enroll about 85,074.
Nearest public school: Riviera Beach Elementary, about 0.7 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Sunset Elementary places 5th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 418 in 2020-21 and 520 in 2024-25, a rise of 102 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 15.2:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Sunset Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Anne Arundel County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
598,166
Census ACS
Median income
$124,911
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
129
85,074 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Anne Arundel County Public Schools
- Glen Burnie HighHigh · 2,226 students
- North County HighHigh · 2,161 students
- Broadneck HighHigh · 2,143 students
- Annapolis HighHigh · 2,075 students
- Meade HighHigh · 2,045 students
- Crofton High SchoolHigh · 1,906 students
Other schools in Pasadena
- Chesapeake HighHigh · 1,540 students
- Northeast HighHigh · 1,387 students
- Chesapeake Bay MiddleMiddle · 1,087 students
- Northeast MiddleMiddle · 901 students
- High Point ElementaryElementary · 665 students
- Bodkin ElementaryElementary · 504 students
Other Sunset Elementary schools
23 other US public schools in 13 states are named Sunset Elementary. Sunset Elementary is the 7th largest of the 24.
- SUNSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMIAMI, FL · 1,192 students
- Sunset ElementaryLivermore, CA · 759 students
- Sunset ElementaryAIRWAY HEIGHTS, WA · 634 students
- Sunset Elementary SchoolBrentwood, TN · 616 students
- Sunset Elementary SchoolMoultrie, GA · 614 students
Nearby schools
- Riviera Beach Elementary0.7 mi · 270
- Northeast High0.8 mi · 1,387
- High Point Elementary1.1 mi · 665
- Northeast Middle2.1 mi · 901
- Solley Elementary2.2 mi · 674
- Jacobsville Elementary2.2 mi · 474
Frequently asked questions
About Sunset ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Sunset Elementary?
Sunset Elementary enrolls approximately 520 students in grades PK-05.
Is Sunset Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sunset Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sunset Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sunset Elementary is approximately 15.2:1 (34 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Sunset Elementary?
Sunset Elementary reports a student body of 71% White, 13% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Sunset Elementary public or private?
Sunset Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Anne Arundel County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.