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If you could change one rule at Sunset Lake Elementary School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
465
Elementary
DISTRICT 370 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VICKSBURG COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 263495007063
Sunset Lake Elementary School
201 N BOULEVARD ST, VICKSBURG, MI 49097 · (269) 321-1500 · Kalamazoo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL465 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% of Michigan public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 Michigan public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
165 students
DISTRICT 34% · STATE 55%
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 | 84 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 56% · 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
Sunset Lake Elementary School→Vicksburg Middle School
Based on grade levels within Vicksburg Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
40.9%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
36.2%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
Source: M-STEP. 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
40.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.6%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% typical for Michigan 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 Michigan'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 Lake Elementary School
Sunset Lake Elementary School's state test result (40.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunset Lake Elementary School this school | 465 | 35.5% | 40.3% |
| Steele Street Elementary School MASON | 513 | 34.5% | 37.4% |
| Cedar View Elementary School CEDAR SPRINGS | 466 | 35.2% | 43.5% |
| McFall Elementary School MIDDLEVILLE | 506 | 37.9% | N/A |
| Chapman Elementary School ROCKWOOD | 434 | 32.9% | 47.8% |
| HanoverHorton Elementary School HANOVER | 462 | 37.2% | 47.5% |
Matched among Michigan 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 Lake Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Kalamazoo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.3% | #712 of 1,085 | #22 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.2% | #769 of 1,072 | #24 of 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #751 of 1,139 | #23 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 465 | #394 of 1,630 | #11 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #620 of 1,424 | #19 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.3% | #813 of 1,424 | #30 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.5% | #1,133 of 1,563 | #26 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.6% | #461 of 979 | #10 of 24 |
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
465
-63 (-12%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 703
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 465 | 29.8 | 15.6:1 | 35% (165) |
| 2023-24 | 473 | 32.1 | 14.8:1 | 37% (177) |
| 2022-23 | 485 | 27.7 | 17.5:1 | 40% (194) |
| 2020-21 | 528 | 33 | 16.0:1 | 34% (179) |
| 2017-18 | 538 | 32.7 | 16.5:1 | 45% (240) |
| 2015-16 | 513 | 28 | 18.3:1 | 41% (208) |
| 2010-11 | 456 | 25 | 18.2:1 | 34% (156) |
| 2000-01 | 469 | 25 | 18.8:1 | 21% (98) |
| 1990-91 | 703 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sunset Lake Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (538 to 465); teachers down 9% (32.7 to 29.8).
About Sunset Lake Elementary School
The public elementary school Sunset Lake Elementary School is located in VICKSBURG, Michigan. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 465 students enrolled. By comparison, elementary schools in Michigan enroll about 369 students on average.
Vicksburg Community Schools runs 6 schools with a combined 2,560 students. Sunset Lake Elementary School is one of them.
Sunset Lake Elementary School is 83% White by enrollment. The next largest groups are 8% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 30%.
There are 29.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 15.6:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Michigan is similar, at 15.8:1. On the income side, 35% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 45% average for public schools in Kalamazoo County, the school's rate is lower.
On the allk12 Grade, Sunset Lake Elementary School lands at C-, ahead of 21% of Michigan public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 50.6% for Sunset Lake Elementary School. The school posts 40.3%, 10.3 points below the prediction.
In Kalamazoo County, home to about 262,375 people, median household income comes to about $72,532, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 41%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. There are 93 public schools in the county, enrolling about 34,151, Sunset Lake Elementary School among them.
Among nearby public schools, Vicksburg Pathways High School is closest at about 0.7 miles. Sunset Lake Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 52.5% proficiency; Sunset Lake Elementary School posts 40.3%.
In the federal locale system, Sunset Lake Elementary School is coded Suburb: Mid-size, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 528 to 465, a 12% decline.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Kalamazoo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
262,375
Census ACS
Median income
$72,532
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
93
34,151 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Vicksburg Community Schools
- Vicksburg High SchoolHigh · 724 students
- Vicksburg Middle SchoolMiddle · 601 students
- Tobey Elementary SchoolElementary · 379 students
- Indian Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · 265 students
- Vicksburg Pathways High SchoolHigh · 126 students
Other schools in VICKSBURG
- Vicksburg High SchoolHigh · 724 students
- Vicksburg Middle SchoolMiddle · 601 students
- Indian Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · 265 students
- Vicksburg Pathways High SchoolHigh · 126 students
Nearby schools
- Vicksburg Pathways High School0.7 mi · 126
- Vicksburg Middle School0.7 mi · 601
- Vicksburg High School1.0 mi · 724
- Lake Center Elementary School3.6 mi · 494
- Indian Lake Elementary School3.7 mi · 265
- Schoolcraft High School4.5 mi · 502
Frequently asked questions
About Sunset Lake Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Sunset Lake Elementary School?
Sunset Lake Elementary School enrolls approximately 465 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Sunset Lake Elementary School serve?
Sunset Lake Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Sunset Lake Elementary School?
Approximately 15.6:1 students per teacher at Sunset Lake Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Sunset Lake Elementary School?
Student demographics at Sunset Lake Elementary School are roughly 83% White, 8% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Sunset Lake Elementary School in?
Sunset Lake Elementary School is part of Vicksburg Community Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.