Sunnyside Elementary

Sunnyside Elementary is a medium-sized primary school in NEW BRIGHTON, Minnesota, run under Mounds View Public School District. The school instructs 498 students in grades 1 through 5. That puts it 45% larger than the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 344 students.

Mounds View Public School District comprises 23 schools with combined enrollment of 11,934 students; Sunnyside Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Sunnyside Elementary shows that the largest single group is White at 50%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 18% Hispanic, 14% Black, 9% Asian, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Ramsey County as a whole is about 59% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Sunnyside Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 52% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Sunnyside Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.9%, the actual is 41.1%, a residual of +4.2 points.

In the surrounding community, Ramsey County reports that median household earnings sit near $81,568, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Ramsey County's 302 public schools (combined enrollment of about 94,437 students), Sunnyside Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Irondale Senior High, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sunnyside Elementary at 1st of 4; the average score across the group is 40.1%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Five-year trend. Sunnyside Elementary's enrollment has edged down 5% since 2018, when it stood at 525 (now 498). Over the same period, the White share declined from 58% to 50%. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 in 2025.

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