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Alumni: what's one memory from Sunset Terrace Elementary School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
437
Elementary
DISTRICT 336 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCHESTER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 273180001010
Sunset Terrace Elementary School
1707 19TH AVE NW, ROCHESTER, MN 55901 · (507) 328-3770 · Olmsted County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL437 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
,
0 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
244 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 48%
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 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 18% larger than its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 60% · 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
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
37.4%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
44.4%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. 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
35.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.0%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for Minnesota 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 Minnesota'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 Terrace Elementary School
Sunset Terrace Elementary School's state test result (35.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunset Terrace Elementary School this school | 437 | 55.8% | 35.9% |
| University Avenue Elementary - Aero BLAINE | 557 | 57.6% | 36.6% |
| Mississippi Elementary COON RAPIDS | 439 | 57.2% | 46.9% |
| Hoover Elementary BioMed Sci Egng COON RAPIDS | 469 | 55.2% | 51.7% |
| Rosa Parks Elementary MANKATO | 425 | 56.2% | 41.6% |
| Kenwood Elementary MINNEAPOLIS | 388 | 52.3% | 37.5% |
Matched among Minnesota 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 Terrace Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Olmsted County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #589 of 844 | #16 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.4% | #515 of 844 | #15 of 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.4% | #612 of 844 | #16 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 437 | #409 of 1,130 | #13 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.6% | #77 of 796 | #3 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.8% | #264 of 942 | #5 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -36.8% | #33 of 499 | #3 of 17 |
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
437
-213 (-33%) vs 2020
-44% since 2000-01, when it was 774
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 | 437 | N/A | N/A | 56% (244) |
| 2023-24 | 412 | 32.1 | 12.8:1 | 56% (231) |
| 2022-23 | 467 | 32.8 | 14.2:1 | 56% (261) |
| 2020-21 | 650 | 43 | 15.1:1 | 43% (278) |
| 2017-18 | 691 | 48 | 14.4:1 | 47% (325) |
| 2015-16 | 693 | 43 | 16.1:1 | 47% (323) |
| 2010-11 | 695 | 33 | 21.1:1 | 42% (294) |
| 2000-01 | 774 | 41 | 18.9:1 | 13% (101) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sunset Terrace Elementary School.
About Sunset Terrace Elementary School
Federal records list Sunset Terrace Elementary School as an elementary school in ROCHESTER, Minnesota. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 437 students in pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Minnesota is about 344 students, so this school is 27% bigger than average.
Rochester Public School District counts 17,430 students in its 47 schools, and Sunset Terrace Elementary School is one of them.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Sunset Terrace Elementary School, at 42%. Beyond that, enrollment is 24% Black, 12% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, and 10% Asian. The White share of the county population is higher, at 77%. Sunset Terrace Elementary School's diversity index is 73%, against a US figure of 70%.
The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Sunset Terrace Elementary School is 56%. The rate at public schools in Olmsted County averages 35%, lower than here.
Sunset Terrace Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (35.9%) and its predicted rate (35.0%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Minnesota schools.
According to the American Community Survey, in Olmsted County, the median household income is $95,406, roughly 49% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. There are 72 public schools in Olmsted County, enrolling about 24,627 students in all.
The closest other public school is John Marshall High School, about 0.5 miles away. Sunset Terrace Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 44.1% on proficiency, and Sunset Terrace Elementary School is below that at 35.9%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Mid-size.
Enrollment is down 33% from 2020-21, when Sunset Terrace Elementary School had 650 students, to 2024-25, when it had 437.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Sunset Terrace Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Olmsted County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
164,498
Census ACS
Median income
$95,406
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
72
24,627 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rochester Public School District
- Mayo High SchoolHigh · 1,787 students
- Century High SchoolHigh · 1,608 students
- John Marshall High SchoolHigh · 1,549 students
- Dakota Middle SchoolMiddle · 921 students
- John Adams Middle SchoolMiddle · 867 students
- Willow Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 864 students
Other schools in ROCHESTER
- Mayo High SchoolHigh · 1,787 students
- Century High SchoolHigh · 1,608 students
- John Marshall High SchoolHigh · 1,549 students
- Dakota Middle SchoolMiddle · 921 students
- John Adams Middle SchoolMiddle · 867 students
- Willow Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 864 students
Nearby schools
- John Marshall High School0.5 mi · 1,549
- Elton Hills Elementary School0.8 mi · 308
- Washington Elementary School0.9 mi · 334
- John Adams Middle School1.2 mi · 867
- Hoover Elementary School1.3 mi · 228
- Early Childhood Assessment1.3 mi · 1
Frequently asked questions
About Sunset Terrace Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Sunset Terrace Elementary School?
Sunset Terrace Elementary School enrolls approximately 437 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Sunset Terrace Elementary School serve?
Sunset Terrace Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sunset Terrace Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sunset Terrace Elementary School is approximately not reported (0 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Sunset Terrace Elementary School?
Student demographics at Sunset Terrace Elementary School are roughly 42% White, 11% Hispanic, 24% Black, 10% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Sunset Terrace Elementary School in?
Sunset Terrace Elementary School is part of Rochester Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.