Enrollment
318
Elementary
STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SUNRISE R-IX·NCES 292982002060
SUNRISE ELEM.
4485 SUNRISE SCHOOL RD, DESOTO, MO 63020 · (636) 586-6660 · Jefferson County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL318 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
30 FTE teachers
STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
134 students
STATE 54%
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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
46.1%
MO avg 49.5% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
63.5%
MO avg 48.7% . +36.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 50 and 49. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 36 points.
Source: MO DVT (Growth). 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
51.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.5%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% typical for Missouri 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 Missouri'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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
318
+10 (+3%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 13.1:1
% White
97%
was 98%
% Hispanic
1%
was 0%
% Black
0%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About SUNRISE ELEM.
SUNRISE ELEM., a mid-sized elementary campus in DESOTO, Missouri, part of SUNRISE R-IX, works with 318 students, covering grades pre-K through 8.
SUNRISE ELEM. is a school of SUNRISE R-IX, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.
On demographics, SUNRISE ELEM. lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (97%).
On the resource side, SUNRISE ELEM. logs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting SUNRISE ELEM. tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 42% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.
After controlling for student poverty, SUNRISE ELEM. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.5%, the actual is 51.1%, a residual of +0.6 points.
Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Jefferson County indicate the typical household earns roughly $82,851 per year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Jefferson County runs 69 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,216 students), of which SUNRISE ELEM. is one.
VINELAND ELEM. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 5.8 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 7 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, SUNRISE ELEM. comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 42.5%.
SUNRISE ELEM. operates from a low-density location.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SUNRISE ELEM. has grew 3%, going from 308 students in 2018 to 318 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 in 2025.
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Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
229,458
Census ACS
Median income
$82,851
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
69
36,216 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DESOTO
- DESOTO SR. HIGHHigh · 862 students
- VINELAND ELEM.Elementary · 653 students
- ATHENA ELEM.Elementary · 465 students
- DESOTO JR. HIGHMiddle · 338 students
- EARLY CHILDHOOD CTR.Elementary · 146 students
Nearby schools
- VINELAND ELEM.5.8 mi · 653
- DESOTO JR. HIGH6.2 mi · 338
- DESOTO SR. HIGH6.2 mi · 862
- ATHENA ELEM.6.7 mi · 465
- EARLY CHILDHOOD CTR.6.7 mi · 146
- NORTH COUNTY PRIMARY8.9 mi · 673
Frequently asked questions
About SUNRISE ELEM.How many students attend SUNRISE ELEM.?
SUNRISE ELEM. enrolls approximately 318 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does SUNRISE ELEM. serve?
SUNRISE ELEM. serves grades PK-08.
How many teachers does SUNRISE ELEM. have?
SUNRISE ELEM. employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at SUNRISE ELEM.?
At SUNRISE ELEM., the student body is approximately 97% White, 1% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is SUNRISE ELEM. in?
SUNRISE ELEM. is part of SUNRISE R-IX.
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