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Sunnyside School

1800 19th Street South, Great Falls, MT 59405 · (406) 268-7115 · Cascade County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL396 STUDENTS
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This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work

Enrollment
396
Elementary
DISTRICT 348 · STATE 167
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 11.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
311 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K113%
Kindergarten5514%
Grade 15915%
Grade 25614%
Grade 35113%
Grade 46216%
Grade 55013%
Grade 65213%

This year's kindergarten class (55) is 6% larger than its 6th grade class (52).

Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 40% · US 70%
White
22657%
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 76% · US 43%
Hispanic
5414%
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 7% · US 30%
Black
62%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 1% · US 15%
Asian
51%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 1% · US 6%
Two+
7218%
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 5% · US 5%
Native American
338%
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 10% · US 1%
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
Male
20051%
Female
19649%

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Test scores

EDFacts (federal) 2020-21 . % Proficient (SY 20-21)
English Language Arts
43.0%
MT avg 47.2%
Math
40.0%
MT avg 36.0%

What this means: On the EDFacts (federal), Montana's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Montana schools, those numbers are about 47 and 36.

Source: EDFacts (federal). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

Schools most like Sunnyside School

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Sunnyside School this school39678.5%N/A
McKinley School
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33964.0%N/A
Bench School
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33270.5%N/A
Bryant School
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28883.0%N/A
Broadwater School
Billings
40065.8%N/A
Miles Avenue School
Billings
32567.1%N/A
Matched among Montana 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 Sunnyside School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn MontanaIn Cascade County
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
40.0%#95 of 199#8 of 18
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
43.0%#115 of 201#10 of 18
Enrollment
ranked largest first
396#44 of 421#6 of 30
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
15.7:1#107 of 160#10 of 15
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
61.5%#14 of 160#2 of 15
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
78.5%#65 of 226#4 of 19
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-10.2%#70 of 107#10 of 11
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 2024-25
Enrollment
396
+23 (+6%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 414
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 15.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2539625.315.7:179% (311)
2023-244062317.6:183% (337)
2022-2342325.516.6:1N/A
2020-213732415.5:1N/A
2017-1844127.316.1:1100% (441)
2015-164482716.6:165% (290)
2010-114452815.9:158% (256)
2000-013662216.6:146% (168)
1990-914141724.4:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sunnyside School.

Since 2017-18: students down 10% (441 to 396); teachers down 8% (27.3 to 25.3).

About Sunnyside School

Sunnyside School runs as a large elementary school in Great Falls, Montana. Students in pre-K through 6 make up the school's enrollment of 396 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Montana enroll about 167 students on average.

Besides Sunnyside School, Great Falls Elem runs 17 other schools. The district enrolls 7,094 students.

At Sunnyside School, 57% of students are White. The school is also 18% multiracial, 14% Hispanic, and 8% Native American. That is lower than the 84% White share among all Cascade County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 62%.

Staffing at Sunnyside School comes to 25.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 15.7:1. Elementary schools in Montana average 11.9:1, 3.7 fewer students per teacher than here. Sunnyside School counts 79% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Cascade County average 54%.

In the surrounding county, Cascade County, the median household earns about $67,690 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Counting Sunnyside School, Cascade County has 45 public schools.

Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Longfellow School, is about 1.0 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools.

The NCES locale for Sunnyside School is City: Small, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.

By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 396, from 373 in 2020-21.

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Cascade County at a glance

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Population
84,606
Census ACS
Median income
$67,690
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
45
11,577 students

Quick facts

School name
Sunnyside School
District
Great Falls Elem
Address
1800 19th Street South, Great Falls, MT 59405
Phone
(406) 268-7115
County
Cascade County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–06
Total enrollment
396
Teachers (FTE)
25
Student–teacher ratio
15.7:1
Free and reduced lunch
311 (79%)
Locale
13-City: Small
NCES ID
301304000376
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Great Falls Elem
Other schools in Great Falls
Other Sunnyside schools

2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Sunnyside. Sunnyside School is the largest of the 3.

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Frequently asked questions

About Sunnyside School
How large is Sunnyside School?
Sunnyside School enrolls approximately 396 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Sunnyside School serve?
Sunnyside School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Sunnyside School?
Approximately 15.7:1 students per teacher at Sunnyside School.
How diverse is Sunnyside School?
Sunnyside School reports a student body of 57% White, 14% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 18% Two or more.
Is Sunnyside School public or private?
Sunnyside School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Great Falls Elem.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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