Sunset Heights School

Sunset Heights School operates as a reasonably sized elementary school in Nashua, New Hampshire, part of Nashua School District. Current enrollment sits at 356 students spanning grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 43% larger than the state mean of about 249.

Nashua School District comprises 21 schools with combined enrollment of 10,636 students; Sunset Heights School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Sunset Heights School lists that the largest single group is White at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 26% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 7% Asian, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.9:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Hillsborough County runs at roughly 26%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Sunset Heights School ranks in the top 10% of New Hampshire public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 36.5%; Sunset Heights School posts 54.2%, +17.7 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, Hillsborough County reports that median household earnings sit near $103,545, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sunset Heights School is one of 127 public schools in Hillsborough County (combined enrollment of about 53,974 students).

The closest other public school is Nottingham West Elementary School, roughly 1.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Sunset Heights School comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 41.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Sunset Heights School's enrollment has contracted 9% since 2018, when it stood at 390 (now 356). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 64% to 53%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.

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