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Enrollment
407
Elementary
DISTRICT 345 · STATE 287
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALBUQUERQUE·NCES 350006001036
SUNSET VIEW ELEMENTARY
6121 PARADISE BLVD NW, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87114 · (505) 792-3254 · Bernalillo County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL407 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% of New Mexico public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Mexico public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 12.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
407 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 90%
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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 55% · 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
NM-MSSA + NM-ASR 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
48.7%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
33.5%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Mexico schools, those numbers are about 44 and 27.
Source: NM-MSSA + NM-ASR. 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
38.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% typical for New Mexico 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 New Mexico'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 VIEW ELEMENTARY
SUNSET VIEW ELEMENTARY's state test result (38.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUNSET VIEW ELEMENTARY this school | 407 | 100.0% | 38.7% |
| SIERRA VISTA ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 402 | 99.5% | 37.8% |
| HILLRISE ELEMENTARY LAS CRUCES | 421 | 100.0% | 43.9% |
| MILITARY HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY ROSWELL | 426 | 100.0% | 37.0% |
| CHAPARRAL ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 523 | 99.4% | 25.6% |
| PETROGLYPH ELEMENTARY ALBUQUERQUE | 498 | 99.8% | 43.0% |
Matched among New Mexico 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 VIEW ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Bernalillo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.7% | #112 of 329 | #31 of 91 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.5% | #109 of 354 | #30 of 96 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.7% | #115 of 366 | #35 of 101 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 407 | #115 of 490 | #29 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #278 of 318 | #94 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.1% | #94 of 334 | #42 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #50 of 393 | #36 of 101 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -43.8% | #20 of 287 | #10 of 88 |
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
407
-106 (-21%) vs 2020
-18% since 2010-11, when it was 496
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 407 | 25 | 16.3:1 | 100% (407) |
| 2023-24 | 415 | 30 | 13.8:1 | 68% (284) |
| 2022-23 | 482 | 28 | 17.2:1 | 40% (191) |
| 2020-21 | 513 | 35 | 14.7:1 | 35% (179) |
| 2017-18 | 724 | 40.5 | 17.9:1 | 42% (304) |
| 2015-16 | 704 | 36 | 19.6:1 | 44% (313) |
| 2010-11 | 496 | 30 | 16.5:1 | 45% (225) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SUNSET VIEW ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 44% (724 to 407); teachers down 38% (40.5 to 25).
About SUNSET VIEW ELEMENTARY
SUNSET VIEW ELEMENTARY is a public elementary school in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico. Federal data show 407 students enrolled in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 287 students for elementary schools in New Mexico.
Across its 172 schools, ALBUQUERQUE enrolls 74,800 students. SUNSET VIEW ELEMENTARY is one of those schools.
Federal enrollment data show SUNSET VIEW ELEMENTARY is 64% Hispanic. Other groups include 19% White, 6% multiracial, 6% Native American, and 3% Black. The county population is about 49% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 55, compared with 70 nationally.
Based on 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, SUNSET VIEW ELEMENTARY has a ratio of 16.3:1. Across elementary schools in New Mexico, the average ratio is 12.9:1. Income data for the school show 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 90% average for public schools in Bernalillo County, the school's rate is higher.
SUNSET VIEW ELEMENTARY holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 64% of New Mexico public elementary schools.
In New Mexico, SUNSET VIEW ELEMENTARY is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 38.7% actual against a predicted 33.4%.
The school is in Bernalillo County, where the median household earns about $69,473 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. SUNSET VIEW ELEMENTARY shares Bernalillo County with 210 other public schools.
JAMES MONROE MIDDLE, about 0.1 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, SUNSET VIEW ELEMENTARY ranks 3rd in a group of 6 nearby schools.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
A 21% decline took enrollment from 513 in 2020-21 to 407 in 2024-25. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (16.3:1) than in 2020-21 (14.7:1).
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Bernalillo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
673,930
Census ACS
Median income
$69,473
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
211
85,724 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ALBUQUERQUE
- VOLCANO VISTA HIGHHigh · 2,089 students
- ATRISCO HERITAGE ACADEMY HSHigh · 1,930 students
- LA CUEVA HIGHHigh · 1,826 students
- SANDIA HIGHHigh · 1,618 students
- ELDORADO HIGHCombined · 1,579 students
- ALBUQUERQUE HIGHHigh · 1,568 students
Other schools in ALBUQUERQUE
- VOLCANO VISTA HIGHHigh · 2,089 students
- ATRISCO HERITAGE ACADEMY HSHigh · 1,930 students
- LA CUEVA HIGHHigh · 1,826 students
- SANDIA HIGHHigh · 1,618 students
- ELDORADO HIGHCombined · 1,579 students
- ALBUQUERQUE HIGHHigh · 1,568 students
Other Sunset View Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Sunset View Elementary. SUNSET VIEW ELEMENTARY is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Sunset View Elementary SchoolKENNEWICK, WA · 411 students
- Sunset View ElementarySan Diego, CA · 408 students
Nearby schools
- JAMES MONROE MIDDLE0.1 mi · 630
- SIERRA VISTA ELEMENTARY0.8 mi · 402
- VENTANA RANCH ELEMENTARY1.0 mi · 573
- VOLCANO VISTA HIGH1.3 mi · 2,089
- TONY HILLERMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 860
- COYOTE WILLOW FAMILY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 280
Frequently asked questions
About SUNSET VIEW ELEMENTARYHow many students attend SUNSET VIEW ELEMENTARY?
SUNSET VIEW ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 407 students in grades KG-05.
Is SUNSET VIEW ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
SUNSET VIEW ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at SUNSET VIEW ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 16.3:1 students per teacher at SUNSET VIEW ELEMENTARY.
How diverse is SUNSET VIEW ELEMENTARY?
SUNSET VIEW ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 19% White, 64% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is SUNSET VIEW ELEMENTARY in?
SUNSET VIEW ELEMENTARY is part of ALBUQUERQUE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.