Enrollment
388
Elementary
DISTRICT 397 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAYVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362592003559
SUNRISE DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
320 SUNRISE DR, SAYVILLE, NY 11782 · (631) 244-6750 · Suffolk County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL388 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of New York public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 York public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
51 students
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 58%
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 36 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 72% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within SAYVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
58.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +5.0pp since 2023
Math
72.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 72.0% |
| 2023-24 | 53.0% | 63.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. 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
59.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% typical for New York 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 York'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 SUNRISE DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SUNRISE DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (59.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUNRISE DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 388 | 13.1% | 59.4% |
| CHARLOTTE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAMBURG | 382 | 15.2% | 54.0% |
| LINCOLN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SAYVILLE | 428 | 11.9% | 64.8% |
| CLARENCE CENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLARENCE CENTER | 406 | 14.5% | 62.4% |
| CHERRY AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST SAYVILLE | 374 | 9.1% | 66.5% |
| BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST ISLIP | 440 | 10.9% | 46.6% |
Matched among New York 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 SUNRISE DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.4% | #775 of 2,335 | #50 of 168 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #632 of 2,342 ▲ 185 | #28 of 169 ▲ 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #1,040 of 2,343 ▼ 261 | #64 of 169 ▼ 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 388 | #1,433 of 2,585 | #130 of 209 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #697 of 2,338 | #59 of 196 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.2% | #1,958 of 2,388 | #181 of 197 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.1% | #2,383 of 2,534 | #174 of 200 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.8% | #1,671 of 1,757 | #127 of 137 |
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
388
+27 (+7%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 547
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 388 | 36.2 | 10.7:1 | 13% (51) |
| 2023-24 | 392 | 37.4 | 10.5:1 | 8% (33) |
| 2022-23 | 374 | 31 | 12.1:1 | 11% (42) |
| 2020-21 | 361 | 31 | 11.7:1 | 8% (30) |
| 2017-18 | 395 | 29.8 | 13.2:1 | 9% (37) |
| 2015-16 | 414 | 29 | 14.3:1 | 10% (43) |
| 2010-11 | 455 | 34 | 13.4:1 | 7% (33) |
| 2000-01 | 640 | 39 | 16.4:1 | 2% (11) |
| 1990-91 | 547 | 34 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SUNRISE DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SUNRISE DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SUNRISE DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public elementary school run by SAYVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT in SAYVILLE, New York. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 388 students enrolled.
SUNRISE DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 5 schools in SAYVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which enrolls 2,586 students in total.
By race and ethnicity, SUNRISE DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 85% White. Other groups make up 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% Black. Suffolk County as a whole is about 66% White, so the school's share is higher. A diversity index of 27% means there is a 27% chance two randomly chosen students at SUNRISE DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.
The school has 36.2 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 10.7 students per teacher. Elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1, 2.1 more students per teacher than here. Of all students at SUNRISE DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 13% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Suffolk County report 39%.
SUNRISE DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 53% of New York public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, SUNRISE DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would be expected to post about 70.2%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 59.4%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Suffolk County show that median household income comes to about $130,686, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 40% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. The county's public schools total 343, with about 222,439 students.
LINCOLN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.7 miles from SUNRISE DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, SUNRISE DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 8th on proficiency.
The federal government classifies SUNRISE DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's location as Suburb: Large.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 388, from 361 in 2020-21.
SUNRISE DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
Suffolk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,530,146
Census ACS
Median income
$130,686
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
343
222,439 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SAYVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SAYVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 814 students
- SAYVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 582 students
- LINCOLN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 428 students
- CHERRY AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 374 students
Other schools in SAYVILLE
- SAYVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 582 students
- LINCOLN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 428 students
Other Sunrise Drive Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Sunrise Drive Elementary. SUNRISE DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Sunrise Drive Elementary SchoolTUCSON, AZ · 469 students
Nearby schools
- LINCOLN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 428
- SAYVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 582
- JAMES WILSON YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 399
- SYLVAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 318
- BAYPORT-BLUE POINT HIGH SCHOOL1.5 mi · 579
- ACADEMY STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 317
Frequently asked questions
About SUNRISE DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend SUNRISE DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SUNRISE DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 388 students in grades PK-05.
Is SUNRISE DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
SUNRISE DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SUNRISE DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SUNRISE DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 10.7:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at SUNRISE DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at SUNRISE DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 85% White, 8% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is SUNRISE DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
SUNRISE DRIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of SAYVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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