Enrollment
266
Elementary
DISTRICT 673 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20·NCES 360015106726
SUNSET SCHOOL OF CULTURAL LEARNING
270 59TH ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11220 · (347) 464-5131 · Kings County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL266 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% of New York public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
8.9:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
234 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 52 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 20% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (54).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
63.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +21.0pp since 2023
Math
63.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 21 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 63.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 60.0% |
% 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
57.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 SUNSET SCHOOL OF CULTURAL LEARNING
SUNSET SCHOOL OF CULTURAL LEARNING's state test result (57.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUNSET SCHOOL OF CULTURAL LEARNING this school | 266 | 88.0% | 57.9% |
| PS 273 RICHMOND HILL | 329 | 87.8% | 50.8% |
| PS 250 GEORGE H LINDSAY BROOKLYN | 257 | 87.9% | 34.9% |
| NEW YORK CITY ACADEMY FOR DISCOVERY WOODHAVEN | 361 | 87.8% | 40.2% |
| YOUNG VOICES ACADEMY OF THE BRONX BRONX | 363 | 88.2% | 47.3% |
| IVAN LAFAYETTE EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL OF THE ARTS (THE) EAST ELMHURST | 222 | 82.9% | N/A |
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 SUNSET SCHOOL OF CULTURAL LEARNING ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Kings County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.9% | #842 of 2,335 | #130 of 290 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #964 of 2,342 ▼ 39 | #157 of 290 ▼ 28 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #790 of 2,343 ▲ 385 | #142 of 290 ▲ 31 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 266 | #2,162 of 2,585 | #227 of 306 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.9:1 | #161 of 2,338 | #20 of 249 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.0% | #1,570 of 2,388 | #202 of 263 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.0% | #499 of 2,534 | #143 of 300 |
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
266
+201 (+309%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
8.9:1
was 10.8:1
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 | 266 | 30 | 8.9:1 | 88% (234) |
| 2023-24 | 214 | 30.2 | 7.1:1 | 86% (185) |
| 2022-23 | 152 | 13.4 | 11.3:1 | 87% (132) |
| 2020-21 | 65 | 6 | 10.8:1 | 91% (59) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SUNSET SCHOOL OF CULTURAL LEARNING.
About SUNSET SCHOOL OF CULTURAL LEARNING
SUNSET SCHOOL OF CULTURAL LEARNING is a small elementary school in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20, located in BROOKLYN, New York. It has an enrollment of 266 students in kindergarten through 4. On average, elementary schools in New York enroll around 443, and this school is 40% below that mark.
NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20 counts 48 schools and 44,136 students, including SUNSET SCHOOL OF CULTURAL LEARNING.
The student body at SUNSET SCHOOL OF CULTURAL LEARNING is 75% Hispanic. It is also 13% Asian and 9% White. Kings County's residents are about 19% Hispanic, 56 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 41% means there is a 41% chance two randomly chosen students at SUNSET SCHOOL OF CULTURAL LEARNING are from different groups.
SUNSET SCHOOL OF CULTURAL LEARNING has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 8.9:1. Elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1, 4.0 more students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 88% at SUNSET SCHOOL OF CULTURAL LEARNING. Public schools in Kings County average 79%.
SUNSET SCHOOL OF CULTURAL LEARNING earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 73% of New York public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 42.6% at SUNSET SCHOOL OF CULTURAL LEARNING; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 57.9%.
The county, Kings County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $80,263, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 15%. The county's public schools total 583, with about 291,697 students.
Among nearby public schools, MS 936 ARTS OFF 3RD is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. SUNSET SCHOOL OF CULTURAL LEARNING is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The school's 57.9% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 8 nearby schools.
The NCES locale for SUNSET SCHOOL OF CULTURAL LEARNING is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
SUNSET SCHOOL OF CULTURAL LEARNING enrolled 65 in 2020-21 and 266 in 2024-25. Changes in grade configuration can produce shifts of this size. Students per teacher dropped from 10.8 in 2020-21 to 8.9 in 2024-25.
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Kings County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,631,580
Census ACS
Median income
$80,263
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
583
291,697 students
Quick facts
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Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20
- FORT HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,044 students
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- NEW UTRECHT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,236 students
- JHS 259 WILLIAM MCKINLEYMiddle · 1,780 students
- MADELEINE BRENNAN SCHOOL (THE)Middle · 1,518 students
- JHS 227 EDWARD B SHALLOWMiddle · 1,327 students
Other schools in BROOKLYN
- BROOKLYN TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 5,848 students
- FORT HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,044 students
- JAMES MADISON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,983 students
- MIDWOOD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,657 students
- EDWARD R MURROW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,503 students
- FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,403 students
Nearby schools
- MS 936 ARTS OFF 3RD0.0 mi · 441
- PS 506 SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AND TECHNOLOGY (THE)0.1 mi · 334
- PS 503 SCHOOL OF DISCOVERY (THE)0.1 mi · 550
- SCHOOL OF MATH SCIENCE AND HEALTHY LIVING0.2 mi · 169
- LEEP DUAL LANGUAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL0.4 mi · 435
- HIGH SCHOOL OF TELECOMMUNICATION ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY0.4 mi · 1,222
Frequently asked questions
About SUNSET SCHOOL OF CULTURAL LEARNINGHow many students attend SUNSET SCHOOL OF CULTURAL LEARNING?
SUNSET SCHOOL OF CULTURAL LEARNING enrolls approximately 266 students in grades KG-04.
Is SUNSET SCHOOL OF CULTURAL LEARNING an elementary, middle, or high school?
SUNSET SCHOOL OF CULTURAL LEARNING is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
How many teachers does SUNSET SCHOOL OF CULTURAL LEARNING have?
SUNSET SCHOOL OF CULTURAL LEARNING employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.9:1.
What is the student diversity at SUNSET SCHOOL OF CULTURAL LEARNING?
Student demographics at SUNSET SCHOOL OF CULTURAL LEARNING are roughly 9% White, 75% Hispanic, 1% Black, 13% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is SUNSET SCHOOL OF CULTURAL LEARNING public or private?
SUNSET SCHOOL OF CULTURAL LEARNING is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #20.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.