Sunset Avenue Elementary

As a mid-sized primary school in Clinton, North Carolina, Sunset Avenue Elementary instructs 649 students from grades 3 through 5, operated by Clinton City Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 39% above the state mean of about 467.

Across the 5 schools in Clinton City Schools (3,015 students total), Sunset Avenue Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Sunset Avenue Elementary reports that 43% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 34% Black, 14% White, 5% multiracial, 3% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 22% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.9:1 average. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Sunset Avenue Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 53.9%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Sampson County) reports that median household earnings sit near $52,432, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Sampson County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,001 students), of which Sunset Avenue Elementary is one.

Butler Avenue Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Sunset Avenue Elementary comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 52.5%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 28%: 507 students in 2018 compared to 649 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 31% to 43% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 in 2025.

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