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Enrollment
535
Elementary
DISTRICT 634 · STATE 366
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EDMOND·NCES 401059000482
Sunset Elementary School
400 West Eighth Street, Edmond, OK 73003 · (405) 340-2990 · Oklahoma County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL535 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
403 students
DISTRICT 38% · STATE 68%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 109 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (86).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 73% · 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
OSTP / CCRA 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
25.0%
OK avg 30.6%
Math
22.3%
OK avg 32.6%
What this means: On the OSTP / CCRA, Oklahoma's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oklahoma schools, those numbers are about 31 and 33.
Source: OSTP / CCRA. 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
23.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.8%
based on OK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% typical for Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma'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 Elementary School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunset Elementary School this school | 535 | 75.3% | 23.2% |
| Woodland Hills Elementary School Lawton | 381 | 73.2% | 36.0% |
| Patrick Henry Elementary School Tulsa | 442 | 75.8% | N/A |
| Plaza Towers Elementary School Moore | 403 | 69.2% | N/A |
| Sky Ranch Elementary School Oklahoma City | 567 | 74.4% | N/A |
| Ida Freeman Elementary School Edmond | 429 | 70.6% | N/A |
Matched among Oklahoma 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 Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oklahoma | In Oklahoma County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.2% | #492 of 555 | #58 of 64 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.3% | #546 of 651 | #65 of 77 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #422 of 523 | #52 of 63 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 535 | #150 of 941 | #44 of 123 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #203 of 708 | #21 of 116 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.4% | #85 of 708 | #22 of 116 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.3% | #370 of 876 | #62 of 121 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.9% | #106 of 548 | #18 of 78 |
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
535
-41 (-7%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 1,012
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 535 | 36.1 | 14.8:1 | 75% (403) |
| 2023-24 | 579 | 34.8 | 16.7:1 | 72% (419) |
| 2022-23 | 670 | 32.7 | 20.5:1 | 64% (428) |
| 2020-21 | 576 | 37 | 15.6:1 | 55% (316) |
| 2017-18 | 712 | 40.5 | 17.6:1 | 58% (410) |
| 2015-16 | 697 | 40 | 17.4:1 | 64% (447) |
| 2010-11 | 650 | 37 | 17.6:1 | 60% (393) |
| 2000-01 | 706 | 41 | 17.2:1 | 37% (258) |
| 1990-91 | 1,012 | 41 | 24.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sunset Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (712 to 535); teachers down 11% (40.5 to 36.1).
About Sunset Elementary School
Sunset Elementary School is an elementary school located in Edmond, Oklahoma, in Oklahoma County. The school counted 535 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5. It has 46% more students than the average for elementary schools in Oklahoma (about 366).
Sunset Elementary School is one school in EDMOND, a system of 28 schools with 25,746 students.
The biggest share of students at Sunset Elementary School, 35%, is White. Next come 28% Hispanic, 18% Black, 14% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That compares with about 57% White among all Oklahoma County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 74%.
Staffing at Sunset Elementary School comes to 36.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 14.8:1. Elementary schools in Oklahoma average 15.6:1, 0.8 more students per teacher than here. Sunset Elementary School counts 75% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Oklahoma County average 67%.
Compared with Oklahoma schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Sunset Elementary School's results are 6.6 points below predicted: 23.2% against 29.8%.
The county, Oklahoma County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $66,679, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 12%. The county's public schools total 225, with about 161,569 students.
Sunset Elementary School's nearest public school is Clegern Elementary School (about 0.7 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, Sunset Elementary School is 5th of 5 nearby schools with test data.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The school's student count fell 7% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
The allk12 page for Sunset Elementary School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Oklahoma County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
806,199
Census ACS
Median income
$66,679
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
225
161,569 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in EDMOND
- Santa Fe High SchoolHigh · 2,774 students
- Memorial High SchoolHigh · 2,770 students
- North High SchoolHigh · 2,532 students
- Sequoyah Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,053 students
- Central Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,036 students
- Heartland Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,005 students
Other schools in Edmond
- Santa Fe High SchoolHigh · 2,774 students
- Memorial High SchoolHigh · 2,770 students
- North High SchoolHigh · 2,532 students
- Deer Creek High SchoolHigh · 2,290 students
- 4th and 5th Grade CenterElementary · 1,289 students
- Deer Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,257 students
Other Sunset Elementary schools
23 other US public schools in 13 states are named Sunset Elementary. Sunset Elementary School is the 6th largest of the 24.
- Sunset Elementary SchoolAnadarko, OK · 192 students
- SUNSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMIAMI, FL · 1,192 students
- Sunset ElementaryLivermore, CA · 759 students
- Sunset ElementaryAIRWAY HEIGHTS, WA · 634 students
- Sunset Elementary SchoolBrentwood, TN · 616 students
Nearby schools
- Clegern Elementary School0.7 mi · 425
- Ida Freeman Elementary School0.7 mi · 429
- Russell Dougherty Elementary School0.8 mi · 286
- Central Middle School0.9 mi · 1,036
- Santa Fe High School1.2 mi · 2,774
- Memorial High School1.3 mi · 2,770
Frequently asked questions
About Sunset Elementary SchoolHow large is Sunset Elementary School?
Sunset Elementary School enrolls approximately 535 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Sunset Elementary School serve?
Sunset Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Sunset Elementary School have?
Sunset Elementary School employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sunset Elementary School?
At Sunset Elementary School, the student body is approximately 35% White, 28% Hispanic, 18% Black, 3% Asian, 14% Two or more.
What district is Sunset Elementary School in?
Sunset Elementary School is part of EDMOND.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.