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Enrollment
402
Elementary
DISTRICT 371 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH CLACKAMAS SD 12·NCES 410883000086
Sunnyside Elementary School
13401 SE 132nd Ave, Clackamas, OR 97015 · (503) 353-5620 · Clackamas County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL402 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.9:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
234 students
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 76%
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 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 59% · 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
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
39.5%
OR avg 43.0% . -6.8pp since 2023
Math
22.2%
OR avg 31.8% . -8.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 40 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 Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.5% | 22.2% |
| 2023-24 | 46.3% | 30.5% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. 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
33.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.0%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% typical for Oregon 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 Oregon'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 Sunnyside Elementary School
Sunnyside Elementary School's state test result (33.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunnyside Elementary School this school | 402 | 58.2% | 33.2% |
| Spring Mountain Elementary School Happy Valley | 350 | 58.3% | 49.0% |
| Mary Woodward Elementary School Tigard | 417 | 57.6% | 51.8% |
| Cedar Mill Elementary School Portland | 350 | 50.6% | 67.6% |
| Bethany Elementary School Beaverton | 413 | 51.3% | 73.1% |
| Mount Scott Elementary School Happy Valley | 416 | 59.4% | 42.5% |
Matched among Oregon 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 Sunnyside Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Clackamas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.2% | #309 of 591 | #43 of 63 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.2% | #498 of 646 ▼ 132 | #58 of 66 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.5% | #355 of 646 ▼ 108 | #49 of 66 ▼ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 402 | #196 of 710 | #28 of 67 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.7:1 | #456 of 587 | #43 of 62 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.0% | #65 of 587 | #6 of 62 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.2% | #498 of 645 | #36 of 64 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.0% | #112 of 493 | #13 of 43 |
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
402
-62 (-13%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 536
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
was 19.3:1
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 | 402 | 21.5 | 18.7:1 | 58% (234) |
| 2023-24 | 398 | 19.8 | 20.1:1 | 48% (190) |
| 2022-23 | 427 | 23.6 | 18.1:1 | 34% (146) |
| 2020-21 | 464 | 24 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 551 | 26.5 | 20.8:1 | 33% (180) |
| 2015-16 | 559 | 26 | 21.5:1 | 35% (198) |
| 2010-11 | 491 | 21 | 23.4:1 | 37% (180) |
| 2000-01 | 380 | 22 | 17.3:1 | 18% (70) |
| 1990-91 | 536 | 26 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sunnyside Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (551 to 402); teachers down 19% (26.5 to 21.5).
About Sunnyside Elementary School
Sunnyside Elementary School is an elementary school in Clackamas, Oregon, according to federal school records. Federal data show 402 students enrolled in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Oregon average about 321 students, which makes this school 25% above average.
Sunnyside Elementary School is part of a district of 31 schools: North Clackamas SD 12, with 16,837 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Sunnyside Elementary School is White, with 49% of students. Enrollment also includes 19% Hispanic, 15% Asian, 13% multiracial, and 3% Black. The school's White share is 29 points below the 79% share among Clackamas County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 68%.
There are 21.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 18.7:1. The average for elementary schools in Oregon, 16.5:1, is lower. Of all students at Sunnyside Elementary School, 58% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Clackamas County, the average is 50%.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Sunnyside Elementary School, the prediction is 40.0% and the result is 33.2%.
In the wider Clackamas County area, the median household earns about $103,517 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 41% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Across Clackamas County, 118 public schools serve about 57,601 students.
Rock Creek Middle School is about 0.5 miles from Sunnyside Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Sunnyside Elementary School is 5th among 8 schools close by.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal enrollment counts fell from 464 (2020-21) to 402 (2024-25).
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Clackamas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
423,975
Census ACS
Median income
$103,517
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
118
57,601 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in North Clackamas SD 12
- Adrienne C. Nelson High SchoolHigh · 1,536 students
- Clackamas High SchoolHigh · 1,280 students
- Happy Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,158 students
- Putnam High SchoolHigh · 1,060 students
- Rock Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 889 students
- Milwaukie High SchoolHigh · 874 students
Other schools in Clackamas
- Clackamas High SchoolHigh · 1,280 students
- Rock Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 889 students
- Clackamas Web AcademyCombined · 529 students
- Oregon Trail Elementary SchoolElementary · 455 students
- LEEP (Life Enrichment Education Program)Combined · 106 students
Other Sunnyside Elementary schools
20 other US public schools in 14 states are named Sunnyside Elementary. Sunnyside Elementary School is the 9th largest of the 21.
- Sunnyside Elementary SchoolIndianapolis, IN · 714 students
- SUNNYSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLIDAHO FALLS, ID · 568 students
- Sunnyside Elementary SchoolSmyrna, DE · 507 students
- Sunnyside ElementaryGarden Grove, CA · 500 students
- Sunnyside ElementaryNEW BRIGHTON, MN · 498 students
Nearby schools
- Rock Creek Middle School0.5 mi · 889
- Clackamas High School0.6 mi · 1,280
- Spring Mountain Elementary School0.8 mi · 350
- Oregon Trail Elementary School1.0 mi · 455
- Happy Valley Elementary School1.6 mi · 491
- Happy Valley Middle School1.6 mi · 1,158
Frequently asked questions
About Sunnyside Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Sunnyside Elementary School?
Sunnyside Elementary School enrolls approximately 402 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Sunnyside Elementary School serve?
Sunnyside Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Sunnyside Elementary School?
Approximately 18.7:1 students per teacher at Sunnyside Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sunnyside Elementary School?
At Sunnyside Elementary School, the student body is approximately 49% White, 19% Hispanic, 3% Black, 15% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is Sunnyside Elementary School in?
Sunnyside Elementary School is part of North Clackamas SD 12.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.