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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GREATER ALBANY PUBLIC SD 8J·NCES 410112000673

Sunrise Elementary School

730 19th Ave SE, Albany, OR 97322 · (541) 967-4608 · Linn County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL324 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% of Oregon public elementary schools
  • DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • DBeats 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 Oregon public elementary schools

Enrollment
324
Elementary
DISTRICT 277 · STATE 321
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
261 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 76%
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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten5718%
Grade 15517%
Grade 25015%
Grade 35617%
Grade 45417%
Grade 55216%

This year's kindergarten class (57) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (52).

Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 59% · US 70%
White
17153%
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 57% · US 43%
Hispanic
12840%
DISTRICT 25% · STATE 26% · US 30%
Black
21%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 2% · US 15%
Two+
216%
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 7% · US 5%
Native American
21%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 1%
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
Male
15448%
Female
17052%

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Test scores

OSAS 2024-25 . % Proficient
English Language Arts
19.6%
OR avg 43.0% . -4.4pp since 2023
Math
19.0%
OR avg 31.8% . +4.9pp since 2023

What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.

OSAS results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2519.6%19.0%
2023-2424.0%14.1%
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
16.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.3%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.6pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 Sunrise Elementary School

Sunrise Elementary School's state test result (16.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Sunrise Elementary School this school32480.6%16.7%
Wascher Elementary School
Lafayette
37182.2%36.1%
Lafayette Elementary School
Albany
29576.3%23.2%
Stayton Elementary School
Stayton
33281.0%37.5%
Harvey Clarke Elementary School
Forest Grove
39080.0%37.5%
Sue Buel Elementary
McMinnville
39883.7%26.6%
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 Sunrise Elementary School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn OregonIn Linn County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
16.7%#545 of 591#25 of 26
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
19.0%#540 of 646
▲ 51
#26 of 27
no change
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
19.6%#598 of 646
▼ 26
#26 of 27
no change
Enrollment
ranked largest first
324#361 of 710#7 of 29
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
14.1:1#70 of 587#3 of 22
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
56.1%#223 of 587#3 of 22
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
80.6%#272 of 645#10 of 28
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-15.2%#323 of 493#12 of 19
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 2024-25
Enrollment
324
+25 (+8%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 360
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 14.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-253242314.1:181% (261)
2023-24330N/AN/A69% (229)
2022-2335919.518.4:171% (254)
2020-212992014.9:1N/A
2017-1838224.915.3:178% (298)
2015-164162516.6:182% (340)
2010-113812217.3:183% (316)
2000-013711919.5:178% (291)
1990-913602117.1:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sunrise Elementary School.

Since 2017-18: students down 15% (382 to 324); teachers down 8% (24.9 to 23).

About Sunrise Elementary School

At 730 19th Ave SE in Albany, Oregon, Sunrise Elementary School operates as a medium-sized elementary school. A federal count lists 324 students at the school, in kindergarten through 5.

Greater Albany Public SD 8J is responsible for 20 schools, Sunrise Elementary School included, with 8,771 students in all.

White students account for 53% of enrollment at Sunrise Elementary School. Other groups include 40% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. The county population is about 84% White. By the diversity index, Sunrise Elementary School comes in at 56%.

Dividing enrollment by its 23 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 14.1:1. Among elementary schools in Oregon, the typical ratio is 16.5:1. Eligible students account for 81% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. Across public schools in Linn County, the average is about the same, 79%.

Sunrise Elementary School is graded D by allk12, scoring above 6% of Oregon public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.

The BeatsExpectations prediction for Sunrise Elementary School is 31.3%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 16.7%.

Linn County has about 130,706 residents, and median household income is about $76,329, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Federal data list 48 public schools in Linn County, with a combined enrollment of about 17,916.

Of nearby public schools, Albany Options School is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 16.7% average proficiency ranks 8th among 8 nearby schools.

Federal data place Sunrise Elementary School in the City: Small locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.

Enrollment was 299 in 2020-21 and 324 in 2024-25, a gain of 25 students.

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Linn County at a glance

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Population
130,706
Census ACS
Median income
$76,329
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
48
17,916 students

Quick facts

School name
Sunrise Elementary School
District
Greater Albany Public SD 8J
Address
730 19th Ave SE, Albany, OR 97322
Phone
(541) 967-4608
County
Linn County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–05
Total enrollment
324
Teachers (FTE)
23
Student–teacher ratio
14.1:1
Free and reduced lunch
261 (81%)
Locale
13-City: Small
NCES ID
410112000673
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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29 other US public schools in 15 states are named Sunrise Elementary. Sunrise Elementary School is the 25th largest of the 30.

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Frequently asked questions

About Sunrise Elementary School
How large is Sunrise Elementary School?
Sunrise Elementary School enrolls approximately 324 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Sunrise Elementary School serve?
Sunrise Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sunrise Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sunrise Elementary School is approximately 14.1:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sunrise Elementary School?
At Sunrise Elementary School, the student body is approximately 53% White, 40% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Two or more.
Is Sunrise Elementary School public or private?
Sunrise Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Greater Albany Public SD 8J.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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