Sunset Primary School
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientWhat this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Sunset Primary School
As a mid-sized elementary-level community in West Linn, Oregon, Sunset Primary School teaches 375 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by West Linn-Wilsonville SD 3J.
Within West Linn-Wilsonville SD 3J, which oversees 17 schools and 8,842 students, Sunset Primary School is one campus in the system.
Looking at the student body, Sunset Primary School records that 69% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 15% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 79% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.
On the resource side, On paper, Sunset Primary School has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 45% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
After controlling for student poverty, Sunset Primary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.3%; this one delivers 56.7%.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Clackamas County) records that median household earnings sit near $103,517, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Clackamas County's 118 public schools (combined enrollment of about 57,601 students), Sunset Primary School is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: West Linn High School, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Sunset Primary School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 54.8%.
Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sunset Primary School has increased 17%, going from 320 students in 2018 to 375 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 80% to 69%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 today.
Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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