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Enrollment
412
Elementary
DISTRICT 347 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PENN-TRAFFORD SD·NCES 421866006187
Sunrise Elementary School
171 Sunrise Dr, Irwin, PA 15642 · (724) 864-6700 · Westmoreland County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL412 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 97% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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 Pennsylvania public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
71 students
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 75%
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 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 43% smaller than its 5th grade class (87).
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
80.5%
PA avg 51.1% . -5.2pp since 2023
Math
84.1%
PA avg 43.0% . -1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.5% | 84.1% |
| 2023-24 | 85.7% | 85.3% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. 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
85.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.2%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% typical for Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania'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 (85.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunrise Elementary School this school | 412 | 17.2% | 85.5% |
| Tenth Street Elementary School Oakmont | 393 | 19.6% | 77.8% |
| Weisenberg Elementary School Kutztown | 425 | 20.7% | 67.3% |
| Wyland Elementary School Allison Park | 358 | 17.0% | 89.0% |
| Sunset Valley Elementary School North Huntingdon | 448 | 21.2% | 86.8% |
| Avonworth Primary Center Pittsburgh | 423 | 16.8% | N/A |
Matched among Pennsylvania 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| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Westmoreland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 85.5% | #32 of 1,396 | #2 of 37 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.1% | #60 of 1,511 ▼ 34 | #2 of 38 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.5% | #60 of 1,511 ▼ 15 | #4 of 38 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 412 | #837 of 1,638 | #24 of 43 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #1,039 of 1,528 | #23 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.7% | #1,304 of 1,531 | #31 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.2% | #1,480 of 1,600 | #42 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +31.6% | #39 of 450 | #2 of 8 |
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
412
+43 (+12%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 371
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 18.4:1
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 | 412 | 29.7 | 13.9:1 | 17% (71) |
| 2023-24 | 421 | 28.2 | 15.0:1 | 17% (71) |
| 2022-23 | 423 | 29 | 14.6:1 | 13% (57) |
| 2020-21 | 369 | 20 | 18.4:1 | 9% (32) |
| 2017-18 | 313 | 21.1 | 14.8:1 | 12% (36) |
| 2015-16 | 314 | 21 | 14.9:1 | 12% (37) |
| 2010-11 | 446 | 23 | 19.4:1 | 6% (25) |
| 2000-01 | 553 | 29 | 19.1:1 | 5% (28) |
| 1990-91 | 371 | 17 | 21.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sunrise Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 32% (313 to 412); teachers up 41% (21.1 to 29.7).
About Sunrise Elementary School
Sunrise Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school located in Irwin, Pennsylvania. The school had 412 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
Sunrise Elementary School is part of Penn-Trafford SD, where 8 schools serve 3,773 students.
Federal enrollment data show Sunrise Elementary School is 92% White. Other groups include 3% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. County-wide, about 92% of residents are White. Sunrise Elementary School's diversity index is 15%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reported 29.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 13.9:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania. Eligible students account for 17% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. Across public schools in Westmoreland County, the average is 53%.
The allk12 Grade for Sunrise Elementary School is A+. Compared with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 97% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Sunrise Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Pennsylvania schools: 85.5% actual against 70.2% predicted.
Within Westmoreland County, the median household income is $74,109, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 33%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Besides Sunrise Elementary School, Westmoreland County has 84 other public schools.
The closest public school to Sunrise Elementary School is Sheridan Terrace Elementary School, about 2.1 miles away. Sunrise Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Sunrise Elementary School comes in 2nd of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Sunrise Elementary School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Sunrise Elementary School grew 12% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 369 to 412 students. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (13.9:1) than in 2020-21 (18.4:1).
The Sunrise Elementary School community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Westmoreland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
352,500
Census ACS
Median income
$74,109
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
85
41,302 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Penn-Trafford SD
- Penn Trafford High SchoolHigh · 1,167 students
- Penn Middle SchoolMiddle · 518 students
- McCullough Elementary SchoolElementary · 448 students
- Harrison Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 409 students
- Trafford Middle SchoolMiddle · 354 students
- Level Green Elementary SchoolElementary · 269 students
Other schools in Irwin
- West Hempfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 546 students
- West Hempfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 496 students
Other Sunrise Elementary schools
29 other US public schools in 15 states are named Sunrise Elementary. Sunrise Elementary School is the 19th largest of the 30.
- SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLOCALA, FL · 1,402 students
- Sunrise ElementaryRancho Cordova, CA · 1,235 students
- Sunrise ElementaryBLAINE, MN · 1,015 students
- SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPALM BAY, FL · 907 students
- SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLKISSIMMEE, FL · 906 students
Nearby schools
- Sheridan Terrace Elementary School2.1 mi · 417
- Penn Trafford High School2.1 mi · 1,167
- Level Green Elementary School2.3 mi · 269
- Penn Middle School2.7 mi · 518
- Harrison Park Elementary School2.7 mi · 409
- McCullough Elementary School2.7 mi · 448
Frequently asked questions
About Sunrise Elementary SchoolHow large is Sunrise Elementary School?
Sunrise Elementary School enrolls approximately 412 students in grades KG-05.
Is Sunrise Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sunrise Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Sunrise Elementary School?
Approximately 13.9:1 students per teacher at Sunrise Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sunrise Elementary School?
At Sunrise Elementary School, the student body is approximately 92% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Sunrise Elementary School public or private?
Sunrise Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Penn-Trafford SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.