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Enrollment
448
Elementary
DISTRICT 427 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORWIN SD·NCES 421794000644
Sunset Valley Elementary School
11605 Dickens Drive, North Huntingdon, PA 15642 · (724) 861-3035 · Westmoreland County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL448 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 98% 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.
- ABeats 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
17.8:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
95 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 107 | 24% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 106 | 24% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 39% smaller than its 4th grade class (106).
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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Sunset Valley Elementary School→Hillcrest Intermediate School→Norwin Middle School→Norwin High School
Based on grade levels within Norwin SD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
85.5%
PA avg 51.1% . +4.9pp since 2023
Math
89.8%
PA avg 43.0% . +5.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 90 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 85.5% | 89.8% |
| 2023-24 | 80.6% | 84.7% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
86.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 87% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 69% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Pennsylvania's top 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 Valley Elementary School
Sunset Valley Elementary School's state test result (86.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunset Valley Elementary School this school | 448 | 21.2% | 86.8% |
| McCullough Elementary School Jeannette | 448 | 23.0% | 84.4% |
| Avonworth Elementary School Pittsburgh | 478 | 21.5% | 69.3% |
| Weisenberg Elementary School Kutztown | 425 | 20.7% | 67.3% |
| Dillsburg Elementary School Dillsburg | 440 | 24.8% | 71.4% |
| Edgeworth Elementary School Sewickley | 412 | 22.8% | 81.1% |
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 Sunset Valley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Westmoreland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 86.8% | #22 of 1,396 | #1 of 37 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 89.8% | #16 of 1,511 ▲ 14 | #1 of 38 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.5% | #22 of 1,511 ▲ 95 | #1 of 38 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 448 | #693 of 1,638 | #16 of 43 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #1,492 of 1,528 | #39 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.8% | #1,303 of 1,531 | #30 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.2% | #1,427 of 1,600 | #38 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.8% | #974 of 1,045 | #32 of 33 |
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
448
-7 (-2%) vs 2020
+4% since 2010-11, when it was 430
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 19.0:1
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 | 448 | 25.1 | 17.8:1 | 21% (95) |
| 2023-24 | 477 | 25.6 | 18.6:1 | 20% (95) |
| 2022-23 | 460 | 25.3 | 18.1:1 | 16% (72) |
| 2020-21 | 455 | 24 | 19.0:1 | 12% (54) |
| 2017-18 | 456 | 24.7 | 18.5:1 | 10% (44) |
| 2015-16 | 491 | 27 | 18.2:1 | 10% (51) |
| 2010-11 | 430 | 24 | 17.9:1 | 9% (38) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sunset Valley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (456 to 448); teachers up 2% (24.7 to 25.1).
About Sunset Valley Elementary School
In North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, Sunset Valley Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school. It reports enrollment of 448 students in kindergarten through 4.
Sunset Valley Elementary School is in Norwin SD, a district with 4,951 students across 7 schools.
By race and ethnicity, Sunset Valley Elementary School is 92% White. The next largest groups are 3% Hispanic, 2% Asian, and 2% multiracial. In Westmoreland County overall, the White share is about 92%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 15%.
For every teacher at Sunset Valley Elementary School, there are about 17.8 students; the school has 25.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is 13.1:1, so this school has more students per teacher. There are 95 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 21% of enrollment. On average, public schools in Westmoreland County report 53%.
Sunset Valley Elementary School earns an A+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 98% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations places Sunset Valley Elementary School in the top 10% of Pennsylvania schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 18.3 points above it (86.8% actual, 68.5% predicted).
The county, Westmoreland County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $74,109 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 33%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Counting Sunset Valley Elementary School, Westmoreland County has 85 public schools.
Sunset Valley Elementary School is about 1.4 miles from Hillcrest Intermediate School, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Sunset Valley Elementary School ranks 1st of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 86.8% against a local average of 71.9%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 448, starting from 455. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 19.0:1 in 2020-21 to 17.8:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Norwin SD
- Norwin High SchoolHigh · 1,671 students
- Norwin Middle SchoolMiddle · 819 students
- Hillcrest Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 755 students
- Stewartsville Elementary SchoolElementary · 422 students
- Hahntown Elementary SchoolElementary · 419 students
- Sheridan Terrace Elementary SchoolElementary · 417 students
Other schools in North Huntingdon
- Norwin High SchoolHigh · 1,671 students
- Norwin Middle SchoolMiddle · 819 students
- Hillcrest Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 755 students
- Stewartsville Elementary SchoolElementary · 422 students
- Hahntown Elementary SchoolElementary · 419 students
- Sheridan Terrace Elementary SchoolElementary · 417 students
Other Sunset Valley Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Sunset Valley Elementary. Sunset Valley Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Sunset Valley Elementary SchoolFORT WORTH, TX · 592 students
- Sunset Valley Elementary SchoolAUSTIN, TX · 441 students
- SUNSET VALLEY ELEM.LEES SUMMIT, MO · 310 students
Nearby schools
- Hillcrest Intermediate School1.4 mi · 755
- Norwin Middle School1.5 mi · 819
- Hahntown Elementary School1.6 mi · 419
- Norwin High School1.7 mi · 1,671
- Stewartsville Elementary School3.0 mi · 422
- Sheridan Terrace Elementary School3.1 mi · 417
Frequently asked questions
About Sunset Valley Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Sunset Valley Elementary School?
Sunset Valley Elementary School enrolls approximately 448 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does Sunset Valley Elementary School serve?
Sunset Valley Elementary School serves grades KG-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sunset Valley Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sunset Valley Elementary School is approximately 17.8:1 (25 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Sunset Valley Elementary School?
Sunset Valley Elementary School reports a student body of 92% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Sunset Valley Elementary School public or private?
Sunset Valley Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Norwin SD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.