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Enrollment
441
Elementary
DISTRICT 467 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AUSTIN ISD·NCES 480894000359
Sunset Valley Elementary School
3000 JONES RD, AUSTIN, TX 78745 · (512) 414-2392 · Travis County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL441 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
154 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 65%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 51 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 63% · 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
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
71.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +46.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
64.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +51.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 46 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 51 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 55.0% | 16.0% | 10.0% | 19.0% |
| Mathematics | 35.0% | 29.0% | 13.0% | 23.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 71.0% | 64.0% |
| 2024-25 | 62.0% | 45.0% |
| 2023-24 | 59.0% | 49.0% |
| 2022-23 | 45.0% | 38.0% |
| 2021-22 | 32.0% | 34.0% |
| 2020-21 | 25.0% | 13.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. 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
53.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% typical for Texas 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 Texas'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 Sunset Valley Elementary School
Sunset Valley Elementary School's state test result (53.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunset Valley Elementary School this school | 441 | 34.9% | 53.2% |
| Oak Meadow Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 395 | 33.2% | 70.3% |
| Boone Elementary School AUSTIN | 428 | 34.6% | 46.0% |
| Great Hearts Monte Vista SAN ANTONIO | 468 | 27.4% | 63.0% |
| Ft Concho Elementary School SAN ANGELO | 447 | 38.7% | 72.8% |
| Corey Fine Arts / Dual Language Academy ARLINGTON | 497 | 32.8% | 63.6% |
Matched among Texas 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 Texas | In Travis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.2% | #1,183 of 4,401 | #48 of 166 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #683 of 4,466 ▲ 1,400 | #42 of 176 ▲ 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #650 of 4,466 ▲ 591 | #47 of 176 ▲ 15 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +26.0pp | #255 of 3,998 | #13 of 166 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 441 | #3,108 of 4,938 | #111 of 183 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #2,576 of 4,622 | #122 of 174 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.3% | #2,009 of 4,628 | #74 of 174 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.9% | #4,100 of 4,789 | #119 of 170 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.8% | #1,268 of 2,838 | #60 of 120 |
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
441
-45 (-9%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 658
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 441 | 29.2 | 15.1:1 | 35% (154) |
| 2023-24 | 447 | 30 | 14.9:1 | 33% (148) |
| 2022-23 | 448 | 27.6 | 16.2:1 | 31% (137) |
| 2020-21 | 486 | 38 | 12.8:1 | 30% (145) |
| 2017-18 | 543 | 36.1 | 15.1:1 | 50% (271) |
| 2015-16 | 531 | 36 | 14.8:1 | 62% (328) |
| 2010-11 | 449 | 39 | 11.5:1 | 82% (368) |
| 2000-01 | 600 | 38 | 15.8:1 | 59% (356) |
| 1990-91 | 658 | 39 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sunset Valley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (543 to 441); teachers down 19% (36.1 to 29.2).
About Sunset Valley Elementary School
Sunset Valley Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in AUSTIN, Texas, under AUSTIN ISD. It has an enrollment of 441 students in pre-K through 5.
Sunset Valley Elementary School is part of AUSTIN ISD, where 123 schools serve 72,272 students.
The student body at Sunset Valley Elementary School is 56% Hispanic. Other reported shares: 37% White and 4% multiracial. Travis County's residents are about 33% Hispanic, 24 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 54% means there is a 54% chance two randomly chosen students at Sunset Valley Elementary School are from different groups.
There are 29.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at Sunset Valley Elementary School, giving a ratio of 15.1:1. The average for elementary schools in Texas is about 15.1:1. By family income, 35% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 54% average among public schools in Travis County.
Sunset Valley Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (53.2%) and its predicted rate (58.8%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools.
For Travis County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $99,611 a year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Counting Sunset Valley Elementary School, Travis County has 333 public schools.
Joslin Elementary School sits about 1.0 miles from Sunset Valley Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Sunset Valley Elementary School ranks 1st in a group of 5 nearby schools.
Under the NCES locale system, Sunset Valley Elementary School is Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 45 students, from 486 to 441. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 12.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 15.1:1.
Sunset Valley Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
Travis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,330,015
Census ACS
Median income
$99,611
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
333
191,706 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in AUSTIN ISD
- Bowie High SchoolHigh · 2,876 students
- Akins Early College High SchoolHigh · 2,421 students
- Austin High SchoolHigh · 2,323 students
- Anderson High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- McCallum High SchoolHigh · 1,897 students
- Navarro Early College High SchoolHigh · 1,633 students
Other schools in AUSTIN
- Lake Travis High SchoolHigh · 3,569 students
- Bowie High SchoolHigh · 2,876 students
- Westwood High SchoolHigh · 2,858 students
- Westlake High SchoolHigh · 2,854 students
- McNeil High SchoolHigh · 2,660 students
- Vandegrift High SchoolHigh · 2,437 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 3rd largest of the 4.
- Sunset Valley Elementary SchoolFORT WORTH, TX · 592 students
- Sunset Valley Elementary SchoolNorth Huntingdon, PA · 448 students
- SUNSET VALLEY ELEM.LEES SUMMIT, MO · 310 students
Nearby schools
- Joslin Elementary School1.0 mi · 265
- Crockett Early College High School1.1 mi · 1,529
- Cunningham Elementary School1.2 mi · 346
- Richards School for Young Women Leaders1.3 mi · 920
- Wayside Eden Park Academy1.3 mi · 235
- Premier High School-Austin South Campus1.4 mi · 143
Frequently asked questions
About Sunset Valley Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Sunset Valley Elementary School?
Sunset Valley Elementary School enrolls approximately 441 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Sunset Valley Elementary School serve?
Sunset Valley Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Sunset Valley Elementary School?
Approximately 15.1:1 students per teacher at Sunset Valley Elementary School.
How diverse is Sunset Valley Elementary School?
Sunset Valley Elementary School reports a student body of 37% White, 56% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Sunset Valley Elementary School in?
Sunset Valley Elementary School is part of AUSTIN ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.