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Enrollment
647
Elementary
DISTRICT 455 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CANYONS DISTRICT·NCES 490014200326
Sunrise School
1520 E 11265 S, SANDY, UT 84092 · (801) 826-9550 · Salt Lake County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL647 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.0:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.6:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
71 students
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 33%
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 | 75 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 97 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 112 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 130 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 117 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 116 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 35% smaller than its 5th grade class (116).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 47% · 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
RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientEnglish Language Arts
74.9%
UT avg 41.4% . -6.0pp since 2023
Math
77.2%
UT avg 41.8% . -6.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.9% | 77.2% |
| 2023-24 | 80.9% | 84.1% |
% Proficient + Highly Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: RISE / Utah Aspire+. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of UT schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
79.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.5%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+25.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 54% typical for Utah 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 25 points, placing it in Utah'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 Sunrise School
Sunrise School's state test result (79.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunrise School this school | 647 | 11.0% | 79.5% |
| Indian Hills School SALT LAKE CITY | 467 | 13.5% | 78.5% |
| Peruvian Park School SANDY | 560 | 22.1% | 80.1% |
| Morningside School SALT LAKE CITY | 564 | 7.3% | 72.8% |
| Uintah School SALT LAKE CITY | 464 | 8.8% | 78.5% |
| Beacon Heights School SALT LAKE CITY | 345 | 18.3% | 70.6% |
Matched among Utah 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 School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Salt Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.5% | #4 of 562 | #3 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.2% | #8 of 578 ▼ 6 | #7 of 180 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.9% | #8 of 578 ▼ 4 | #6 of 180 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 647 | #137 of 613 | #37 of 184 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.0:1 | #374 of 556 | #132 of 178 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.3% | #290 of 559 | #136 of 179 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.0% | #529 of 582 | #165 of 179 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.6% | #112 of 128 | #29 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
647
-22 (-3%) vs 2020
-11% since 2010-11, when it was 726
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 | 647 | 29.4 | 22.0:1 | 11% (71) |
| 2023-24 | 669 | 29.5 | 22.7:1 | 14% (96) |
| 2022-23 | 602 | 27.5 | 21.9:1 | 13% (76) |
| 2020-21 | 669 | N/A | N/A | 12% (78) |
| 2017-18 | 637 | N/A | N/A | 16% (99) |
| 2015-16 | 628 | N/A | N/A | 15% (92) |
| 2010-11 | 726 | 30 | 24.2:1 | 19% (136) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sunrise School.
About Sunrise School
Sunrise School operates as a medium-sized elementary school in SANDY, Utah. The latest federal count shows 647 students in kindergarten through 5. The average for elementary schools in Utah is about 491 students, so this school is 32% above average.
Canyons District runs 47 schools with a combined 32,688 students. Sunrise School is one of them.
By race and ethnicity, Sunrise School is 75% White. The school is also 9% Asian, 7% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. By the diversity index, Sunrise School comes in at 41%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 22.0:1, with 29.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Utah have a similar average ratio of 21.8:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Sunrise School is 11%. Public schools in Salt Lake County average 34%.
After accounting for student poverty, Sunrise School is in the top 10% of Utah schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests of 79.5% is 25.0 points above the 54.5% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
Salt Lake County has these Census figures: median household income is about $97,494, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The public schools of Salt Lake County number 325 and enroll about 209,757.
The next-closest public school is Indian Hills Middle, about 0.7 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Sunrise School. Its average proficiency rate of 79.5% is above the 55.4% average for nearby schools.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 3%, from 669 to 647.
Questions about science fairs, picture day, and bus routes can be posted here. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Salt Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,196,523
Census ACS
Median income
$97,494
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
325
209,757 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Canyons District
- Corner Canyon HighHigh · 2,437 students
- Brighton HighHigh · 2,435 students
- Hillcrest HighHigh · 2,421 students
- Alta HighHigh · 2,278 students
- Jordan HighHigh · 1,820 students
- Draper Park MiddleMiddle · 1,411 students
Other schools in SANDY
- Alta HighHigh · 2,278 students
- Jordan HighHigh · 1,820 students
- Indian Hills MiddleMiddle · 1,072 students
- Albion MiddleMiddle · 943 students
- Union MiddleMiddle · 911 students
- Midvale MiddleMiddle · 802 students
Other Sunrise schools
One other US public school is named Sunrise. Sunrise School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Sunrise SchoolSMITHFIELD, UT · 713 students
Nearby schools
- Indian Hills Middle0.7 mi · 1,072
- Alta High0.7 mi · 2,278
- Altara School1.2 mi · 560
- Lone Peak School1.2 mi · 516
- Sprucewood School1.2 mi · 342
- Eastmont Middle1.5 mi · 515
Frequently asked questions
About Sunrise SchoolHow many students attend Sunrise School?
Sunrise School enrolls approximately 647 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Sunrise School serve?
Sunrise School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sunrise School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sunrise School is approximately 22.0:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sunrise School?
At Sunrise School, the student body is approximately 75% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 9% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Sunrise School public or private?
Sunrise School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Canyons District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.