Sunrise School

Sunrise School is a mid-tier primary school in SANDY, Utah, one of the schools within Canyons District. The school caters to 647 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, Utah's public schools average about 491 students each, so Sunrise School sits 32% above that benchmark.

Across the 47 schools in Canyons District (32,688 students total), Sunrise School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Sunrise School logs that 75% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 9% Asian, 7% multiracial, 7% Hispanic.

In terms of school funding signals, Sunrise School lists 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.0:1. The state averages about 21.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 11% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Salt Lake County (around 34%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Sunrise School ranks in the top 10% of Utah public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 54.5%; Sunrise School posts 79.5%, +25.0 points above that line.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Salt Lake County) records that the typical household earns roughly $97,494 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sunrise School is one of 325 public schools in Salt Lake County (combined enrollment of about 209,757 students).

Nearest neighbor: Indian Hills Middle, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sunrise School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sunrise School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 55.4%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sunrise School has showed little movement, going from 637 students in 2018 to 647 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 81% to 75% across the same window.

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