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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CACHE DISTRICT·NCES 490012000882

Sunrise School

225 S 455 E, SMITHFIELD, UT 84335 · (435) 563-3866 · Cache County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL713 STUDENTS
Enrollment
713
Elementary
DISTRICT 569 · STATE 491
Student : Teacher
21.9:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.5:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
119 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten7611%
Grade 19013%
Grade 210214%
Grade 311216%
Grade 49914%
Grade 511917%
Grade 611516%

This year's kindergarten class (76) is 34% smaller than its 6th grade class (115).

Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 47% · US 70%
White
62187%
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 69% · US 43%
Hispanic
578%
DISTRICT 11% · STATE 21% · US 30%
Black
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 15%
Asian
30%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 2% · US 6%
Two+
243%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Native American
41%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 1% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
30%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 2% · US 0%
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
Male
34949%
Female
36451%

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Test scores

RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly Proficient
English Language Arts
60.2%
UT avg 41.4% . -5.6pp since 2023
Math
62.9%
UT avg 41.8% . -3.3pp since 2023

What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 3 points.

RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2560.2%62.9%
2023-2465.8%66.2%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
64.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.6%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.7pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% typical for Utah 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 Utah'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 School

Sunrise School's state test result (64.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Sunrise School this school71316.7%64.3%
Farr West School
OGDEN
70414.9%58.0%
Mt. Loafer School
SALEM
64216.4%45.8%
Shelley School
AMERICAN FORK
73117.0%68.2%
Old Mill School
HEBER CITY
76915.7%75.1%
Providence School
PROVIDENCE
71914.0%64.6%
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
MeasureThis schoolIn UtahIn Cache County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
64.3%#70 of 562#8 of 28
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
62.9%#81 of 578
▼ 20
#10 of 28
▼ 4
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
60.2%#68 of 578
▼ 19
#6 of 28
▼ 3
Enrollment
ranked largest first
713#84 of 613#6 of 28
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
21.9:1#366 of 556#16 of 27
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
23.4%#499 of 559#23 of 27
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
16.7%#467 of 582#26 of 28
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+2.0%#109 of 128#14 of 16
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 2024-25
Enrollment
713
-45 (-6%) vs 2020
+110% since 1990-91, when it was 339
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2571332.621.9:117% (119)
2023-2475933.722.5:117% (127)
2022-2378233.923.1:120% (160)
2020-21758N/AN/A24% (180)
2017-18699N/AN/A26% (185)
2015-16560N/AN/A27% (153)
2010-114961926.1:123% (115)
2000-015022619.3:135% (174)
1990-91339748.4:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sunrise School.

About Sunrise School

Sunrise School is a mid-sized elementary school in Utah, located in SMITHFIELD. The school offers kindergarten through 6 and enrolls 713 students. That puts enrollment 45% above the 491-student average for elementary schools in Utah.

Cache District has 26 schools and 20,286 students, and Sunrise School is one of those schools.

Sunrise School is 87% White by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 8% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. That is in line with Cache County, where about 84% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 23%.

Sunrise School has 32.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 21.9:1. The 21.8:1 average for elementary schools in Utah is close to this figure. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 17% at Sunrise School. The gap from the 31% average for public schools in Cache County is 14 points.

After adjusting for student poverty, Sunrise School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Utah schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 64.3%; the prediction is 51.6%.

For Cache County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $81,665, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 44 public schools in the county, enrolling about 28,291, Sunrise School among them.

Sky View High is the nearest public school to Sunrise School, about 0.4 miles away. Sunrise School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Sunrise School comes in 2nd of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.

Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Mid-size.

Enrollment was 713 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 758.

Sunrise 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.

Cache County at a glance

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Population
140,046
Census ACS
Median income
$81,665
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
28,291 students

Quick facts

School name
Sunrise School
District
Cache District
Address
225 S 455 E, SMITHFIELD, UT 84335
Phone
(435) 563-3866
County
Cache County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–06
Total enrollment
713
Teachers (FTE)
33
Student–teacher ratio
21.9:1
Free and reduced lunch
119 (17%)
Locale
22-Suburb: Mid-size
NCES ID
490012000882
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Cache District
Other schools in SMITHFIELD
Other Sunrise schools

One other US public school is named Sunrise. Sunrise School is the largest of the 2.

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Frequently asked questions

About Sunrise School
What is the total enrollment at Sunrise School?
Sunrise School enrolls approximately 713 students in grades KG-06.
Is Sunrise School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sunrise School is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Sunrise School?
Approximately 21.9:1 students per teacher at Sunrise School.
How diverse is Sunrise School?
Sunrise School reports a student body of 87% White, 8% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Sunrise School public or private?
Sunrise School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cache District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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