Enrollment
386
Elementary
DISTRICT 549 · STATE 491
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DAVIS DISTRICT·NCES 490021000146
Sunset School
2014 N 250 W, SUNSET, UT 84015 · (801) 402-2550 · Davis County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL386 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% of Utah public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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 Utah public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
23.4:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.7:1 · STATE 21.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
179 students
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 33%
Community
0
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 | 32 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 60 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 12% smaller than its 6th grade class (60).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · 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
30.1%
UT avg 41.4% . -2.6pp since 2023
Math
17.1%
UT avg 41.8% . -5.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.1% | 17.1% |
| 2023-24 | 32.7% | 23.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
29.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.1%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Sunset School
Sunset School's state test result (29.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunset School this school | 386 | 46.4% | 29.7% |
| Wasatch School OGDEN | 357 | 46.8% | 33.2% |
| Holt School CLEARFIELD | 463 | 45.6% | 31.1% |
| Roy School ROY | 423 | 49.9% | 30.3% |
| Provost School PROVO | 510 | 49.0% | 53.0% |
| Crestview School LAYTON | 356 | 52.0% | 29.3% |
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 Sunset School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Davis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.7% | #475 of 562 | #60 of 67 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.1% | #545 of 578 ▼ 34 | #64 of 68 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.1% | #466 of 578 ▼ 11 | #60 of 68 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 386 | #465 of 613 | #63 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.4:1 | #467 of 556 | #51 of 69 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.1% | #80 of 559 | #6 of 70 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.4% | #162 of 582 | #7 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.2% | #348 of 388 | #49 of 57 |
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
386
+114 (+42%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 540
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 | 386 | 16.5 | 23.4:1 | 46% (179) |
| 2023-24 | 297 | 14 | 21.3:1 | 52% (154) |
| 2022-23 | 299 | 14 | 21.4:1 | 45% (135) |
| 2020-21 | 272 | N/A | N/A | 50% (137) |
| 2017-18 | 403 | N/A | N/A | 49% (196) |
| 2015-16 | 410 | N/A | N/A | 53% (216) |
| 2010-11 | 407 | 19 | 21.4:1 | 59% (241) |
| 2000-01 | 462 | 20 | 23.1:1 | 42% (192) |
| 1990-91 | 540 | 19 | 28.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sunset School.
About Sunset School
Sunset School, located in SUNSET, Utah, is a low-enrollment elementary school. Total enrollment is 386 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 6. Elementary schools in Utah have about 491 students on average; enrollment here is 21% lower.
Enrollment across the 95 schools in Davis District totals 71,703 students.
White students are 53% of those enrolled at Sunset School. The next largest groups are 35% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 4% Pacific Islander. In Davis County overall, about 84% of residents are White. A diversity index of 59% means there is a 59% chance two randomly chosen students at Sunset School are from different groups.
Sunset School has 16.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.4:1. The school's 23.4:1 compares with an average of 21.8:1 for elementary schools in Utah. The school has 46% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 19% average for public schools in Davis County is 27 points.
Among Utah public elementary schools, Sunset School outscored 14%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
After adjusting for student poverty, Sunset School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Utah schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 29.7%; the prediction is 37.1%.
Davis County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $110,884 a year, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Davis County number 118, with about 81,110 students.
Sunset Jr High sits about 0.4 miles from Sunset School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Sunset School ranks 5th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
In the federal locale system, Sunset School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment figures are 272 for 2020-21 and 386 for 2024-25. Differences this large can reflect a change in grade levels, a boundary change, or a merger.
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Davis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
370,924
Census ACS
Median income
$110,884
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
118
81,110 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Davis District
- Syracuse HighHigh · 2,608 students
- Davis HighHigh · 2,238 students
- Layton HighHigh · 2,231 students
- Farmington HighHigh · 2,198 students
- Clearfield HighHigh · 2,041 students
- Northridge HighHigh · 1,984 students
Other schools in SUNSET
- Sunset Jr HighMiddle · 926 students
- Doxey SchoolElementary · 375 students
- Fremont SchoolElementary · 275 students
- Wallace Stegner Academy SunsetElementary
Other Sunset schools
7 other US public schools in 5 states are named Sunset. Sunset School is the 4th largest of the 8.
- Sunset SchoolST GEORGE, UT · 481 students
- Sunset SchoolPHOENIX, AZ · 739 students
- Sunset SchoolGLENDALE, AZ · 497 students
- Sunset SchoolCoos Bay, OR · 380 students
- SunsetBakersfield, CA · 302 students
Nearby schools
- Sunset Jr High0.4 mi · 926
- Fremont School0.5 mi · 275
- Clinton School0.9 mi · 580
- Doxey School1.0 mi · 375
- Municipal School1.1 mi · 317
- Parkside School1.3 mi · 408
Frequently asked questions
About Sunset SchoolHow large is Sunset School?
Sunset School enrolls approximately 386 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Sunset School serve?
Sunset School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Sunset School?
Approximately 23.4:1 students per teacher at Sunset School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sunset School?
At Sunset School, the student body is approximately 53% White, 35% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Sunset School in?
Sunset School is part of Davis District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.