Sunset View School

Set in PROVO, Utah, Sunset View School is a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community, run under Provo District. It instructs 628 students across grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 28% above the state mean of about 491.

Within Provo District, which oversees 21 schools and 13,897 students, Sunset View School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Sunset View School records that the largest single group is White at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 37% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Pacific Islander. By comparison, Utah County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Sunset View School reports 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 48% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Utah County runs at roughly 22%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Sunset View School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.7%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Utah County put median household earnings sit near $100,671, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Utah County runs 202 public schools (combined enrollment of about 164,467 students), of which Sunset View School is one.

The closest other public school is Shoreline Middle School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sunset View School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 36.8%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Five-year trend. Sunset View School's enrollment has increased 4% since 2018, when it stood at 603 (now 628).

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