Sunny Hills Elementary

Sunny Hills Elementary is a sizable primary school in SAMMAMISH, Washington, operated by Issaquah School District. The school hosts 574 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 380 students per school, that is 51% larger than typical.

Issaquah School District comprises 30 schools with combined enrollment of 19,098 students; Sunny Hills Elementary is among them.

Demographically, Sunny Hills Elementary reports that the largest single group is Asian at 50%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 28% White, 11% multiracial, 9% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.9:1. The state averages about 17.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 11% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against King County (around 38%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Sunny Hills Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 72.6%, the actual is 82.5%, a residual of +9.9 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for King County put the typical household earns roughly $124,746 per year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Sunny Hills Elementary is one of 544 public schools in King County (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students).

The closest other public school is Pine Lake Middle School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sunny Hills Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 78.7%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sunny Hills Elementary has decreased 17%, going from 689 students in 2018 to 574 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 48% to 28% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 in 2025.

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