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Enrollment
695
Elementary
DISTRICT 601 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE STEVENS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530420000655
Sunnycrest Elementary School
3411 99th Ave NE, Lake Stevens, WA 98258 · (425) 335-1535 · Snohomish County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL695 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% of Washington public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.1:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
206 students
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 51%
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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 110 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 121 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 103 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 145 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 108 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 108 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (110) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (108).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 68% · 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
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
59.2%
WA avg 58.4% . -7.8pp since 2014
Math
54.0%
WA avg 51.2% . -11.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 11 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.2% | 54.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.1% | 53.9% |
| 2022-23 | 63.6% | 53.8% |
| 2021-22 | 56.3% | 54.1% |
| 2018-19 | 68.3% | 62.9% |
| 2017-18 | 71.5% | 69.8% |
| 2016-17 | 66.5% | 61.9% |
| 2015-16 | 67.8% | 65.9% |
| 2014-15 | 67.0% | 65.2% |
% Met or Exceeded Standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. 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
59.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.3%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% typical for Washington 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 Washington'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 Sunnycrest Elementary School
Sunnycrest Elementary School's state test result (59.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunnycrest Elementary School this school | 695 | 29.6% | 59.4% |
| Hillcrest Elementary School Lake Stevens | 842 | 30.5% | 61.4% |
| Columbia Elementary Mukilteo | 596 | 33.2% | 58.5% |
| Glenwood Elementary Lake Stevens | 641 | 28.7% | 66.7% |
| Skyline Elementary Lake Stevens | 562 | 35.2% | 61.2% |
| Shaw Road Elementary Puyallup | 615 | 35.1% | 60.8% |
Matched among Washington 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 Sunnycrest Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Snohomish County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.4% | #269 of 936 | #40 of 105 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #365 of 1,103 ▼ 3 | #49 of 106 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.2% | #320 of 1,102 ▲ 53 | #40 of 106 ▲ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.4pp | #470 of 928 | #59 of 105 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 695 | #32 of 1,268 | #7 of 118 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #998 of 1,085 | #103 of 109 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.7% | #343 of 1,088 | #52 of 110 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.6% | #941 of 1,169 | #77 of 114 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.0% | #521 of 778 | #32 of 68 |
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
695
+89 (+15%) vs 2020
+24% since 1990-91, when it was 560
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
was 18.4:1
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 | 695 | 37.8 | 18.4:1 | 30% (206) |
| 2023-24 | 657 | 37 | 17.8:1 | 32% (212) |
| 2022-23 | 620 | 35.5 | 17.4:1 | 29% (178) |
| 2020-21 | 606 | 33 | 18.4:1 | 21% (126) |
| 2017-18 | 790 | 36.8 | 21.5:1 | 19% (153) |
| 2015-16 | 745 | 33 | 22.6:1 | 24% (180) |
| 2010-11 | 691 | 28 | 24.7:1 | 22% (155) |
| 2000-01 | 543 | 26 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 560 | 27 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sunnycrest Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (790 to 695); teachers up 3% (36.8 to 37.8).
About Sunnycrest Elementary School
Sunnycrest Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary school. Its address is in Lake Stevens, Washington. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 695 students enrolled. It has 83% more students than the average for elementary schools in Washington (about 380).
Sunnycrest Elementary School is a school in Lake Stevens School District. The district has 14 schools and 10,117 students.
At Sunnycrest Elementary School, 51% of students are White. After that, the student body is 17% Asian, 14% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 6% Black. Census figures show Snohomish County is about 64% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Sunnycrest Elementary School scores 68%.
There are about 18.4 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Sunnycrest Elementary School, which has 37.8. The school's 18.4:1 compares with an average of 17.3:1 for elementary schools in Washington. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 30%. That is 11 points below the 41% average for public schools in Snohomish County.
Sunnycrest Elementary School earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 55% of Washington public elementary schools.
In Washington, Sunnycrest Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 59.4% actual against a predicted 60.3%.
Snohomish County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $111,246 a year, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Sunnycrest Elementary School shares Snohomish County with 226 other public schools.
Sunnycrest Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Stevens Creek Elementary, about 0.5 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 59.4% is below the 60.2% average for nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Mid-size: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 15%, from 606 to 695.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Sunnycrest Elementary School. You can also rate the school on this page.
Snohomish County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
844,430
Census ACS
Median income
$111,246
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
227
118,688 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lake Stevens School District
- Lake Stevens Sr High SchoolHigh · 2,205 students
- Cavelero Mid High SchoolHigh · 1,490 students
- North Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 856 students
- Hillcrest Elementary SchoolElementary · 842 students
- Lake Stevens Middle SchoolMiddle · 709 students
- Stevens Creek ElementaryElementary · 701 students
Other schools in Lake Stevens
- Lake Stevens Sr High SchoolHigh · 2,205 students
- Cavelero Mid High SchoolHigh · 1,490 students
- North Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 856 students
- Hillcrest Elementary SchoolElementary · 842 students
- Lake Stevens Middle SchoolMiddle · 709 students
- Stevens Creek ElementaryElementary · 701 students
Other Sunnycrest Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Sunnycrest Elementary. Sunnycrest Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Sunnycrest Elementary SchoolKENT, WA · 535 students
Nearby schools
- Stevens Creek Elementary0.5 mi · 701
- Early Learning Center0.6 mi · 259
- Homelink0.8 mi · 31
- Highland Elementary0.8 mi · 557
- Lake Stevens Sr High School0.8 mi · 2,205
- North Lake Middle School1.6 mi · 856
Frequently asked questions
About Sunnycrest Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Sunnycrest Elementary School?
Sunnycrest Elementary School enrolls approximately 695 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Sunnycrest Elementary School serve?
Sunnycrest Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Sunnycrest Elementary School have?
Sunnycrest Elementary School employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.4:1.
How diverse is Sunnycrest Elementary School?
Sunnycrest Elementary School reports a student body of 51% White, 14% Hispanic, 6% Black, 17% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Sunnycrest Elementary School public or private?
Sunnycrest Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lake Stevens School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.