Sunnyland Elementary School

Sunnyland Elementary School operates as an intimate elementary school in Bellingham, Washington, one of the schools within Bellingham School District. Current enrollment sits at 288 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 380 students each, so Sunnyland Elementary School sits 24% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Bellingham School District, which oversees 25 schools and 11,337 students, Sunnyland Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Sunnyland Elementary School logs that White students make up the majority at 59%; the rest consists of 23% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 78% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Sunnyland Elementary School shows 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.6:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 44% of students at Sunnyland Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Sunnyland Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.6%; this one delivers 49.7%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Whatcom County indicate median household income runs about $81,784, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Whatcom County's 78 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,779 students), Sunnyland Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Visions (Seamar Youth Center), around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sunnyland Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sunnyland Elementary School at 4th of 5; the average score across the group is 48.7%.

Sunnyland Elementary School operates from an inner-city location.

Over the past 7-year window. Sunnyland Elementary School's enrollment has declined 4% since 2018, when it stood at 300 (now 288). The White share of enrollment fell from 67% to 59% over that span.

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