Enrollment
326
Elementary
DISTRICT 313 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PULLMAN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530693001021
Sunnyside Elementary
425 SW Shirley, Pullman, WA 99163 · (509) 334-1800 · Whitman County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL326 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
98 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 51%
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 | 48 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 36 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (36) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (39).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Pullman School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
72.3%
WA avg 58.4% . +12.6pp since 2014
Math
73.0%
WA avg 51.2% . +13.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 13 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.3% | 73.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.6% | 65.6% |
| 2022-23 | 68.1% | 68.1% |
| 2021-22 | 69.3% | 71.0% |
| 2018-19 | 73.1% | 69.5% |
| 2017-18 | 67.6% | 64.5% |
| 2016-17 | 68.1% | 61.5% |
| 2015-16 | 62.8% | 52.6% |
| 2014-15 | 59.6% | 59.4% |
% 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
70.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.0%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% 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 Sunnyside Elementary
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunnyside Elementary this school | 326 | 30.1% | 70.8% |
| Lowell Elementary School Tacoma | 331 | 30.2% | 69.1% |
| Lake Shore Elementary VANCOUVER | 300 | 31.3% | N/A |
| Vancouver Innovation Technology and Arts Elementary Vancouver | 300 | 31.7% | N/A |
| Point Defiance Elementary School Tacoma | 301 | 33.9% | 62.9% |
| White River Early Learning Center Buckley | 360 | 33.6% | N/A |
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 Sunnyside Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Whitman County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.8% | #130 of 936 | #3 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #104 of 1,103 ▲ 71 | #3 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.3% | #131 of 1,102 ▲ 82 | #2 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.5pp | #407 of 928 | #4 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 326 | #876 of 1,268 | #2 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #585 of 1,085 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.5% | #751 of 1,088 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.1% | #933 of 1,169 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.9% | #182 of 778 | N/A |
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
326
+27 (+9%) vs 2020
+27% since 1990-91, when it was 256
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 326 | 20.4 | 15.9:1 | 30% (98) |
| 2023-24 | 316 | 22.5 | 14.1:1 | 28% (87) |
| 2022-23 | 301 | 21.9 | 13.7:1 | 24% (72) |
| 2020-21 | 299 | 19 | 15.7:1 | 18% (54) |
| 2017-18 | 440 | 23.4 | 18.8:1 | 30% (131) |
| 2015-16 | 469 | 20 | 23.4:1 | 33% (155) |
| 2010-11 | 429 | 20 | 21.4:1 | 30% (130) |
| 2000-01 | 357 | 19 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 256 | 17 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sunnyside Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (440 to 326); teachers down 12% (23.4 to 20.4).
About Sunnyside Elementary
Sunnyside Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Washington, with an address in Pullman. It reports enrollment of 326 students in pre-K through 5.
Pullman School District serves 2,731 students across 6 schools.
White students are 68% of those enrolled at Sunnyside Elementary. Next come 15% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Asian, and 3% Black. That compares with about 76% White among all Whitman County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 50%.
A staff of 20.4 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 15.9:1. Across elementary schools in Washington, the average ratio is 17.3:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 30%. Compared with the 40% average for public schools in Whitman County, the school's rate is lower.
In Washington, Sunnyside Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 70.8% actual against a predicted 60.0%.
Census data for Whitman County show the median household earns about $55,406 a year, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Counting Sunnyside Elementary, Whitman County has 28 public schools.
Sunnyside Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Pullman Community Montessori, about 0.4 miles away. Within five miles of Sunnyside Elementary, there are 6 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 70.8% is above the 63.0% average for nearby schools.
NCES lists the school's locale as Town: Distant. That means it sits in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The school grew from 299 students in 2020-21 to 326 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Sunnyside Elementary can post about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Whitman County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
47,003
Census ACS
Median income
$55,406
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
4,753 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pullman School District
- Pullman High SchoolHigh · 838 students
- Lincoln Middle SchoolMiddle · 643 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 335 students
- Kamiak ElementaryElementary · 315 students
- Franklin ElementaryElementary · 274 students
Other schools in Pullman
- Pullman High SchoolHigh · 838 students
- Lincoln Middle SchoolMiddle · 643 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 335 students
- Kamiak ElementaryElementary · 315 students
- Franklin ElementaryElementary · 274 students
- Pullman Community MontessoriCombined · 118 students
Other Sunnyside Elementary schools
20 other US public schools in 14 states are named Sunnyside Elementary. Sunnyside Elementary is the 13th largest of the 21.
- Sunnyside ElementaryMarysville, WA · 452 students
- Sunnyside Elementary SchoolIndianapolis, IN · 714 students
- SUNNYSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLIDAHO FALLS, ID · 568 students
- Sunnyside Elementary SchoolSmyrna, DE · 507 students
- Sunnyside ElementaryGarden Grove, CA · 500 students
Nearby schools
- Pullman Community Montessori0.4 mi · 118
- Lincoln Middle School0.8 mi · 643
- Jefferson Elementary1.0 mi · 335
- Franklin Elementary1.1 mi · 274
- Pullman High School1.4 mi · 838
- Kamiak Elementary1.5 mi · 315
Frequently asked questions
About Sunnyside ElementaryHow many students attend Sunnyside Elementary?
Sunnyside Elementary enrolls approximately 326 students in grades PK-05.
Is Sunnyside Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sunnyside Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sunnyside Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sunnyside Elementary is approximately 15.9:1 (20 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Sunnyside Elementary?
Sunnyside Elementary reports a student body of 68% White, 15% Hispanic, 3% Black, 5% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Sunnyside Elementary in?
Sunnyside Elementary is part of Pullman School District.
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