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What's the most underrated thing about Sunnyside High School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
2,122
High
DISTRICT 1,063 · STATE 573
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SUNNYSIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530867001449
Sunnyside High School
1801 E. Edison Avenue, Sunnyside, WA 98944 · (509) 837-2601 · Yakima County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,122 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 32% of Washington public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
98 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.6:1 · STATE 21.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
1,760 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 51%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 473 | 22% |
| Grade 10 | 531 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 525 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 593 | 28% |
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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
44.3%
WA avg 58.4% . +17.1pp since 2014
Math
11.1%
WA avg 51.2% . -1.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 17 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.3% | 11.1% |
| 2023-24 | 47.6% | 10.4% |
| 2022-23 | 51.7% | 12.5% |
| 2021-22 | 53.6% | 12.4% |
| 2018-19 | 50.0% | 26.6% |
| 2017-18 | 47.7% | 20.5% |
| 2016-17 | N/A | 2.9% |
| 2015-16 | 4.1% | 13.6% |
| 2014-15 | 27.2% | 12.2% |
% 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
28.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.6%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 High School
Sunnyside High School's state test result (28.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunnyside High School this school | 2,122 | 82.9% | 28.6% |
| Davis High School Yakima | 2,359 | 85.8% | 34.8% |
| Othello High School Othello | 1,338 | 81.8% | N/A |
| Grandview High School Grandview | 1,160 | 81.1% | 27.6% |
| Toppenish High School TOPPENISH | 969 | 79.8% | 27.8% |
| Quincy High School QUINCY | 860 | 78.5% | 31.6% |
Matched among Washington high 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 High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Yakima County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #232 of 271 | #9 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.1% | #305 of 321 ▼ 2 | #13 of 16 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #260 of 327 ▼ 14 | #10 of 16 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.4pp | #59 of 259 | #2 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,122 | #17 of 570 | #3 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.6:1 | #211 of 311 | #11 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.1% | #311 of 316 | #12 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.9% | #19 of 386 | #8 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.5% | #88 of 136 | #5 of 10 |
Ranked against other public high 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
2,122
-6 (0%) vs 2020
+114% since 1990-91, when it was 992
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
was 22.4:1
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 | 2,122 | 98 | 21.6:1 | 83% (1,760) |
| 2023-24 | 2,167 | 101 | 21.5:1 | 81% (1,761) |
| 2022-23 | 2,181 | 101 | 21.6:1 | 79% (1,719) |
| 2020-21 | 2,128 | 95 | 22.4:1 | 71% (1,518) |
| 2017-18 | 1,993 | 90.3 | 22.1:1 | 75% (1,497) |
| 2015-16 | 1,912 | 85 | 22.5:1 | 79% (1,506) |
| 2010-11 | 1,660 | 77 | 21.6:1 | 100% (1,653) |
| 2000-01 | 1,368 | 58 | 23.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 992 | 45 | 22.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sunnyside High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (1,993 to 2,122); teachers up 9% (90.3 to 98).
About Sunnyside High School
Sunnyside High School is a large high school in Sunnyside School District, located in Sunnyside, Washington. Classes run from 9 through 12, and the school has 2,122 students. The average for high schools in Washington is about 573 students, so this school is 270% bigger than average.
Sunnyside School District is responsible for 9 schools, Sunnyside High School included, with 6,151 students in all.
The large majority of students at Sunnyside High School, 92%, are Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 6% White. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 52%. Sunnyside High School has a diversity index of 14%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The teaching staff at Sunnyside High School is 98 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 21.6:1. Across high schools in Washington, the average ratio is about 21.6:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 83%.
The allk12 Grade for Sunnyside High School is C. Compared with Washington public high schools, the school scored higher than 32% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Sunnyside High School scores 28.6% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 24.6%.
Census estimates describe Yakima County this way: median household income is about $70,656, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 19%, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Yakima County number 119 and enroll about 52,145.
The closest other public school is SHS Graduation Alliance, less than a tenth of a mile away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Sunnyside High School is ahead of the 26.9% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 7.
The federal government classifies Sunnyside High School's location as Town: Distant.
Enrollment went from 2,128 in 2020-21 to 2,122 in 2024-25, a change of 6 students.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Sunnyside High School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Yakima County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
257,152
Census ACS
Median income
$70,656
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
119
52,145 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sunnyside School District
- Harrison Middle SchoolMiddle · 820 students
- Pioneer Elementary SchoolElementary · 602 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 602 students
- Chief Kamiakin Elementary SchoolElementary · 575 students
- Sierra Vista Middle SchoolMiddle · 549 students
- Sun Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 474 students
Other schools in Sunnyside
- Harrison Middle SchoolMiddle · 820 students
- Pioneer Elementary SchoolElementary · 602 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 602 students
- Chief Kamiakin Elementary SchoolElementary · 575 students
- Sierra Vista Middle SchoolMiddle · 549 students
- Sun Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 474 students
Other Sunnyside High schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Sunnyside High. Sunnyside High School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Sunnyside HighFresno, CA · 2,858 students
- Sunnyside High SchoolTUCSON, AZ · 2,258 students
Nearby schools
- SHS Graduation Alliance0.0 mi · 4
- Harrison Middle School0.2 mi · 820
- Chief Kamiakin Elementary School0.3 mi · 575
- Pioneer Elementary School0.5 mi · 602
- Washington Elementary0.7 mi · 602
- Sierra Vista Middle School0.9 mi · 549
Frequently asked questions
About Sunnyside High SchoolHow many students attend Sunnyside High School?
Sunnyside High School enrolls approximately 2,122 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Sunnyside High School serve?
Sunnyside High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sunnyside High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sunnyside High School is approximately 21.6:1 (98 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sunnyside High School?
At Sunnyside High School, the student body is approximately 6% White, 92% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Sunnyside High School public or private?
Sunnyside High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Sunnyside School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.