Sunrise Elementary

Sunrise Elementary is an elementary-level community of expansive scale in Puyallup, Washington, operated by Puyallup School District, works with 724 students in grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 91% above the state mean of about 380.

Within Puyallup School District, which oversees 37 schools and 23,026 students, Sunrise Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Sunrise Elementary lists that 45% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 20% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, 7% Black, 6% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 64% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.8:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 53% of students at Sunrise Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Sunrise Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.3%, the actual is 39.1%, a residual of -5.2 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Pierce County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $99,564 per year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Pierce County's 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,462 students), Sunrise Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Ferrucci Jr High, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sunrise Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sunrise Elementary at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 49.0%.

Sunrise Elementary operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sunrise Elementary has ticked up 52%, going from 477 students in 2018 to 724 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 55% to 45% over that span.

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