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What's something Sunrise Elementary School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
512
Elementary
DISTRICT 397 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KENT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530396000706
Sunrise Elementary School
22300 132nd Ave SE, Kent, WA 98042 · (253) 373-7630 · King County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL512 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
227 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 5 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (89).
Student demographics
76%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 79% · 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
62.3%
WA avg 58.4% . -12.3pp since 2014
Math
64.3%
WA avg 51.2% . -0.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 12 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.3% | 64.3% |
| 2023-24 | 69.6% | 68.0% |
| 2022-23 | 65.9% | 57.3% |
| 2021-22 | 64.7% | 54.2% |
| 2018-19 | 69.9% | 67.7% |
| 2017-18 | 73.2% | 71.4% |
| 2016-17 | 75.1% | 73.7% |
| 2015-16 | 71.8% | 67.9% |
| 2014-15 | 74.6% | 64.5% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
67.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.5%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 50% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Washington's top 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 Sunrise Elementary School
Sunrise Elementary School's state test result (67.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunrise Elementary School this school | 512 | 44.3% | 67.1% |
| Martin Sortun Elementary School Kent | 450 | 51.1% | 53.0% |
| Ardmore Elementary School Bellevue | 415 | 53.5% | 38.4% |
| Benson Hill Elementary School Renton | 477 | 50.1% | 40.0% |
| Crystal Springs Elementary Bothell | 500 | 35.0% | 61.8% |
| Willow Crest Elementary Auburn | 656 | 55.5% | 54.0% |
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 Sunrise Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.1% | #170 of 936 | #106 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.3% | #201 of 1,103 ▼ 48 | #113 of 281 ▼ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.3% | #255 of 1,102 ▼ 96 | #123 of 280 ▼ 27 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.9pp | #327 of 928 | #83 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 512 | #259 of 1,268 | #67 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #649 of 1,085 | #163 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.5% | #103 of 1,088 | #56 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.3% | #730 of 1,169 | #125 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.7% | #215 of 778 | #79 of 220 |
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
512
-122 (-19%) vs 2020
-18% since 2000-01, when it was 622
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 512 | 31.5 | 16.2:1 | 44% (227) |
| 2023-24 | 489 | 30 | 16.3:1 | 48% (235) |
| 2022-23 | 558 | 34.5 | 16.2:1 | 42% (236) |
| 2020-21 | 634 | 37 | 17.1:1 | 37% (232) |
| 2017-18 | 671 | 33.5 | 20.0:1 | 34% (226) |
| 2015-16 | 564 | 29 | 19.4:1 | 34% (191) |
| 2010-11 | 539 | 27 | 20.0:1 | 22% (117) |
| 2000-01 | 622 | 31 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sunrise Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (671 to 512); teachers down 6% (33.5 to 31.5).
About Sunrise Elementary School
Sunrise Elementary School, located in Kent, Washington, is a medium-sized elementary school. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 512 students. The average among elementary schools in Washington is roughly 380 students; this school is 35% above that.
Kent School District (44 schools, 25,358 students) runs Sunrise Elementary School.
Asian students are the largest group at Sunrise Elementary School, with 35% of enrollment. Next come 25% White, 15% multiracial, 14% Hispanic, and 10% Black. The county population is about 21% Asian. The chance that two students picked at random at Sunrise Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 76%.
The school reports 31.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 16.2 students per teacher. The 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington is higher than this school's figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 44%.
Schools in Washington with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate on state tests near 50.5%. Sunrise Elementary School posts 67.1%, 16.6 points above that, which places it in the top 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
According to the American Community Survey, in King County, median household income is about $124,746, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Sunrise Elementary School is one of 544 public schools in King County, which together enroll about 278,492 students.
Soos Creek Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.4 miles away in a straight line. Sunrise Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Sunrise Elementary School comes in 1st of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is City: Mid-size: the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Federal counts put enrollment at 634 in 2020-21 and 512 in 2024-25, a 19% decrease.
Community posts for Sunrise Elementary School can cover science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
King County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,287,171
Census ACS
Median income
$124,746
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
544
278,492 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kent School District
- Kentridge High SchoolHigh · 2,186 students
- Kentwood High SchoolHigh · 1,995 students
- Kent-Meridian High SchoolHigh · 1,639 students
- Kentlake High SchoolHigh · 1,561 students
- Northwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 911 students
- Cedar Heights Middle SchoolMiddle · 876 students
Other schools in Kent
- Kentridge High SchoolHigh · 2,186 students
- Kent-Meridian High SchoolHigh · 1,639 students
- Kentlake High SchoolHigh · 1,561 students
- Mill Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 866 students
- Canyon Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 821 students
- Evergreen Middle SchoolMiddle · 810 students
Other Sunrise Elementary schools
29 other US public schools in 15 states are named Sunrise Elementary. Sunrise Elementary School is the 9th largest of the 30.
- Sunrise ElementaryPuyallup, WA · 724 students
- Sunrise ElementarySpokane Valley, WA · 644 students
- Sunrise ElementaryEnumclaw, WA · 382 students
- Sunrise ElementaryRedmond, WA · 322 students
- SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLOCALA, FL · 1,402 students
Nearby schools
- Soos Creek Elementary School0.4 mi · 290
- Emerald Park Elementary School1.0 mi · 318
- Kentridge High School1.1 mi · 2,186
- Meridian Middle School1.1 mi · 647
- Park Orchard Elementary School1.5 mi · 473
- Lake Youngs Elementary School1.7 mi · 416
Frequently asked questions
About Sunrise Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Sunrise Elementary School?
Sunrise Elementary School enrolls approximately 512 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Sunrise Elementary School serve?
Sunrise Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Sunrise Elementary School?
Approximately 16.2:1 students per teacher at Sunrise Elementary School.
How diverse is Sunrise Elementary School?
Sunrise Elementary School reports a student body of 25% White, 14% Hispanic, 10% Black, 35% Asian, 15% Two or more.
What district is Sunrise Elementary School in?
Sunrise Elementary School is part of Kent School District.
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