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What's one thing Sunrise Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
644
Elementary
DISTRICT 388 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530111001827
Sunrise Elementary
10304 E 9th Ave, Spokane Valley, WA 99206 · (509) 558-3600 · Spokane County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL644 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
166 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 4 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 93 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 118 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 109 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 136 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 106 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (93) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (106).
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
72.6%
WA avg 58.4% . +13.7pp since 2014
Math
70.6%
WA avg 51.2% . +2.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 14 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.6% | 70.6% |
| 2023-24 | 72.4% | 72.7% |
| 2022-23 | 71.6% | 71.0% |
| 2021-22 | 74.3% | 71.3% |
| 2018-19 | 74.0% | 73.7% |
| 2017-18 | 73.8% | 71.3% |
| 2016-17 | 62.5% | 70.2% |
| 2015-16 | 64.9% | 69.4% |
| 2014-15 | 58.9% | 68.5% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
72.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.9%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Sunrise Elementary
Sunrise Elementary's state test result (72.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunrise Elementary this school | 644 | 25.8% | 72.2% |
| Machias Elementary Snohomish | 615 | 22.4% | 55.0% |
| Liberty Lake Elementary Liberty Lake | 524 | 28.4% | 69.0% |
| Union Ridge Elementary RIDGEFIELD | 708 | 27.1% | N/A |
| Hutton Elementary Spokane | 492 | 29.7% | 73.4% |
| Dutch Hill Elementary Snohomish | 694 | 22.2% | 58.3% |
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 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Spokane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.2% | #112 of 936 | #5 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.6% | #121 of 1,103 ▼ 17 | #4 of 83 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.6% | #125 of 1,102 ▲ 6 | #4 of 83 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.2pp | #313 of 928 | #27 of 81 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 644 | #61 of 1,268 | #1 of 92 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #705 of 1,085 | #67 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.8% | #995 of 1,088 | #70 of 83 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.8% | #979 of 1,169 | #82 of 86 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.0% | #209 of 257 | #11 of 14 |
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
644
-6 (-1%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 583
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 644 | 39 | 16.5:1 | 26% (166) |
| 2023-24 | 657 | 39.8 | 16.5:1 | 26% (172) |
| 2022-23 | 679 | 43.8 | 15.5:1 | 24% (160) |
| 2020-21 | 650 | 41 | 15.8:1 | 16% (103) |
| 2017-18 | 625 | 38.5 | 16.2:1 | 18% (111) |
| 2015-16 | 585 | 29 | 20.2:1 | 22% (126) |
| 2010-11 | 595 | 28 | 21.3:1 | 22% (129) |
| 2000-01 | 562 | 27 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 583 | 28 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sunrise Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (625 to 644); teachers up 1% (38.5 to 39).
About Sunrise Elementary
Sunrise Elementary, a large elementary school, is located in Spokane Valley, Washington. Enrolled students number 644 students, in pre-K through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Washington average about 380 students each.
Besides Sunrise Elementary, Central Valley School District runs 32 other schools. The district enrolls 15,087 students.
About 81% of the student body at Sunrise Elementary is White. Beyond that, enrollment is 8% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. The White share in Spokane County as a whole is similar, at about 83%. Pick two students at random and there is a 33% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The ratio of students to teachers is 16.5:1, with 39 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Sunrise Elementary is 26%. It compares with 52% for public schools in Spokane County.
Sunrise Elementary scores 72.2% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 62.9%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Spokane County show that the median household income is $78,582, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sunrise Elementary is one of 187 public schools in the county.
Of nearby public schools, Evergreen Middle School is the closest, at about 0.5 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Sunrise Elementary. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Sunrise Elementary ranks 1st on average proficiency.
Sunrise Elementary is coded as City: Mid-size in federal locale data.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (650) and 2024-25 (644).
Threads on this page can be about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Spokane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
549,056
Census ACS
Median income
$78,582
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
187
76,588 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Central Valley School District
- Ridgeline High SchoolHigh · 1,575 students
- University High SchoolHigh · 1,410 students
- Central Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,380 students
- Evergreen Middle SchoolMiddle · 668 students
- Greenacres ElementaryElementary · 637 students
- Opportunity ElementaryElementary · 631 students
Other schools in Spokane Valley
- University High SchoolHigh · 1,410 students
- Central Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,380 students
- East Valley High SchoolHigh · 912 students
- Evergreen Middle SchoolMiddle · 668 students
- Greenacres ElementaryElementary · 637 students
- Opportunity ElementaryElementary · 631 students
Other Sunrise Elementary schools
29 other US public schools in 15 states are named Sunrise Elementary. Sunrise Elementary is the 8th largest of the 30.
- Sunrise ElementaryPuyallup, WA · 724 students
- Sunrise Elementary SchoolKent, WA · 512 students
- Sunrise ElementaryEnumclaw, WA · 382 students
- Sunrise ElementaryRedmond, WA · 322 students
- SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLOCALA, FL · 1,402 students
Nearby schools
- Evergreen Middle School0.5 mi · 668
- Adams Elementary1.0 mi · 376
- McDonald Elementary School1.1 mi · 282
- Central Valley High School1.2 mi · 1,380
- University High School1.5 mi · 1,410
- South Pines Elementary1.6 mi · 288
Frequently asked questions
About Sunrise ElementaryHow many students attend Sunrise Elementary?
Sunrise Elementary enrolls approximately 644 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Sunrise Elementary serve?
Sunrise Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sunrise Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sunrise Elementary is approximately 16.5:1 (39 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Sunrise Elementary?
Sunrise Elementary reports a student body of 81% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Sunrise Elementary in?
Sunrise Elementary is part of Central Valley School District.
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