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Does Sunset Elementary have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
499
Elementary
DISTRICT 452 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ISSAQUAH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530375002307
Sunset Elementary
4229 W LAKE SAMM PKWY SE, BELLEVUE, WA 98008 · (425) 837-5601 · King County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL499 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
96 students
DISTRICT 18% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (86).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
69.0%
WA avg 58.4% . -10.0pp since 2014
Math
69.7%
WA avg 51.2% . -8.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 10 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.0% | 69.7% |
| 2023-24 | 67.9% | 66.3% |
| 2022-23 | 70.1% | 70.0% |
| 2021-22 | 68.6% | 65.1% |
| 2018-19 | 78.0% | 71.9% |
| 2017-18 | 74.4% | 72.6% |
| 2016-17 | 78.7% | 78.7% |
| 2015-16 | 82.8% | 80.8% |
| 2014-15 | 79.0% | 77.8% |
% 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
68.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.3%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 Sunset Elementary
Sunset Elementary's state test result (68.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunset Elementary this school | 499 | 19.2% | 68.4% |
| Shelton View Elementary Bothell | 513 | 16.6% | 74.5% |
| Hazelwood Elementary School Newcastle | 478 | 20.3% | 72.6% |
| Enatai Elementary School Bellevue | 518 | 21.4% | 65.0% |
| Hilltop Elementary LYNNWOOD | 562 | 19.6% | 63.8% |
| Maplewood Heights Elementary School Renton | 395 | 19.5% | 70.2% |
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 Sunset Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.4% | #157 of 936 | #101 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.7% | #129 of 1,103 ▲ 37 | #84 of 281 ▲ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #174 of 1,102 ▲ 11 | #100 of 280 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.5pp | #403 of 928 | #105 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 499 | #290 of 1,268 | #77 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #49 of 1,085 | #17 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.9% | #196 of 1,088 | #108 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.2% | #1,043 of 1,169 | #202 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.3% | #284 of 778 | #96 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
499
-69 (-12%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 654
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 499 | 39.3 | 12.7:1 | 19% (96) |
| 2023-24 | 523 | 36 | 14.5:1 | 23% (119) |
| 2022-23 | 536 | 35.6 | 15.1:1 | 18% (94) |
| 2020-21 | 568 | 39 | 14.6:1 | 10% (58) |
| 2017-18 | 626 | 33.5 | 18.7:1 | 7% (46) |
| 2015-16 | 654 | 31 | 21.1:1 | 7% (44) |
| 2010-11 | 655 | 31 | 21.1:1 | 7% (43) |
| 2000-01 | 621 | 29 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 654 | 31 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sunset Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (626 to 499); teachers up 17% (33.5 to 39.3).
About Sunset Elementary
Sunset Elementary is classified as an elementary school. It is located in BELLEVUE, Washington. The school's enrollment of 499 students covers pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 31% higher than the average for elementary schools in Washington, which is about 380.
The district, Issaquah School District, has 19,098 students enrolled across 30 schools.
White students are the largest group at Sunset Elementary, with 37% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 31% Asian, 13% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, and 6% Black. The school's White share is 18 points below the 55% share among King County residents. By the diversity index, Sunset Elementary comes in at 73%.
Federal data list 39.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at Sunset Elementary in 2024-25, for a ratio of 12.7:1. Among elementary schools in Washington, the typical ratio is 17.3:1. The lunch program counts 19% of students at Sunset Elementary as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in King County average 38%.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Sunset Elementary is +1.1 points: 68.4% actual, 67.3% predicted.
In the county around the school, 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%. A total of 544 public schools operate in King County, serving about 278,492 students.
The closest other public school is Cougar Ridge Elementary, about 0.9 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 76.0% on proficiency, and Sunset Elementary is below that at 68.4%.
Locale data from NCES put Sunset Elementary inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000 (City: Mid-size).
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 568 to 499. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 12.7:1, from 14.6:1.
Questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week can be posted here. 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 Issaquah School District
- Issaquah High SchoolHigh · 2,419 students
- Skyline High SchoolHigh · 2,244 students
- Liberty Sr High SchoolHigh · 1,495 students
- Pine Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 877 students
- Maywood Middle SchoolMiddle · 826 students
- Issaquah Middle SchoolMiddle · 808 students
Other schools in BELLEVUE
- Newport Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,850 students
- Bellevue High SchoolHigh · 1,683 students
- Interlake Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,611 students
- Sammamish Senior HighHigh · 1,363 students
- Tyee Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,007 students
- Odle Middle SchoolMiddle · 974 students
Other Sunset Elementary schools
23 other US public schools in 13 states are named Sunset Elementary. Sunset Elementary is the 9th largest of the 24.
- Sunset ElementaryAIRWAY HEIGHTS, WA · 634 students
- Sunset Elementary SchoolVancouver, WA · 415 students
- SUNSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMIAMI, FL · 1,192 students
- Sunset ElementaryLivermore, CA · 759 students
- Sunset Elementary SchoolBrentwood, TN · 616 students
Nearby schools
- Cougar Ridge Elementary0.9 mi · 458
- Spiritridge Elementary School1.6 mi · 546
- Tillicum Middle School2.4 mi · 676
- Somerset Elementary School2.4 mi · 741
- Phantom Lake Elementary2.4 mi · 430
- Bellevue Big Picture School2.5 mi · 346
Frequently asked questions
About Sunset ElementaryHow large is Sunset Elementary?
Sunset Elementary enrolls approximately 499 students in grades PK-05.
Is Sunset Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sunset Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sunset Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sunset Elementary is approximately 12.7:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Sunset Elementary?
Student demographics at Sunset Elementary are roughly 37% White, 13% Hispanic, 6% Black, 31% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Who oversees Sunset Elementary?
Sunset Elementary is overseen by Issaquah School District in King County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.