Sunset Elementary

Sunset Elementary is a primary school of mid-sized scale in BELLEVUE, Washington, part of Issaquah School District, caters to 499 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 380 students per school, that is 31% bigger than typical.

Issaquah School District comprises 30 schools with combined enrollment of 19,098 students; Sunset Elementary is among them.

Demographically, Sunset Elementary records that the largest single group is White at 37%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 31% Asian, 13% Hispanic, 13% multiracial, 6% Black. By comparison, King County as a whole is about 55% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Sunset Elementary records 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Sunset Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 19% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than King County's rate of about 38%.

With demographic context factored in, Sunset Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 67.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 68.4%.

In the broader community, census data for King County shows the typical household earns roughly $124,746 per year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across King County's 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), Sunset Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Cougar Ridge Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sunset Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 76.0%.

Sunset Elementary operates from an urban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sunset Elementary has shrank 20%, going from 626 students in 2018 to 499 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 61% to 37% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 today.

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