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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KIMBERLY AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550747000732

Sunrise Elementary

N9363 Exploration Dr, Appleton, WI 54915 · (920) 954-1822 · Calumet County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL456 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 81% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
  • ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wisconsin public elementary schools

Enrollment
456
Elementary
DISTRICT 390 · STATE 323
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.4:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
68 students
DISTRICT 16% · STATE 42%
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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten9020%
Grade 17316%
Grade 29621%
Grade 39821%
Grade 49922%

This year's kindergarten class (90) is 9% smaller than its 4th grade class (99).

Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 54% · US 70%
White
39486%
DISTRICT 86% · STATE 65% · US 43%
Hispanic
194%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 15% · US 30%
Black
10%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 9% · US 15%
Asian
153%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 4% · US 6%
Two+
235%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 6% · US 5%
Native American
31%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
25756%
Female
19944%

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Test scores

Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or Advanced
English Language Arts
66.0%
WI avg 53.1% . -5.2pp since 2023
Math
75.3%
WI avg 54.8% . -1.9pp since 2023

What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.

Forward Exam results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2566.0%75.3%
2023-2471.2%77.2%
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
74.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.5%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.8pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% typical for Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin'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 (74.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Sunrise Elementary this school45614.9%74.3%
Conrad Elvehjem Primary School
McFarland
44912.7%N/A
Rose Glen Elementary
Waukesha
49012.2%74.1%
Forest Glen Elementary
Green Bay
44618.4%70.7%
Addison Elementary
Hartford
44112.7%70.6%
North Elementary
Hartland
40515.6%N/A
Matched among Wisconsin 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
MeasureThis schoolIn WisconsinIn Calumet County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
74.3%#113 of 982#2 of 9
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
75.3%#122 of 992
▼ 16
#2 of 9
no change
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
66.0%#211 of 992
▼ 72
#2 of 9
no change
Enrollment
ranked largest first
456#223 of 1,157#2 of 10
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
15.5:1#731 of 901#8 of 8
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
24.8%#666 of 901#7 of 8
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
14.9%#955 of 1,064#8 of 9
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+7.8%#118 of 240N/A
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 2024-25
Enrollment
456
+5 (+1%) vs 2020
-28% since 2000-01, when it was 633
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 16.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2545629.415.5:115% (68)
2023-2444429.615.0:114% (61)
2022-2346730.115.5:113% (61)
2020-214512816.1:116% (73)
2017-1842328.314.9:110% (44)
2015-164263014.2:18% (36)
2010-115492918.9:18% (45)
2000-016333418.6:14% (27)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sunrise Elementary.

Since 2017-18: students up 8% (423 to 456); teachers up 4% (28.3 to 29.4).

About Sunrise Elementary

Sunrise Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Appleton, Wisconsin. Enrollment totals 456 students across kindergarten through 4. That puts enrollment 41% bigger than the 323-student average for elementary schools in Wisconsin.

Kimberly Area School District has 5,070 students in 9 schools, and Sunrise Elementary is one of those schools.

Of every 100 students at Sunrise Elementary, about 86 are White. The school is also 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. Census estimates put Calumet County at about 88% White, close to the school's figure. A diversity index of 25% means there is a 25% chance two randomly chosen students at Sunrise Elementary are from different groups.

Its staff includes 29.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 15.5 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Wisconsin, the average ratio is 14.7:1. Sunrise Elementary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 15%. The 30% average for public schools in Calumet County is 15 points higher.

Sunrise Elementary holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 81% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.

In Wisconsin, Sunrise Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 74.3% actual against a predicted 68.5%.

In Calumet County, home to about 52,942 people, the median household earns about $88,810 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 33% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Public schools in Calumet County number 22, with about 6,846 students.

Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Woodland Intermediate, is about 1.1 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Sunrise Elementary is 3rd of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.

NCES assigns Sunrise Elementary the locale Suburb: Mid-size, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

Compared with 2020-21, when it had 451 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 456.

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Calumet County at a glance

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Population
52,942
Census ACS
Median income
$88,810
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
6,846 students

Quick facts

School name
Sunrise Elementary
District
Kimberly Area School District
Address
N9363 Exploration Dr, Appleton, WI 54915
Phone
(920) 954-1822
County
Calumet County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–04
Total enrollment
456
Teachers (FTE)
29
Student–teacher ratio
15.5:1
Free and reduced lunch
68 (15%)
Locale
22-Suburb: Mid-size
NCES ID
550747000732
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Kimberly Area School District
Other schools in Appleton
Other Sunrise Elementary schools

29 other US public schools in 15 states are named Sunrise Elementary. Sunrise Elementary is the 13th largest of the 30.

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Frequently asked questions

About Sunrise Elementary
How large is Sunrise Elementary?
Sunrise Elementary enrolls approximately 456 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does Sunrise Elementary serve?
Sunrise Elementary serves grades KG-04.
How many teachers does Sunrise Elementary have?
Sunrise Elementary employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Sunrise Elementary?
Student demographics at Sunrise Elementary are roughly 86% White, 4% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Sunrise Elementary in?
Sunrise Elementary is part of Kimberly Area School District.
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