Sunrise Elementary

Sunrise Elementary is one of the intimate elementary schools in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, overseen by Sturgeon Bay School District, with 214 students on its rolls from grades 3 through 5. Compared to the state average of about 323 students per school, that is 34% below typical.

Sturgeon Bay School District comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,013 students; Sunrise Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Sunrise Elementary shows that the largest single group is White, at 74% of enrollment; the rest consists of 13% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Door County as a whole is about 92% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Sunrise Elementary lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.7:1 average. Around 50% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Door County runs at roughly 36%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Sunrise Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.3%; this one delivers 58.4%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Door County shows the typical household earns roughly $74,795 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Sunrise Elementary is one of 16 public schools in Door County (combined enrollment of about 3,203 students).

Sturgeon Bay High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Sunrise Elementary comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 69.2%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Sunrise Elementary's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 217 (now 214). Over the same period, the White share declined from 81% to 74%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Sunrise Elementary community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.