Enrollment
214
Elementary
DISTRICT 219 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·STURGEON BAY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551461001895
Sunrise Elementary
390 S 14th Ave, Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 · (920) 746-2815 · Door County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL214 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 65% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.5:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
106 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 42%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 68 | 32% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 35% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 34% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 54% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Sturgeon Bay School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
51.7%
WI avg 53.1% . -5.2pp since 2023
Math
57.6%
WI avg 54.8% . +2.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 up about 2 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.7% | 57.6% |
| 2023-24 | 56.9% | 55.4% |
% 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
58.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.3%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 (58.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunrise Elementary this school | 214 | 49.5% | 58.4% |
| Neal Wilkins Early Learning Center Platteville | 205 | 47.8% | N/A |
| Winkler Elementary Burlington | 207 | 49.3% | 68.5% |
| Etude Elementary Sheboygan | 190 | 51.6% | 63.9% |
| Woodridge Elementary Portage | 201 | 46.8% | N/A |
| East Elementary Antigo | 198 | 48.5% | 56.2% |
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| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Door County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.4% | #442 of 982 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.6% | #442 of 992 ▲ 87 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.7% | #523 of 992 ▼ 84 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 214 | #865 of 1,157 | #5 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #229 of 901 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.3% | #411 of 901 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.5% | #422 of 1,064 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.4% | #637 of 664 | N/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 2024-25Enrollment
214
+32 (+18%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 268
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 10.1:1
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 | 214 | 18.2 | 11.7:1 | 50% (106) |
| 2023-24 | 208 | 18.2 | 11.4:1 | 55% (115) |
| 2022-23 | 201 | 17.2 | 11.7:1 | 54% (109) |
| 2020-21 | 182 | 18 | 10.1:1 | 57% (103) |
| 2017-18 | 217 | 19.2 | 11.3:1 | 45% (97) |
| 2015-16 | 238 | 18 | 13.2:1 | 48% (114) |
| 2010-11 | 221 | 17 | 13.0:1 | 49% (108) |
| 2000-01 | 214 | 16 | 13.4:1 | 21% (45) |
| 1990-91 | 268 | 19 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sunrise Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (217 to 214); teachers down 5% (19.2 to 18.2).
About Sunrise Elementary
Sunrise Elementary, a small elementary school, is located in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. It reports enrollment of 214 students in grades 3 through 5. On average, elementary schools in Wisconsin enroll around 323, and this school is 34% below that mark.
Sturgeon Bay School District oversees Sunrise Elementary and 3 other schools, with 1,013 students in total.
More than half of enrollment at Sunrise Elementary is White: 74%. Other groups include 13% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 2% Black. The county population is about 92% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Sunrise Elementary scores 42%.
The school lists 18.2 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.7:1. Compared with the 14.7:1 average for elementary schools in Wisconsin, this school's ratio is lower. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 50% of the student body. It compares with 36% for public schools in Door County.
On the allk12 Grade, Sunrise Elementary lands at B+, ahead of 65% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Sunrise Elementary is 47.3%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 58.4%.
In the wider Door County area, median household income comes to about $74,795, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Door County's 16 public schools enroll about 3,203 students and include Sunrise Elementary.
Sturgeon Bay High sits about 0.3 miles from Sunrise Elementary. Sunrise Elementary has 3 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 70.7% proficiency; Sunrise Elementary posts 58.4%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Town: Distant, meaning it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment was 214 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 182. The ratio was 10.1:1 in 2020-21 and 11.7:1 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Sunrise Elementary can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Door County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
30,445
Census ACS
Median income
$74,795
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
3,203 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sturgeon Bay School District
- Sturgeon Bay HighHigh · 348 students
- Walker MiddleMiddle · 228 students
- Sawyer ElementaryElementary · 223 students
Other schools in Sturgeon Bay
- Sturgeon Bay HighHigh · 348 students
- Sevastopol ElementaryElementary · 230 students
- Walker MiddleMiddle · 228 students
- Sawyer ElementaryElementary · 223 students
- Sevastopol HighHigh · 209 students
- Sevastopol MiddleMiddle · 140 students
Other Sunrise Elementary schools
29 other US public schools in 15 states are named Sunrise Elementary. Sunrise Elementary is the 29th largest of the 30.
- Sunrise ElementaryAppleton, WI · 456 students
- SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLOCALA, FL · 1,402 students
- Sunrise ElementaryRancho Cordova, CA · 1,235 students
- Sunrise ElementaryBLAINE, MN · 1,015 students
- SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPALM BAY, FL · 907 students
Nearby schools
- Sturgeon Bay High0.3 mi · 348
- Walker Middle0.3 mi · 228
- Sawyer Elementary1.4 mi · 223
- Sevastopol Pre-School5.3 mi · 27
- Sevastopol High5.3 mi · 209
- Sevastopol Middle5.3 mi · 140
Frequently asked questions
About Sunrise ElementaryHow many students attend Sunrise Elementary?
Sunrise Elementary enrolls approximately 214 students in grades 03-05.
What age range does Sunrise Elementary serve?
Sunrise Elementary serves students from grade 03 through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Sunrise Elementary?
Approximately 11.7:1 students per teacher at Sunrise Elementary.
How diverse is Sunrise Elementary?
Sunrise Elementary reports a student body of 74% White, 13% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Sunrise Elementary public or private?
Sunrise Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Sturgeon Bay School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.