Sunrise Elementary School

Summary:

Sunrise Elementary School is a public elementary school in Colorado Springs, Colorado, serving 537 students from kindergarten to 5th grade. While the school has a more diverse student population compared to nearby schools, its academic performance, as measured by state test scores, is generally lower than the district and state averages.

Sunrise Elementary School's racial makeup is more diverse than the surrounding area, with 44.88% White, 31.47% Hispanic, and 7.82% African American students. However, the school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts (32.7%) and Math (24.2%) are significantly below the School District No. 3 (42% and 27%, respectively) and state (44.1% and 34.2%, respectively) averages. The school's rankings for specific student groups, such as female and male students, are also in the lower half of Colorado elementary schools.

Compared to nearby schools like Widefield Elementary School of the Arts and Martin Luther King Junior Elementary School, Sunrise Elementary School has a higher percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch (33.15%), which may be a contributing factor to its lower academic performance. The school's statewide ranking has also been steadily declining over the years, suggesting that it is not keeping pace with other schools in the state.


Detail:

Public K-5

 7070 Grand Valley Drive
       Colorado Springs, CO  80911-9687


(719) 391-3415

District: School District No. 3

SchoolDigger Rank:
591st of 943 Colorado Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $12,060 Help


Students who attend Sunrise Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Janitell Junior High School
High:    Mesa Ridge High School

Student/teacher ratio:  18.2 Help
Number of students:  537

Racial breakdown:

White:
44.9%
Hispanic:
31.5%
Two or more races:
12.5%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  33.1% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Sunrise Elementary School ranks worse than 62.7% of elementary schools in Colorado. It also ranks 6th among 9 ranked elementary schools in the School District No. 3. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 31.79. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Sunrise Elementary School has the largest elementary school student body size in the School District No. 3.  (See more...)
Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Sunrise Elementary School is $12,060. 6 elementary schools in the School District No. 3 spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Sunrise Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Sunrise Elementary School 591st of 943 Colorado public elementary schools. (See Sunrise Elementary School in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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School District No. 3:

SchoolDigger ranks School District No. 3 59th of 116 Colorado school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Sunrise Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Sunrise Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CO State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 52.97 414th 808 48.8%
2005 43.52 514th 823 37.5%
2006 62.16 351st 829 57.7%
2007 70.18 261st 852 69.4%
2008 69.66 257th 849 69.7%
2009 62.55 350th 872 59.9%
2010 58.77 425th 925 54.1%
2011 56.17 447th 935 52.2%
2012 60.68 378th 935 59.6%
2013 52.61 484th 954 49.3%
2014 58.66 407th 962 57.7%
2015 36.98 551st 938 41.3%
2016 41.20 493rd 914 46.1%
2017 52.19 393rd 929 57.7%
2018 55.04 368th 917 59.9%
2019 49.59 454th 965 53.0%
2021 40.84 444th 710 37.5%
2022 37.37 537th 921 41.7%
2023 26.31 650th 933 30.3%
2024 31.79 591st 943 37.3%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Sunrise Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CO State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 77.08 35th 308 88.6%
2019 60.29 105th 332 68.4%
2022 58.07 63rd 203 69.0%
2024 32.56 256th 365 29.9%
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Rank History for Female students at Sunrise Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CO State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 60.93 235th 690 65.9%
2019 45.48 379th 758 50.0%
2021 33.47 280th 351 20.2%
2022 36.77 367th 595 38.3%
2023 23.55 479th 642 25.4%
2024 33.52 450th 684 34.2%
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Rank History for Male students at Sunrise Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CO State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 38.94 396th 693 42.9%
2019 39.59 427th 764 44.1%
2021 29.26 291st 352 17.3%
2022 22.46 456th 594 23.2%
2023 15.04 566th 649 12.8%
2024 21.36 521st 683 23.7%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Sunrise Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CO State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 88.31 10th 172 94.2%
2019 66.34 64th 270 76.3%
2022 65.50 34th 153 77.8%
2023 69.96 43rd 197 78.2%
2024 40.94 138th 242 43.0%
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Rank History for White students at Sunrise Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CO State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 27.63 256th 337 24.0%
2019 28.83 441st 596 26.0%
2021 15.61 272nd 288 5.6%
2022 15.90 420th 454 7.5%
2023 7.02 511th 525 2.7%
2024 19.64 467th 539 13.4%
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Data source: test scores: Colorado Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: Colorado Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Sunrise Elementary School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 440 61 27 49 9 n/a n/a 0 586
1989 460 69 27 46 5 n/a n/a 0 607
1990 474 86 33 46 7 n/a n/a 0 646
1991 452 96 31 56 2 n/a n/a 0 637
1992 482 97 38 62 7 n/a n/a 0 686
1993 489 96 37 67 4 n/a n/a 0 693
1994 458 88 41 64 1 n/a n/a 0 652
1995 439 93 26 84 3 n/a n/a 0 645
1996 439 93 26 84 3 n/a n/a 0 645
1997 405 89 19 75 6 n/a n/a 0 594
1998 407 87 19 77 4 n/a n/a 0 594
1999 411 88 23 80 4 n/a n/a 0 606
2000 413 96 24 74 5 n/a n/a 0 612
2001 382 91 28 71 7 n/a n/a 0 579
2002 350 76 23 91 6 n/a n/a 0 546
2003 350 76 23 91 6 n/a n/a 0 546
2004 347 69 26 116 9 n/a n/a 0 567
2005 378 76 27 126 12 n/a n/a 0 619
2006 359 78 18 128 7 n/a n/a 0 590
2007 369 78 24 117 7 n/a n/a 0 595
2008 382 102 30 149 8 n/a n/a 0 671
2009 395 105 36 144 9 n/a n/a 0 689
2010 477 134 38 114 10 n/a n/a 0 773
2011 343 95 12 161 6 7 23 0 647
2012 350 77 10 165 10 6 57 0 675
2013 351 73 8 149 6 12 70 0 669
2014 334 55 10 134 2 9 73 0 617
2015 319 55 14 145 1 8 74 0 616
2016 326 61 12 169 0 8 73 0 649
2017 324 58 13 185 0 8 72 0 660
2018 353 60 11 196 0 13 74 0 707
2019 345 55 15 176 1 12 78 0 682
2020 294 47 12 166 1 10 56 0 586
2021 242 38 10 168 1 12 48 0 519
2022 254 31 7 160 2 6 52 0 512
2023 241 42 9 169 3 6 67 0 537

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Sunrise Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 586 28.5 20.5 n/a
1989 607 30.2 20.0 5.8
1990 646 30.2 21.3 4.8
1991 637 32.0 19.9 7.1
1992 686 32.0 21.4 7.1
1993 693 31.6 21.9 7.6
1994 652 32.2 20.2 7.8
1995 645 29.6 21.8 11.5
1996 645 29.6 21.8 11.5
1997 594 30.5 19.5 10.4
1998 594 30.0 19.8 7.7
1999 606 30.5 19.9 7.4
2000 612 32.5 18.8 19.6
2001 579 31.9 18.2 16.2
2002 546 28.9 18.9 21.6
2003 546 28.9 18.9 21.6
2004 567 29.6 19.2 21
2005 619 31.6 19.6 28.8
2006 590 34.0 17.4 29.3
2007 595 33.3 17.9 33.4
2008 671 35.1 19.1 36.8
2009 689 37.4 18.4 43
2010 773 39.7 19.4 45
2011 647 36.3 17.8 44.7
2012 675 34.3 19.6 46.4
2013 669 34.0 19.6 42.2
2014 617 33.0 18.6 37.9
2015 616 31.0 19.8 44.2
2016 649 32.0 20.2 49.2
2017 660 31.5 20.9 44.5
2018 707 33.4 21.1 45.3
2019 682 35.5 19.2 38.4
2020 586 33.5 17.4 38.4
2021 519 31.0 16.7 46.1
2022 512 34.0 15.0 40.2
2023 537 29.5 18.2 33.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Sunrise Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 586 28.5 20.5 n/a
1989 607 30.2 20.0 5.8
1990 646 30.2 21.3 4.8
1991 637 32.0 19.9 7.1
1992 686 32.0 21.4 7.1
1993 693 31.6 21.9 7.6
1994 652 32.2 20.2 7.8
1995 645 29.6 21.8 11.5
1996 645 29.6 21.8 11.5
1997 594 30.5 19.5 10.4
1998 594 30.0 19.8 7.7
1999 606 30.5 19.9 7.4
2000 612 32.5 18.8 19.6
2001 579 31.9 18.2 16.2
2002 546 28.9 18.9 21.6
2003 546 28.9 18.9 21.6
2004 567 29.6 19.2 21
2005 619 31.6 19.6 28.8
2006 590 34.0 17.4 29.3
2007 595 33.3 17.9 33.4
2008 671 35.1 19.1 36.8
2009 689 37.4 18.4 43
2010 773 39.7 19.4 45
2011 647 36.3 17.8 44.7
2012 675 34.3 19.6 46.4
2013 669 34.0 19.6 42.2
2014 617 33.0 18.6 37.9
2015 616 31.0 19.8 44.2
2016 649 32.0 20.2 49.2
2017 660 31.5 20.9 44.5
2018 707 33.4 21.1 45.3
2019 682 35.5 19.2 38.4
2020 586 33.5 17.4 38.4
2021 519 31.0 16.7 46.1
2022 512 34.0 15.0 40.2
2023 537 29.5 18.2 33.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Sunrise Elementary School

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2019 $8,691
2020 $9,411
2021 $10,286
2022 $11,092
2023 $12,060

Data source: Colorado Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Sunrise Elementary School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 454th of 965 Elementary schoolsRanks 650th of 933 Elementary schools
 22.6%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Sunrise Elementary School)34.622.1
 12.5%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (School District No. 3)41.936.7
 5.2%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Colorado)41.339.9
 1.4%
3rd Grade Math (Sunrise Elementary School)36.325.6
 10.7%
   3rd Grade Math (School District No. 3)40.936
 4.9%
   3rd Grade Math (Colorado)4140.4
 0.6%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Sunrise Elementary School)55.932.6
 23.3%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (School District No. 3)4936.7
 12.3%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Colorado)4843.8
 4.2%
4th Grade Math (Sunrise Elementary School)27.618.5
 9.1%
   4th Grade Math (School District No. 3)30.624.9
 5.7%
   4th Grade Math (Colorado)33.632.7
 0.9%
5th Grade Science (Sunrise Elementary School)34.829.1
 5.7%
   5th Grade Science (School District No. 3)37.631.9
 5.7%
   5th Grade Science (Colorado)35.933.9
 2%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Sunrise Elementary School)57.839.2
 18.6%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (School District No. 3)5246.8
 5.2%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Colorado)48.447.8
 0.6%
5th Grade Math (Sunrise Elementary School)35.725.3
 10.4%
   5th Grade Math (School District No. 3)34.234.9
 0.7%
   5th Grade Math (Colorado)35.736.5
 0.8%
All Grades English Language Arts (Sunrise Elementary School)50.131.1
 19%
   All Grades English Language Arts (School District No. 3)48.342.4
 5.9%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Colorado)45.843.7
 2.1%
All Grades Math (Sunrise Elementary School)32.823
 9.8%
   All Grades Math (School District No. 3)31.826.4
 5.4%
   All Grades Math (Colorado)34.732.9
 1.8%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students682537
 21.3%
African American5542
 23.6%
American Indian13
 200%
Asian159
 40%
Hispanic176169
 4%
Pacific Islander126
 50%
White345241
 30.1%
Two or More Races7867
 14.1%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients38.4%33.1%
 5.3%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Sunrise Elementary School

Sunrise Elementary School ranks 591st of 943 Colorado elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

In the 2022-23 school year, 537 students attended Sunrise Elementary School.

Students at Sunrise Elementary School are 45% White, 31% Hispanic, 12% Two or more races, 8% African American, 2% Asian, 1% Pacific Islander.

Students who attend Sunrise Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Janitell Junior High School
High : Mesa Ridge High School


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