Is Sunnycrest Elementary School a good school?

Sunnycrest Elementary School ranks in the bottom 1.9% of Washington elementary schools.

How many students attend Sunnycrest Elementary School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 521 students attended Sunnycrest Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Sunnycrest Elementary School?

Students at Sunnycrest Elementary School are 42% Hispanic, 22% Asian, 14% White, 12% African American, 8% Two or more races, 1% Pacific Islander.

What schools do graduates of Sunnycrest Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Sunnycrest Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Evergreen Middle School High : Thomas Jefferson High School

Sunnycrest Elementary School

Summary:

Sunnycrest Elementary School is a public elementary school in Kent, Washington, serving 521 students in grades PK-5. The school is part of the Federal Way School District, which is ranked 213 out of 247 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Sunnycrest Elementary consistently ranks in the bottom 10% of Washington elementary schools, with a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger for the past several years. The school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts, Math, and Science are significantly lower than the state and district averages across all grade levels. Sunnycrest has a diverse student body, with a high percentage of Hispanic (42.23%) and Asian (22.46%) students, as well as a significant population of African American (12.28%) and students of two or more races (7.87%). Additionally, the school has a very high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 71.49% to 89.48% over the past few years, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population. The school's spending per student has fluctuated over the years, ranging from $10,293 to $20,015 per student, which is generally lower than the state and district averages.

When comparing Sunnycrest Elementary to other nearby schools in the Highline School District and Federal Way School District, it becomes clear that Sunnycrest is one of the lowest-performing schools in the area. Schools like Woodmont K-8, Star Lake Elementary, and Des Moines Elementary consistently outperform Sunnycrest in academic proficiency, with higher rankings and more favorable student demographics. Addressing the underlying factors, such as the high-poverty student population, diverse demographics, and low spending per student, will be crucial in improving educational outcomes at Sunnycrest Elementary School.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

24629 42nd Av S
Kent, WA 98032-4197

(253) 945-4100

District: Federal Way School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
1146^th of 1,168 Washington Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $20,015

Students who attend Sunnycrest Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Evergreen Middle School
High:	Thomas Jefferson High School

Student/teacher ratio: 14.8

Number of students: 521

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

42.2%

Asian:

22.5%

White:

14.0%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 83.3%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Sunnycrest Elementary School ranks worse than 98.1% of elementary schools in Washington. It also ranks last among 23 ranked elementary schools in the Federal Way School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 4.63. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Student population at Sunnycrest Elementary School is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (42.2%), Asian (22.5%), White (14%). (See more...)

Compare Details 83.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Sunnycrest Elementary School is 14.8, which is the 3^rd best among 23 elementary schools in the Federal Way School District. (See more...)

Compare Sunnycrest Elementary School employs 35.1 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Sunnycrest Elementary School is $20,015. 20 elementary schools in the Federal Way School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Sunnycrest Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Sunnycrest Elementary School 1146^th of 1168 Washington public elementary schools. (See Sunnycrest Elementary School in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Hispanic students:

Federal Way School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Federal Way School District 213^th of 247 Washington school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Sunnycrest Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Sunnycrest Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2004	27.36	797^th	1026	22.3%
2005	47.66	565^th	1031	45.2%
2006	40.28	679^th	1051	35.4%
2007	38.53	708^th	1069	33.8%
2008	40.50	672^nd	1067	37.0%
2009	27.57	838^th	1072	21.8%
2010	28.66	846^th	1088	22.2%
2011	17.48	972^nd	1092	11.0%
2012	7.53	1062^nd	1097	3.2%
2013	6.41	1079^th	1106	2.4%
2015	12.84	977^th	1067	8.4%
2016	15.09	932^nd	1053	11.5%
2017	7.01	1024^th	1056	3.0%
2018	7.83	1018^th	1054	3.4%
2019	11.04	1049^th	1130	7.2%
2021	5.66	1098^th	1107	0.8%
2022	6.72	1142^nd	1169	2.3%
2023	5.24	1150^th	1169	1.6%
2024	4.63	1146^th	1168	1.9%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Sunnycrest Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	11.67	194^th	212	8.5%
2019	8.11	293^rd	303	3.3%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Sunnycrest Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	16.49	326^th	333	2.1%
2019	33.14	181^st	248	27.0%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Sunnycrest Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	15.67	614^th	637	3.6%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Sunnycrest Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	11.39	809^th	835	3.1%
2019	20.97	861^st	979	12.1%
2021	8.98	840^th	854	1.6%
2022	10.07	992^nd	1019	2.6%
2023	6.27	999^th	1013	1.4%
2024	5.41	1013^th	1024	1.1%

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Rank History for Female students at Sunnycrest Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	8.11	968^th	1004	3.6%
2019	12.33	979^th	1068	8.3%
2022	8.35	1067^th	1100	3.0%
2023	4.89	1083^rd	1094	1.0%
2024	5.70	1074^th	1093	1.7%

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Rank History for Male students at Sunnycrest Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	10.00	943^rd	999	5.6%
2019	11.43	1000^th	1075	7.0%
2021	4.61	1024^th	1025	0.1%
2022	6.47	1092^nd	1113	1.9%
2023	5.40	1082^nd	1099	1.5%
2024	3.61	1094^th	1099	0.5%

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Rank History for Asian students at Sunnycrest Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	4.40	167^th	169	1.2%
2019	7.74	197^th	201	2.0%
2021	1.69	131^st	131	0.0%
2022	1.97	186^th	187	0.5%
2023	8.83	163^rd	170	4.1%

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Rank History for African American students at Sunnycrest Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	40.89	57^th	108	47.2%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Sunnycrest Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile
2018	22.49	473^rd	540	12.4%
2019	32.21	504^th	697	27.7%
2022	17.08	645^th	694	7.1%
2023	8.29	621^st	633	1.9%
2024	9.49	631^st	651	3.1%

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Rank History for White students at Sunnycrest Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	WA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	14.34	755^th	833	9.4%
2019	12.22	959^th	1027	6.6%

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Data source: test scores: Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction, 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.

Data source: Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

Review counts

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Reviews:

by a parent
Wednesday, September 4, 2013

My son unfortunately goes to this school, and it's the primary reason we're in the process of putting our house on the market and moving to a better school district. The Zero out of 5 star ranking seems about right, and the falling rankings the last 4 years seems accurate. From 698th out of 1004 Elementary schools in 2010, to recently 982 out of 1023, it's pitiful.

I understand the school faces a lot of challenges due to the low economic status of a lot of its students, and the high amount of students where English is a second language. They actually do announcements over the intercoms in Spanish.

My son is bored in class, he finishes his weeks’ worth of homework in one night, he's not being challenged or excited in anyway.

Unfortunately I feel this school is only going to get worse, if that's even possible. Hopefully we can get Sunnycrest and the Federal Way SD in our rear view mirror very soon. Close Quote

by a parent
Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Sunnycrest has added dual language to their educational options. They use both accelerated reader and Fountas & Pinnell reading scales to asses and elevate the learning experience of the student. The staff and leadership at the school put the children's education and well being first. Close Quote

Enrollment information for Sunnycrest Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	353	17	21	17	2	n/a	n/a	0	410
1989	427	17	29	11	1	n/a	n/a	0	485
1990	443	28	47	12	2	n/a	n/a	0	532
1991	358	25	29	12	5	n/a	n/a	0	429
1992	386	43	32	18	3	n/a	n/a	0	482
1993	337	65	26	24	6	n/a	n/a	0	458
1994	312	67	39	22	7	n/a	n/a	0	447
1995	266	45	28	35	15	n/a	n/a	0	389
1996	266	45	28	35	15	n/a	n/a	0	389
1997	241	75	25	46	12	n/a	n/a	0	399
1998	231	97	38	59	21	n/a	n/a	0	446
1999	227	121	59	62	20	n/a	n/a	0	489
2000	223	106	85	58	16	n/a	n/a	0	488
2001	214	90	86	70	16	n/a	n/a	0	476
2002	175	61	90	95	8	n/a	n/a	0	429
2003	175	61	90	95	8	n/a	n/a	0	429
2004	139	47	69	97	6	n/a	n/a	0	358
2005	125	55	75	125	9	n/a	n/a	1	390
2006	117	63	60	140	8	n/a	n/a	27	415
2007	120	54	68	140	5	n/a	n/a	32	419
2008	108	42	59	160	7	n/a	n/a	28	404
2009	91	44	45	174	3	n/a	n/a	34	391
2010	70	48	47	150	4	n/a	n/a	29	348
2011	73	45	21	145	4	18	63	0	369
2012	75	49	24	165	4	26	115	0	458
2013	75	60	29	226	4	33	106	0	533
2014	73	69	40	260	3	33	101	0	579
2015	76	67	38	259	5	31	99	0	575
2016	81	71	41	257	4	34	89	0	577
2017	86	96	50	266	2	27	79	0	606
2018	102	77	68	259	4	33	77	0	620
2019	104	66	71	272	2	18	59	0	592
2020	85	64	100	257	2	8	47	0	563
2021	68	77	95	240	1	6	36	0	523
2022	71	67	86	228	0	6	47	0	505
2023	73	64	117	220	0	6	41	0	521

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 Sunnycrest Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	410	18.0	22.7	0
1989	485	19.0	25.5	n/a
1990	532	21.7	24.5	0
1991	429	17.5	24.5	n/a
1992	482	20.8	23.1	n/a
1993	458	19.5	23.5	n/a
1994	447	19.5	22.9	n/a
1995	389	20.0	19.5	n/a
1996	389	20.0	19.5	n/a
1997	399	21.0	19.0	n/a
1998	446	22.2	20.1	n/a
1999	489	25.5	19.2	n/a
2000	488	24.5	19.9	n/a
2001	476	25.2	18.9	n/a
2002	429	27.9	15.4	60.1
2003	429	27.9	15.4	60.1
2004	358	22.0	16.3	66.5
2005	390	22.5	17.3	64.3
2006	415	23.1	18.0	74
2007	419	24.7	17.0	77.3
2008	404	25.5	15.8	77.7
2009	391	25.5	15.3	81.2
2010	348	25.0	13.9	85.9
2011	369	26.0	14.1	58.3
2012	458	27.3	16.7	82.1
2013	533	30.0	17.7	83.1
2014	579	n/a	n/a	78.6
2015	575	37.0	15.5	77.7
2016	577	33.0	17.4	72.8
2017	606	36.0	16.8	91.3
2018	620	36.9	16.7	86.8
2019	592	37.1	15.9	85.6
2020	563	38.0	14.8	82.6
2021	523	37.0	14.1	89.5
2022	505	34.0	14.8	71.5
2023	521	35.1	14.8	83.3

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 Sunnycrest Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	410	18.0	22.7	0
1989	485	19.0	25.5	n/a
1990	532	21.7	24.5	0
1991	429	17.5	24.5	n/a
1992	482	20.8	23.1	n/a
1993	458	19.5	23.5	n/a
1994	447	19.5	22.9	n/a
1995	389	20.0	19.5	n/a
1996	389	20.0	19.5	n/a
1997	399	21.0	19.0	n/a
1998	446	22.2	20.1	n/a
1999	489	25.5	19.2	n/a
2000	488	24.5	19.9	n/a
2001	476	25.2	18.9	n/a
2002	429	27.9	15.4	60.1
2003	429	27.9	15.4	60.1
2004	358	22.0	16.3	66.5
2005	390	22.5	17.3	64.3
2006	415	23.1	18.0	74
2007	419	24.7	17.0	77.3
2008	404	25.5	15.8	77.7
2009	391	25.5	15.3	81.2
2010	348	25.0	13.9	85.9
2011	369	26.0	14.1	58.3
2012	458	27.3	16.7	82.1
2013	533	30.0	17.7	83.1
2014	579	n/a	n/a	78.6
2015	575	37.0	15.5	77.7
2016	577	33.0	17.4	72.8
2017	606	36.0	16.8	91.3
2018	620	36.9	16.7	86.8
2019	592	37.1	15.9	85.6
2020	563	38.0	14.8	82.6
2021	523	37.0	14.1	89.5
2022	505	34.0	14.8	71.5
2023	521	35.1	14.8	83.3

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.

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