Sunset Primary

Summary:

Sunset Primary is an elementary school located in University Place, Washington, serving grades PK-4 with a total enrollment of 546 students. The school is part of the University Place School District, which is ranked 14th out of 247 districts in Washington and has a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Sunset Primary has a diverse student population, with a higher percentage of White (45.42%) and multi-racial (20.88%) students compared to the surrounding schools. The school also has a significant Hispanic student population (18.68%), which is higher than the state average. Academically, Sunset Primary's students consistently perform above the state average in both English Language Arts (ELA) and Math on the Smarter Balanced Assessment (SBAC) tests. In the 2023-2024 school year, 57.61% of Sunset Primary students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to the state average of 52.63%, and 63.04% were proficient or better in Math, compared to the state average of 41.68%. The school's Hispanic students and female students perform particularly well, ranking in the top 51 and top 280 out of over 1,000 Washington elementary schools, respectively, in ELA for the 2023-2024 school year.

While Sunset Primary's overall academic performance is strong, there are some disparities in the performance of different student subgroups. The school's male students and multi-racial students have lower rankings compared to their female and Hispanic counterparts, and the school's special education students also have a lower ranking compared to the overall student population. Sunset Primary's academic performance is generally stronger than the nearby Chambers Elementary and Evergreen Primary schools, but the nearby University Place Primary school outperforms Sunset Primary in both ELA and Math.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-4

 4523 97th Ave W
       University Place, WA  98466


(253) 566-5640

District: University Place School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
296th of 1,168 Washington Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $17,310 Help


Students who attend Sunset Primary usually attend:

Middle:    Drum Intermediate
High:    Curtis Senior High

Student/teacher ratio:  15.2 Help
Number of students:  546

Racial breakdown:

White:
45.4%
Two or more races:
20.9%
Hispanic:
18.7%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  38.8% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Sunset Primary ranks better than 74.7% of elementary schools in Washington. It also ranks 3rd among 4 ranked elementary schools in the University Place School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 72.11. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Sunset Primary has the largest elementary school student body size in the University Place School District. Student population at Sunset Primary is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (45.4%), two or more races (20.9%), Hispanic (18.7%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 38.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the lowest percentage in the University Place School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Sunset Primary is 15.2. 2 elementary schools in the University Place School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Sunset Primary is $17,310. 2 elementary schools in the University Place School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Sunset Primary:

SchoolDigger ranks Sunset Primary 296th of 1168 Washington public elementary schools. (See Sunset Primary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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University Place School District:

SchoolDigger ranks University Place School District 14th of 247 Washington school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Sunset Primary

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Rank History for all students at Sunset Primary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 81.78 140th 1026 86.4%
2005 69.00 294th 1031 71.5%
2006 78.48 159th 1051 84.9%
2007 78.19 164th 1069 84.7%
2008 79.26 162nd 1067 84.8%
2009 67.43 324th 1072 69.8%
2010 79.39 162nd 1088 85.1%
2011 79.29 164th 1092 85.0%
2012 65.72 373rd 1097 66.0%
2013 63.29 414th 1106 62.6%
2015 81.03 174th 1067 83.7%
2017 87.54 113th 1056 89.3%
2018 75.45 250th 1054 76.3%
2019 75.01 268th 1130 76.3%
2022 75.05 276th 1169 76.4%
2023 75.75 266th 1169 77.2%
2024 72.11 296th 1168 74.7%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Sunset Primary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 69.69 66th 212 68.9%
2019 64.35 97th 303 68.0%
2022 47.04 138th 252 45.2%
2023 53.57 88th 194 54.6%
2024 52.73 88th 188 53.2%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Sunset Primary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 38.88 274th 478 42.7%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Sunset Primary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 66.94 214th 835 74.4%
2019 77.42 118th 979 87.9%
2022 80.86 88th 1019 91.4%
2023 77.58 146th 1013 85.6%
2024 58.54 394th 1024 61.5%
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Rank History for Female students at Sunset Primary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 63.97 366th 1004 63.5%
2019 67.69 344th 1068 67.8%
2022 75.06 253rd 1100 77.0%
2023 73.16 262nd 1094 76.1%
2024 71.44 280th 1093 74.4%
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Rank History for Male students at Sunset Primary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 82.82 153rd 999 84.7%
2019 80.22 193rd 1075 82.0%
2022 71.97 287th 1113 74.2%
2023 73.72 263rd 1099 76.1%
2024 67.44 331st 1099 69.9%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Sunset Primary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 76.64 109th 697 84.4%
2022 62.88 182nd 694 73.8%
2023 84.68 51st 633 91.9%
2024 85.18 51st 651 92.2%
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Rank History for White students at Sunset Primary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 73.83 216th 833 74.1%
2019 81.51 158th 1027 84.6%
2022 79.42 192nd 1031 81.4%
2023 80.48 172nd 1011 83.0%
2024 67.12 322nd 1009 68.1%
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Data source: test scores: Washington State Office of Superintendent 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.

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Data source: Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

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Enrollment information for Sunset Primary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 420 24 36 6 0 n/a n/a 0 486
1989 434 33 37 4 0 n/a n/a 0 508
1990 441 29 31 7 0 n/a n/a 0 508
1991 508 58 39 10 2 n/a n/a 0 617
1992 472 58 47 14 0 n/a n/a 0 591
1993 468 65 31 13 2 n/a n/a 0 579
1994 298 50 43 18 3 n/a n/a 0 412
1995 274 55 41 18 1 n/a n/a 0 389
1996 274 55 41 18 1 n/a n/a 0 389
1997 284 73 51 16 1 n/a n/a 0 425
1998 255 80 53 17 2 n/a n/a 0 407
1999 286 81 47 7 2 n/a n/a 0 423
2000 268 64 52 10 7 n/a n/a 0 401
2001 260 60 60 17 6 n/a n/a 0 403
2002 276 71 54 23 5 n/a n/a 0 429
2003 276 71 54 23 5 n/a n/a 0 429
2004 274 65 52 17 3 n/a n/a 0 411
2005 259 70 64 14 3 n/a n/a 0 410
2006 246 79 62 17 3 n/a n/a 0 407
2007 250 66 66 31 4 n/a n/a 0 417
2008 228 56 69 25 4 n/a n/a 3 385
2009 236 56 58 31 6 n/a n/a 23 410
2010 265 73 56 32 8 n/a n/a 0 434
2011 216 37 36 46 3 6 71 0 415
2012 198 31 35 39 2 13 61 0 379
2013 228 37 37 61 1 7 76 0 447
2014 227 44 34 50 1 10 78 0 444
2015 223 42 28 60 2 7 71 0 433
2016 211 34 22 59 1 5 80 0 412
2017 221 30 32 55 1 7 76 0 422
2018 248 33 23 72 0 16 93 0 485
2019 251 50 31 84 2 17 110 0 545
2020 288 43 37 98 3 12 115 0 596
2021 266 37 37 88 2 8 98 0 536
2022 268 45 41 107 1 7 119 0 588
2023 248 42 36 102 1 3 114 0 546

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 Sunset Primary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 486 22.0 22.0 0
1989 508 23.0 22.0 n/a
1990 508 22.9 22.1 0
1991 617 28.8 21.4 n/a
1992 591 24.9 23.7 n/a
1993 579 24.5 23.6 n/a
1994 412 16.0 25.8 n/a
1995 389 16.9 23.0 n/a
1996 389 16.9 23.0 n/a
1997 425 18.7 22.7 n/a
1998 407 18.5 22.0 n/a
1999 423 18.2 23.2 n/a
2000 401 20.9 19.2 n/a
2001 403 23.7 17.0 n/a
2002 429 24.8 17.3 25.9
2003 429 24.8 17.3 25.9
2004 411 24.0 17.1 27.7
2005 410 23.8 17.2 30.7
2006 407 23.6 17.2 26.3
2007 417 25.0 16.7 28.5
2008 385 24.7 15.6 30.6
2009 410 24.7 16.6 37
2010 434 25.3 17.1 40.6
2011 415 24.3 17.0 38.6
2012 379 22.9 16.5 36.1
2013 447 23.9 18.7 36.5
2014 444 n/a n/a 37.2
2015 433 32.0 13.5 41.1
2016 412 26.0 15.8 35.9
2017 422 26.8 15.6 32.2
2018 485 30.8 15.7 36.7
2019 545 32.7 16.6 30.8
2020 596 34.2 17.4 32
2021 536 34.2 15.6 33.4
2022 588 37.6 15.6 35.4
2023 546 35.9 15.2 38.8

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 Sunset Primary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 486 22.0 22.0 0
1989 508 23.0 22.0 n/a
1990 508 22.9 22.1 0
1991 617 28.8 21.4 n/a
1992 591 24.9 23.7 n/a
1993 579 24.5 23.6 n/a
1994 412 16.0 25.8 n/a
1995 389 16.9 23.0 n/a
1996 389 16.9 23.0 n/a
1997 425 18.7 22.7 n/a
1998 407 18.5 22.0 n/a
1999 423 18.2 23.2 n/a
2000 401 20.9 19.2 n/a
2001 403 23.7 17.0 n/a
2002 429 24.8 17.3 25.9
2003 429 24.8 17.3 25.9
2004 411 24.0 17.1 27.7
2005 410 23.8 17.2 30.7
2006 407 23.6 17.2 26.3
2007 417 25.0 16.7 28.5
2008 385 24.7 15.6 30.6
2009 410 24.7 16.6 37
2010 434 25.3 17.1 40.6
2011 415 24.3 17.0 38.6
2012 379 22.9 16.5 36.1
2013 447 23.9 18.7 36.5
2014 444 n/a n/a 37.2
2015 433 32.0 13.5 41.1
2016 412 26.0 15.8 35.9
2017 422 26.8 15.6 32.2
2018 485 30.8 15.7 36.7
2019 545 32.7 16.6 30.8
2020 596 34.2 17.4 32
2021 536 34.2 15.6 33.4
2022 588 37.6 15.6 35.4
2023 546 35.9 15.2 38.8

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.

Kindergarten Immunization Rates

Sunset Primary

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YearCompletely ImmunizedReligious ExemptionMedical ExemptionConditionalPersonal ExemptionPolioDiphtheriaHepatitis BVaricellaMMRPertussisMeaslesMumpsRubellaTetanus
201690.0%0.0%0.0%2.9%92.9%92.9%97.1%92.9%95.7%92.9%
201790.5%0.0%0.0%3.2%3.2%94.7%95.8%95.8%93.7%93.7%94.7%
201993.6%0.0%1.1%0.0%3.2%95.7%95.7%95.7%95.7%96.8%95.7%
202097.9%1.0%0.0%1.0%0.0%99.0%97.9%99.0%99.0%97.9%99.0%99.0%99.0%97.9%
202190.9%1.1%1.1%1.1%2.3%92.1%94.3%95.5%92.1%94.3%95.5%95.5%95.5%94.3%
202291.8%2.1%0.0%1.0%1.0%92.8%92.8%96.9%94.9%92.8%95.9%95.9%95.9%92.8%
202393.2%1.4%0.0%0.0%2.7%94.6%94.6%96.0%93.2%94.6%94.6%94.6%94.6%94.6%
202488.0%8.7%1.1%1.1%1.1%92.4%92.4%92.4%89.1%92.4%91.3%91.3%91.3%92.4%

Data source: Washington State Department of Health

Immunization Rates (Entire school)

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YearCompletely ImmunizedReligious ExemptionMedical ExemptionPersonal ExemptionPolioDiphtheriaHepatitis BVaricellaMMRPertussis
201993.8%0.0%1.1%3.6%96.8%97.0%97.9%95.5%97.9%97.0%

Data source: Washington State Department of Health
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Sunset Primary

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $420 (3.1%) $13,225 (96.9%) $13,644
2020 $642 (5.3%) $11,500 (94.7%) $12,143
2021 $649 (4.0%) $15,644 (96.0%) $16,293
2022 $1,711 (9.9%) $15,599 (90.1%) $17,310

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Sunset Primary

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 268th of 1130 Elementary schoolsRanks 266th of 1169 Elementary schools
 1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Sunset Primary)68.759.3
 9.3%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (University Place School District)65.562.7
 2.8%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Washington)56.348.9
 7.4%
3rd Grade Math (Sunset Primary)72.359.8
 12.5%
   3rd Grade Math (University Place School District)68.765
 3.7%
   3rd Grade Math (Washington)5951.6
 7.4%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Sunset Primary)68.464.9
 3.5%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (University Place School District)70.462.9
 7.5%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Washington)57.750.1
 7.6%
4th Grade Math (Sunset Primary)63.366
 2.7%
   4th Grade Math (University Place School District)69.566.7
 2.8%
   4th Grade Math (Washington)54.949.4
 5.5%
All Grades English Language Arts (Sunset Primary)68.562.2
 6.4%
   All Grades English Language Arts (University Place School District)7769.2
 7.8%
   All Grades English Language Arts (Washington)6152.9
 8.1%
All Grades Math (Sunset Primary)67.962.9
 5%
   All Grades Math (University Place School District)69.859.1
 10.7%
   All Grades Math (Washington)50.141
 9%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students545546
 0.2%
African American5042
 16%
American Indian21
 50%
Asian3136
 16.1%
Hispanic84102
 21.4%
Pacific Islander173
 82.4%
White251248
 1.2%
Two or More Races110114
 3.6%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients30.8%38.8%
 8%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Sunset Primary

Sunset Primary ranks 296th of 1168 Washington elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

In the 2022-23 school year, 546 students attended Sunset Primary.

Students at Sunset Primary are 45% White, 21% Two or more races, 19% Hispanic, 8% African American, 7% Asian.

Students who attend Sunset Primary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Drum Intermediate
High : Curtis Senior High


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Washington State Department of Health and the Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction.

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