📍 800 N. Tonopah Ave., La Puente, Los Angeles County, 91744
Sunset Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in La Puente, Los Angeles County. The school has 142 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Hacienda la Puente Unified school district. It serves grades K–6 in a suburban setting. The school employs 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 20.3:1.
Sunset Elementary enrolls 142 students across grades K–6. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 20.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 93% Hispanic or Latino, 5.6% Asian and 1.4% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 132 | 93% |
| Asian | 8 | 5.6% |
| White | 2 | 1.4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
104 of the school's 142 students (73%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Sunset Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Sunset Elementary is one of 35 schools in Hacienda la Puente Unified, based in City Of Industry, California. The district serves 15,480 students district-wide and employs 720 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 142 students, Sunset Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 442 students per school.