📍 6151 W. Ave. J-8, Lancaster, Los Angeles County, 93536
Sundown Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Lancaster, Los Angeles County. The school has 848 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jill Culver. It is part of the Westside Union Elementary school district. It serves grades K–6 in a suburban setting. The school employs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 26.5:1.
Sundown Elementary enrolls 848 students across grades K–6. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 32 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 26.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 53% Hispanic or Latino, 21% White and 16% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 448 | 53% |
| White | 174 | 21% |
| Black or African American | 135 | 16% |
| Two or more races | 79 | 9.3% |
| Asian | 10 | 1.2% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
512 of the school's 848 students (60%) 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.
Sundown 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.
Sundown Elementary is one of 12 schools in Westside Union Elementary, based in Quartz Hill, California. The district serves 9,078 students district-wide and employs 346 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 848 students, Sundown Elementary is close to the district average of about 757 students per school.