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Sunset Elementary School

๐Ÿ“ 5120 Sw 72nd St, Miami, Miami-Dade County, 33143

1,196
Pupils
15.3
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Sunset Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Miami, Miami-Dade County. The school has 1,196 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Miami-Dade school district. It serves grades Pre-Kโ€“5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 78 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1. 94% of students are proficient in reading. 86% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

School district
Miami-Dade

Enrollment & staffing

Sunset Elementary School enrolls 1,196 students across grades Pre-Kโ€“5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 78 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.

Male students
607 (51%)
Female students
589 (49%)
Teachers (FTE)
78
Student-teacher ratio
15.3:1
Grade span
Pre-Kโ€“5

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 68% Hispanic or Latino, 24% White and 3.2% Two or more races.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Hispanic or Latino81368%
White28324%
Two or more races383.2%
Black or African American373.1%
Asian252.1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

138 of the school's 1,196 students (12%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 120 qualify for free lunch and 18 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

Suburb, LargeGrades Pre-Kโ€“5

Sunset Elementary School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district FL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 37, state house district 114.

School district: MIAMI-DADE

Sunset Elementary School is one of 542 schools in MIAMI-DADE, based in MIAMI, Florida. The district serves 333,233 students district-wide and employs 16,606 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,196 students, Sunset Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 615 students per school.

333,233
District students
542
Schools
16,606
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

94%
Reading proficient
86%
Math proficient
2%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi ๐Ÿ’ป Provides devices

Setting: Suburb - Large

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