📍 901 Schwarz Rd, Lawrence, Douglas County, 66049
Sunset Hill Elem is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Lawrence, Douglas County. The school has 378 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Lawrence school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.2:1. 52% of students are proficient in reading. 32% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Sunset Hill Elem enrolls 378 students across grades K–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 22 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 63% White, 20% Two or more races and 11% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 238 | 63% |
| Two or more races | 77 | 20% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 42 | 11% |
| Black or African American | 13 | 3.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 5 | 1.3% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
185 of the school's 378 students (49%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 137 qualify for free lunch and 48 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Sunset Hill Elem is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district KS-10, state senate district 2, state house district 44.
Sunset Hill Elem is one of 20 schools in Lawrence, based in Lawrence, Kansas. The district serves 10,443 students district-wide and employs 768 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 378 students, Sunset Hill Elem is smaller than the district average of about 522 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small