📍 12824 W 12th St., Airway Heights, Spokane County, 99001
Sunset Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Airway Heights, Spokane County. The school has 588 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Cheney School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 41.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.2:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Sunset Elementary enrolls 588 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 41.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 55% White, 19% Hispanic or Latino and 10% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 321 | 55% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 110 | 19% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 59 | 10% |
| Two or more races | 46 | 7.8% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 19 | 3.2% |
| Asian | 17 | 2.9% |
| Black or African American | 16 | 2.7% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
437 of the school's 588 students (74%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 405 qualify for free lunch and 32 for a reduced price. 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. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district WA-50, state senate district 6, state house district 6.
Sunset Elementary is one of 12 schools in Cheney School District, based in CHENEY, Washington. The district serves 5,662 students district-wide and employs 326 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 588 students, Sunset Elementary is larger than the district average of about 472 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large