Sunset Elementary

Summary:

Sunset Elementary is a public elementary school located in Coalinga, California, serving grades 4-5 with a total enrollment of 431 students. The school is part of the Coalinga-Huron Unified School District, which is ranked 1483 out of 1568 districts in California and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Sunset Elementary's academic performance, as measured by the Smarter Balanced Assessments, is significantly lower than the state average across all grade levels and subject areas. In the 2023-2024 school year, only 31.16% of Sunset Elementary students were proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to the state average of 47.04%. In Mathematics, only 18.62% of Sunset Elementary students were proficient or better, compared to the state average of 35.54%. Compared to the nearby Huron Elementary and Nell Dawson Elementary, Sunset Elementary's academic performance is generally higher, but still well below the state averages.

Sunset Elementary has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 7.2% in 2018-2019 to 38.6% in 2021-2022. This trend is not unique to Sunset Elementary, as the nearby Huron Elementary and Nell Dawson Elementary also have high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 32.3% to 45.9% in the 2022-2023 school year. Additionally, Sunset Elementary has a high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 84.45% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2022-2023 school year, which is consistent with the nearby schools.


Detail:

Public 4-5

 985 Sunset Ave.
       Coalinga, CA  93210-1347


(559) 935-7590

District: Coalinga-Huron Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
4165th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $6,370 Help


Students who attend Sunset Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Coalinga Middle
High:    Coalinga High

Student/teacher ratio:  25.6 Help
Number of students:  411

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
83.0%
White:
12.2%
Two or more races:
2.2%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  73.7% Help


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Compare Details Sunset Elementary ranks worse than 71.1% of elementary schools in California. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 27.34. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (83%), White (12.2%), two or more races (2.2%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 73.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the lowest percentage in the Coalinga-Huron Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Sunset Elementary is 25.6, which is the highest among 5 elementary schools in the Coalinga-Huron Unified School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Sunset Elementary is $6,370, which is the lowest among 5 elementary schools in the Coalinga-Huron Unified School District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Sunset Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Sunset Elementary 4165th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Sunset Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Coalinga-Huron Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Coalinga-Huron Unified 1483rd of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Sunset Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Sunset Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 21.40 3841st 4809 20.1%
2005 23.29 3746th 4822 22.3%
2006 24.85 3659th 4818 24.1%
2007 22.90 4070th 5113 20.4%
2008 11.96 4819th 5113 5.8%
2009 18.60 4529th 5193 12.8%
2010 21.25 4516th 5314 15.0%
2011 20.73 4624th 5377 14.0%
2012 26.66 4196th 5390 22.2%
2013 23.32 4511th 5530 18.4%
2015 25.61 4078th 5611 27.3%
2016 20.92 4542nd 5614 19.1%
2017 16.03 5030th 5692 11.6%
2018 15.86 5017th 5662 11.4%
2019 16.88 5081st 5789 12.2%
2022 15.33 5340th 5883 9.2%
2023 18.61 4992nd 5874 15.0%
2024 27.34 4165th 5862 28.9%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Sunset Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 25.15 2714th 3246 16.4%
2019 32.64 2303rd 3275 29.7%
2022 32.53 2406th 3311 27.3%
2023 31.52 2425th 3250 25.4%
2024 21.16 3023rd 3160 4.3%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Sunset Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 29.76 1653rd 2420 31.7%
2024 29.77 1852nd 2634 29.7%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Sunset Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 16.65 4677th 5084 8.0%
2019 19.38 4605th 5173 11.0%
2022 16.30 4891st 5264 7.1%
2023 20.45 4677th 5374 13.0%
2024 30.00 3944th 5511 28.4%
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Rank History for Female students at Sunset Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 21.72 4393rd 5413 18.8%
2019 18.60 4740th 5492 13.7%
2022 14.74 5208th 5635 7.6%
2023 16.48 5007th 5617 10.9%
2024 25.08 4232nd 5605 24.5%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Sunset Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 28.50 1511th 2128 29.0%
2019 30.18 1787th 2585 30.9%
2022 25.72 1706th 2227 23.4%
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Rank History for Male students at Sunset Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 12.05 5148th 5431 5.2%
2019 16.87 4907th 5510 10.9%
2022 17.81 4947th 5663 12.6%
2023 22.08 4535th 5650 19.7%
2024 29.88 3819th 5636 32.2%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Sunset Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 17.81 4382nd 4830 9.3%
2019 20.13 4369th 4963 12.0%
2022 17.16 4687th 5084 7.8%
2023 22.46 4306th 5098 15.5%
2024 33.90 3424th 5102 32.9%
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Rank History for White students at Sunset Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 9.11 2560th 2737 6.5%
2019 8.48 2678th 2834 5.5%
2022 11.98 2473rd 2726 9.3%
2023 14.83 2350th 2662 11.7%
2024 24.70 2096th 2647 20.8%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Sunset Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 624 1 7 357 0 n/a n/a 0 989
1989 687 4 8 421 0 n/a n/a 0 1120
1990 710 10 12 503 0 n/a n/a 0 1235
1991 734 3 15 557 2 n/a n/a 0 1311
1992 271 3 5 191 0 n/a n/a 0 470
1993 254 2 3 205 0 n/a n/a 0 464
1994 254 2 5 236 0 n/a n/a 0 497
1995 243 5 9 262 1 n/a n/a 0 520
1996 243 5 9 262 1 n/a n/a 0 520
1997 250 7 10 257 1 n/a n/a 0 525
1998 203 8 7 220 1 n/a n/a 0 439
1999 204 5 9 243 0 n/a n/a 1 462
2000 189 4 11 271 0 n/a n/a 1 476
2001 165 5 7 297 0 n/a n/a 1 475
2002 141 7 5 268 0 n/a n/a 6 427
2003 141 7 5 268 0 n/a n/a 6 427
2004 145 3 8 278 0 n/a n/a 1 435
2005 124 9 6 280 0 n/a n/a 2 421
2006 123 10 6 268 1 n/a n/a 5 413
2007 124 5 6 285 1 n/a n/a 5 426
2008 111 6 8 301 n/a n/a n/a 0 426
2009 122 6 12 299 1 1 9 0 450
2010 97 5 12 320 2 1 4 0 441
2011 75 7 8 294 1 0 4 0 389
2012 91 7 12 296 1 1 4 0 412
2013 99 11 11 301 5 2 2 0 431
2014 76 7 8 329 8 1 11 0 440
2015 59 8 10 328 3 0 14 0 422
2016 61 6 7 320 2 0 7 0 403
2017 68 7 6 348 2 0 6 0 437
2018 72 6 8 352 0 0 8 0 446
2019 71 8 5 327 1 0 9 0 421
2020 71 6 7 342 0 0 5 0 431
2021 61 6 8 369 0 0 4 0 448
2022 49 8 4 383 2 0 10 0 456
2023 48 6 2 360 4 1 10 0 431
2024 50 3 4 341 3 1 9 0 411

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Sunset Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 989 40.0 24.7 n/a
1989 1120 43.5 25.7 n/a
1990 1235 46.0 26.8 n/a
1991 1311 48.0 27.3 n/a
1992 470 48.8 9.6 46.8
1993 464 16.0 29.0 53
1994 497 17.0 29.2 51.9
1995 520 18.0 28.9 56
1996 520 18.0 28.9 56
1997 525 19.0 27.6 66.7
1998 439 16.0 27.4 58.1
1999 462 15.0 30.8 65.1
2000 476 16.0 29.8 67.4
2001 475 18.0 26.4 62.2
2002 427 15.0 28.5 68.2
2003 427 15.0 28.5 68.2
2004 435 14.0 31.1 79.3
2005 421 15.0 28.1 70.4
2006 413 15.0 27.5 70.3
2007 426 15.0 28.4 72.9
2008 426 16.0 26.6 57
2009 450 17.0 25.0 68.2
2010 441 15.0 29.4 51.7
2011 389 n/a n/a 88.7
2012 412 14.0 29.4 n/a
2013 431 15.0 28.7 82.1
2014 440 15.0 29.3 85.2
2015 422 15.0 28.1 69.7
2016 403 13.0 31.0 78.2
2017 437 14.0 31.2 77.6
2018 446 14.6 30.4 78
2019 421 13.6 30.8 84.1
2020 431 n/a n/a 84.7
2021 448 16.0 28.0 88.6
2022 456 15.0 30.4 83.1
2023 431 16.0 26.8 84.5
2024 411 16.0 25.6 73.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Sunset Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 989 40.0 24.7 n/a
1989 1120 43.5 25.7 n/a
1990 1235 46.0 26.8 n/a
1991 1311 48.0 27.3 n/a
1992 470 48.8 9.6 46.8
1993 464 16.0 29.0 53
1994 497 17.0 29.2 51.9
1995 520 18.0 28.9 56
1996 520 18.0 28.9 56
1997 525 19.0 27.6 66.7
1998 439 16.0 27.4 58.1
1999 462 15.0 30.8 65.1
2000 476 16.0 29.8 67.4
2001 475 18.0 26.4 62.2
2002 427 15.0 28.5 68.2
2003 427 15.0 28.5 68.2
2004 435 14.0 31.1 79.3
2005 421 15.0 28.1 70.4
2006 413 15.0 27.5 70.3
2007 426 15.0 28.4 72.9
2008 426 16.0 26.6 57
2009 450 17.0 25.0 68.2
2010 441 15.0 29.4 51.7
2011 389 n/a n/a 88.7
2012 412 14.0 29.4 n/a
2013 431 15.0 28.7 82.1
2014 440 15.0 29.3 85.2
2015 422 15.0 28.1 69.7
2016 403 13.0 31.0 78.2
2017 437 14.0 31.2 77.6
2018 446 14.6 30.4 78
2019 421 13.6 30.8 84.1
2020 431 n/a n/a 84.7
2021 448 16.0 28.0 88.6
2022 456 15.0 30.4 83.1
2023 431 16.0 26.8 84.5
2024 411 16.0 25.6 73.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Sunset Elementary

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $6,370

Data source: California Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Sunset Elementary

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 5081st of 5789 Elementary schoolsRanks 4992nd of 5874 Elementary schools
 2.8%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
4th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Sunset Elementary)30.425.4
 5%
   4th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Coalinga-Huron Unified)25.919.3
 6.6%
   4th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.543.7
 5.7%
4th Grade Mathematics (Sunset Elementary)2617.1
 8.9%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Coalinga-Huron Unified)23.515.2
 8.3%
   4th Grade Mathematics (California)44.940.8
 4.1%
5th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Sunset Elementary)27.224.3
 2.9%
   5th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Coalinga-Huron Unified)22.320.7
 1.6%
   5th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.746.7
 5%
5th Grade Mathematics (Sunset Elementary)12.714.7
 2%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Coalinga-Huron Unified)8.813.2
 4.4%
   5th Grade Mathematics (California)3833.4
 4.6%
5th Grade Science (Sunset Elementary)15.314.9
 0.4%
   5th Grade Science (Coalinga-Huron Unified)10.613.4
 2.8%
   5th Grade Science (California)31.731.9
 0.1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students421431
 2.4%
African American86
 25%
American Indian14
 300%
Asian52
 60%
Hispanic327360
 10.1%
Pacific Islander01
White7148
 32.4%
Two or More Races910
 11.1%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients84.1%84.5%
 0.4%


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In the 2023-24 school year, 411 students attended Sunset Elementary.

Sunset Elementary ranks 4165th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Students at Sunset Elementary are 83% Hispanic, 12% White, 2% Two or more races.

Students who attend Sunset Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Coalinga Middle
High : Coalinga High


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