Sunset Ridge School

Public PK, KG-8

 35707 N 33rd Ln
       Phoenix, AZ  85086-2289


(623) 445-7800

District: Deer Valley Unified District

SchoolDigger Rank:
161st of 1,245 Arizona Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $7,762 Help


Students who attend Sunset Ridge School usually attend:

High:    Boulder Creek High School

Student/teacher ratio:  16.9 Help
Number of students:  620

Racial breakdown:

White:
74.0%
Hispanic:
14.2%
Two or more races:
5.3%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  18.9% Help


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Compare Details Sunset Ridge School ranks better than 87.1% of elementary schools in Arizona. It also ranks 15th among 31 ranked elementary schools in the Deer Valley Unified District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 86.54. (See more...)
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Compare Details Sunset Ridge School ranks better than 89.8% of middle schools in Arizona. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 85.74. (See more...)
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (74%), Hispanic (14.2%), two or more races (5.3%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 18.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Sunset Ridge School is 16.9. 20 elementary schools in the Deer Valley Unified District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Sunset Ridge School is $7,762, which is the 13th highest among 31 elementary schools in the Deer Valley Unified District.
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Sunset Ridge School:

SchoolDigger ranks Sunset Ridge School 161st of 1245 Arizona public elementary schools. (See Sunset Ridge School in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Sunset Ridge School 87th of 854 Arizona public middle schools. (See Sunset Ridge School in the ranking list.)

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Deer Valley Unified District:

SchoolDigger ranks Deer Valley Unified District 96th of 540 Arizona school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Sunset Ridge School

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Sunset Ridge School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2009 87.25 85th 1062 92.0%
2010 89.19 73rd 1090 93.3%
2011 85.32 125th 1075 88.4%
2012 81.09 179th 1141 84.3%
2013 82.83 140th 1158 87.9%
2014 86.38 118th 1079 89.1%
2015 74.95 214th 955 77.6%
2016 80.69 210th 1079 80.5%
2017 85.67 155th 1106 86.0%
2018 82.82 179th 1109 83.9%
2019 79.28 208th 1039 80.0%
2021 88.57 142nd 1226 88.4%
2022 68.28 268th 1000 73.2%
2023 86.54 161st 1245 87.1%
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Rank History for elementary school Multi-racial students at Sunset Ridge School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 74.97 146th 1027 85.8%
2022 48.35 238th 444 46.4%
2023 60.29 178th 617 71.2%
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Rank History for elementary school Special Education students at Sunset Ridge School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 55.22 361st 1201 69.9%
2023 48.43 350th 820 57.3%
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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Sunset Ridge School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.48 314th 820 61.7%
2022 65.42 209th 618 66.2%
2023 67.21 271st 1116 75.7%
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Rank History for elementary school Homeless students at Sunset Ridge School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 49.31 129th 423 69.5%
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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Sunset Ridge School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 81.19 182nd 1023 82.2%
2019 73.33 202nd 862 76.6%
2021 87.51 133rd 1219 89.1%
2022 70.11 204th 824 75.2%
2023 88.41 112th 1219 90.8%
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Rank History for elementary school Foster Care students at Sunset Ridge School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 82.87 5th 306 98.4%
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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Sunset Ridge School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 81.35 189th 1032 81.7%
2019 73.71 202nd 850 76.2%
2021 85.51 157th 1220 87.1%
2022 54.07 363rd 830 56.3%
2023 80.02 211th 1216 82.6%
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Rank History for elementary school African American students at Sunset Ridge School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 22.29 826th 895 7.7%
2023 64.05 180th 607 70.3%
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Rank History for elementary school Hispanic students at Sunset Ridge School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 76.88 168th 911 81.6%
2021 65.03 316th 1198 73.6%
2022 49.20 366th 716 48.9%
2023 61.72 372nd 1170 68.2%
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Rank History for elementary school Native American students at Sunset Ridge School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 81.75 34th 219 84.5%
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Rank History for elementary school White students at Sunset Ridge School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 68.99 216th 720 70.0%
2019 62.58 202nd 595 66.1%
2021 82.02 142nd 1161 87.8%
2022 55.82 326th 800 59.3%
2023 78.65 162nd 1024 84.2%
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Data source: test scores: Arizona Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Sunset Ridge School

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Rank History for all middle school students at Sunset Ridge School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2009 86.74 65th 663 90.2%
2010 86.60 66th 692 90.5%
2011 88.96 45th 685 93.4%
2012 84.06 75th 772 90.3%
2013 82.47 94th 787 88.1%
2014 88.41 63rd 690 90.9%
2015 86.24 53rd 521 89.8%
2016 89.49 60th 677 91.1%
2017 85.66 78th 695 88.8%
2018 80.83 118th 711 83.4%
2019 79.86 103rd 605 83.0%
2021 90.94 53rd 832 93.6%
2022 80.88 81st 605 86.6%
2023 85.74 87th 854 89.8%
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Rank History for middle school Multi-racial students at Sunset Ridge School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 76.68 81st 650 87.5%
2022 62.71 61st 211 71.1%
2023 63.72 108th 384 71.9%
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Rank History for middle school Special Education students at Sunset Ridge School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 53.58 196th 789 75.2%
2022 31.58 34th 36 5.6%
2023 47.26 139th 363 61.7%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Sunset Ridge School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.27 153rd 503 69.6%
2022 80.50 48th 369 87.0%
2023 51.99 265th 717 63.0%
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Rank History for middle school Homeless students at Sunset Ridge School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 44.10 100th 257 61.1%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at Sunset Ridge School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 78.02 123rd 624 80.3%
2019 71.87 116th 466 75.1%
2021 88.77 58th 820 92.9%
2022 77.15 71st 494 85.6%
2023 85.36 81st 806 90.0%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at Sunset Ridge School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 76.74 121st 617 80.4%
2019 75.88 89th 435 79.5%
2021 89.27 57th 818 93.0%
2022 76.16 68th 476 85.7%
2023 81.75 107th 810 86.8%
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Rank History for middle school African American students at Sunset Ridge School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 68.96 76th 573 86.7%
2023 75.57 55th 400 86.3%
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Rank History for middle school Hispanic students at Sunset Ridge School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 76.52 87th 543 84.0%
2021 78.04 97th 802 87.9%
2023 61.68 209th 760 72.5%
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Rank History for middle school White students at Sunset Ridge School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 63.34 151st 436 65.4%
2019 56.61 145th 337 57.0%
2021 85.07 52nd 780 93.3%
2022 69.33 90th 446 79.8%
2023 78.88 94th 675 86.1%
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Data source: test scores: Arizona Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Data source: Arizona Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Sunset Ridge School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
2004 323 12 3 27 2 n/a n/a 0 367
2005 666 23 7 54 3 n/a n/a 0 753
2006 804 27 29 82 2 n/a n/a 0 944
2007 921 31 44 85 5 n/a n/a 0 1086
2008 1065 35 61 118 4 n/a n/a 0 1283
2009 960 31 44 80 7 n/a n/a 0 1122
2010 973 26 35 79 9 n/a n/a 0 1122
2011 913 19 20 151 12 8 59 0 1182
2012 971 18 21 130 9 9 53 0 1211
2013 846 13 25 110 6 6 50 0 1056
2014 801 18 20 109 2 3 44 0 997
2015 774 19 15 121 4 3 36 0 972
2016 702 13 6 116 3 2 40 0 882
2017 640 8 8 117 2 4 43 0 822
2018 598 32 10 117 0 4 32 0 793
2019 617 15 10 119 4 6 30 0 801
2020 600 14 9 117 5 4 29 0 778
2021 403 14 3 87 8 4 31 0 550
2022 477 17 5 98 7 5 29 0 638
2023 459 24 4 88 8 4 33 0 620

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 Ridge School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2004 367 21.6 17.0 22.9
2005 753 36.5 20.6 6.9
2006 944 51.5 18.3 9.3
2007 1086 53.5 20.3 7.6
2008 1283 62.7 20.5 n/a
2009 1122 61.5 18.2 7.8
2010 1122 55.6 20.1 10.4
2011 1182 55.6 21.2 10.2
2012 1211 57.5 21.0 11.9
2013 1056 54.7 19.3 15.4
2014 997 50.0 19.9 13.9
2015 972 50.0 19.4 14
2016 882 48.0 18.3 12.9
2017 822 46.0 17.8 13.6
2018 793 43.7 18.1 16.9
2019 801 43.5 18.4 15
2020 778 43.0 18.0 17.9
2021 550 40.0 13.7 n/a
2022 638 39.5 16.1 9.9
2023 620 36.5 16.9 18.9

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 Ridge School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2004 367 21.6 17.0 22.9
2005 753 36.5 20.6 6.9
2006 944 51.5 18.3 9.3
2007 1086 53.5 20.3 7.6
2008 1283 62.7 20.5 n/a
2009 1122 61.5 18.2 7.8
2010 1122 55.6 20.1 10.4
2011 1182 55.6 21.2 10.2
2012 1211 57.5 21.0 11.9
2013 1056 54.7 19.3 15.4
2014 997 50.0 19.9 13.9
2015 972 50.0 19.4 14
2016 882 48.0 18.3 12.9
2017 822 46.0 17.8 13.6
2018 793 43.7 18.1 16.9
2019 801 43.5 18.4 15
2020 778 43.0 18.0 17.9
2021 550 40.0 13.7 n/a
2022 638 39.5 16.1 9.9
2023 620 36.5 16.9 18.9

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 Ridge School

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YearPersonnel Expenditures from Federal FundsNon-Personnel Expenditures from Federal FundsTotal Expenditures from Federal FundsPersonnel Expenditures from State and Local FundsNon-Personnel Expenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $253 (3.1%) $54 (0.7%) $561 (6.9%) $6,642 (81.7%) $1,181 (14.5%) $7,823 (96.2%) $8,131
2020 $226 (3.4%) $41 (0.6%) $494 (7.4%) $6,005 (89.8%) $412 (6.2%) $6,417 (96.0%) $6,685
2021 $355 (4.6%) $428 (5.5%) $1,139 (14.7%) $7,197 (92.7%) n/a $6,976 (89.9%) $7,760
2022 $616 (7.9%) $20 (0.3%) $1,252 (16.1%) $6,855 (88.3%) $271 (3.5%) $7,126 (91.8%) $7,762

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Sunset Ridge School

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Rankings

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Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 208th of 1039 Elementary schoolsRanks 161st of 1245 Elementary schools
 7.1%
Ranks 103rd of 605 Middle schoolsRanks 87th of 854 Middle schools
 6.8%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students801620
 22.6%
African American1524
 60%
American Indian48
 100%
Asian104
 60%
Hispanic11988
 26.1%
Pacific Islander64
 33.3%
White617459
 25.6%
Two or More Races3033
 10%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients15%18.9%
 3.9%


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Students who attend Sunset Ridge School usually go on to attend:

High : Boulder Creek High School

Sunset Ridge School ranks 161st of 1245 Arizona elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Students at Sunset Ridge School are 74% White, 14% Hispanic, 5% Two or more races, 4% African American, 1% American Indian.

In the 2022-23 school year, 620 students attended Sunset Ridge School.


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