Elementary · Kansas

Sunset Elementary

Sunset Elementary, a public elementary school in Newton, Kansas: grades k–4, 199 students, 10.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Newton.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 199
Teachers (FTE): 18.9
Students per teacher: 10.5
Grades: K–4; Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 85% of elementary schools in Kansas

Median 13.1 · 707 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 90% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 76% of elementary schools in Kansas

Median 311 · 708 schools compared

Smaller than 88% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Kansas's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Kansas: 46%

29%proficient

New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.

A lower share proficient than 89% of elementary schools in Kansas

Median 50% · 676 elementary schools compared

80 students tested, grades 3–8 · KAP; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Kansas: 40%

30%proficient

New test or proficiency bar this year: not comparable with the year before.

A lower share proficient than 74% of elementary schools in Kansas

Median 42% · 676 elementary schools compared

80 students tested, grades 3–8 · KAP; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades K–4
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Area: Distant town
Run by: Newton

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Newton.

Location

Address: 619 Boyd, Newton, KS 67114
Phone: (316)284-6570
City or town: Newton
County: Harvey County

Website Quality of life in Newton Schools in Newton

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
Northridge Elementary	Pre-K–4	345	18.5	43%	23%	1.4 mi
South Breeze Elementary	Pre-K–4	316	13.3	37%	18%	1.6 mi
Slate Creek Elementary	K–4	236	11.4	44%	35%	1.8 mi
Hesston Elem	Pre-K–4	306	14.8	67%	70%	7.3 mi
R L Wright Elem	Pre-K–6	283	12.5	59%	48%	9.9 mi
Moundridge Elem	Pre-K–3	182	12.5	61%	52%	13.7 mi

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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