Sunset Hills Elementary
Surprise, AZ · Middle School · Grades -1-8
Sunset Hills Elementary is a middle school in Surprise, AZ with 969 students enrolled and a 62% proficiency rate. Part of Dysart Unified District (4243). NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Sunset Hills Elementary is a middle school located in Surprise, Arizona. The school serves 969 students in grades -1-8. The student-to-teacher ratio is 22.0:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 62% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading.
42% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Sunset Hills Elementary is part of the Dysart Unified District (4243) in Arizona. The school receives Title I federal funding.
How This School Compares
Sunset Hills Elementary has 969 students enrolled, making it larger than the average school in Dysart Unified District (4243) (927 students). Its 62% proficiency rate is 11 percentage points above the district average of 51%. Compared to the Arizona state average of 48%, the school performs 14 points higher. The 22.0:1 student-teacher ratio is above the national average of 16:1.
Frequently Asked Questions
Sunset Hills Elementary has 969 students enrolled in grades -1-8. The student-to-teacher ratio is 22.0:1.
According to EDFacts data, 62% of students at Sunset Hills Elementary meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Sunset Hills Elementary is part of the Dysart Unified District (4243) in Surprise, Arizona. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
this entity is one of the data points covered by this site’s U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment dataset. The detail above comes directly from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts; the context that follows situates the headline numbers against the broader distribution across U.S. public schools and districts.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.