Sunshine Special Education
Public high school, kindergarten to grade 12 · Riverside, California
Sunshine Special Education in Riverside, California enrolled 74 students in 2024-25 with 4.9 full-time teachers, 15.2 students per teacher against the California high-school median of 19.3. It has no Title I status on file for 2021-22; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment rose 37% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers held steady
54 students in 2022-23, 74 students in 2023-24, 74 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 4.8 to 4.9.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 54 | 4.8 | 11.1 |
| 2023-24 | 74 | 5.1 | 14.5 |
| 2024-25 | 74 | 4.9 | 15.2 |
15.2 students per teacher, a lower ratio than 72 of every 100 California high schools
Among the 2,071 California high schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 19.3; the national median for high schools is 14.5. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
Programs and staff in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Sunshine Special Education enrolled 2 students and reported no counselor; it reported 0 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement coursesNone
- Gifted and talented programNo
- Counselors (FTE)0.0
- Out-of-school suspensions0
- Chronically absent48.1% (2022-23)
Who attends
59.5% of students were Hispanic, 23.0% White, 8.1% Asian in 2024-25.
- Hispanic59.5%
- White23.0%
- Asian8.1%
- Two or more races5.4%
- Black1.4%
- American Indian1.4%
- Pacific Islander1.4%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
High schools in Riverside
18 public high schools in Riverside report 2024-25 enrollment.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Luther King Jr. High | 2,699 | 24.1 | 41.8% |
| Polytechnic High | 2,484 | 23.8 | 58.3% |
| Ramona High | 2,142 | 22.9 | 74.0% |
| John W. North High | 2,011 | 22.8 | 77.2% |
| Arlington High | 1,920 | 22.6 | 67.6% |
| Norte Vista High | 1,804 | 20.8 | 77.1% |
| Hillcrest High | 1,780 | 23.8 | 56.7% |
| La Sierra High | 1,514 | 21.1 | 70.5% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about Sunshine Special Education
- Arlington HighThe nearest public high school, 1.5 miles away: 1,920 students, 22.6 per teacher (2024-25).1.5 mi
- Alvord Alternative Continuation HighThe next nearest public high school, 1.9 miles away: 90 students, 14.0 per teacher (2024-25).1.9 mi
- Compare Sunshine Special Education with Arlington HighStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Riverside Unified spends per student$16,986 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$16,986
- The largest public schools in CaliforniaSunshine Special Education is the number 1,694 by size of 2,112 California high schools open in 2024-25.#1,694 of 2,112
- California schools by students per teacher15.2 students per teacher here against the California median of 19.3 for high schools.15.2:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about Sunshine Special Education
How many students attend Sunshine Special Education?
74 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 54 in 2022-23. It is a high school in Riverside, CA.What is the student-teacher ratio at Sunshine Special Education?
15.2 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the California median for high schools is 19.3. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Sunshine Special Education a Title I school?
Sunshine Special Education has no Title I status in the NCES school files, because California did not report school Title I status for 2021-22; the California Department of Education lists each school's current Title I status.What district is Sunshine Special Education in?
Riverside Unified, NCES district ID 0633150. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 063315005159 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.