Sunset Ridge Elementary School

Glendale, AZ 85305

Phone: (623) 772-2730
Fax: (623) 877-4935
District: Pendergast Elementary District

5

GreatSchools Rating

public • Grades PK,KG,1,2,3,4,5,6,7, • 610 students

Sunset Ridge Elementary School, a public school located in Glendale, AZ, serves grades PK-8 & Ungraded in the Pendergast Elementary District.It has received a GreatSchools Rating of 5 out of 10, based on a variety of school quality measures.

Sunset Ridge Elementary School is a public school located in Glendale, AZ. 610 students attend Sunset Ridge Elementary School.

School Ratings

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Test Scores 3/10 The Test Score Rating examines how students at this school performed on standardized tests compared with other schools in the state. The Test Rating was created using 2025 Arizona Academic Standards Assessment data from Arizona Department of Education, and using 2025 Arizona Science Field Test data from Arizona Department of Education.
Student Growth 7/10 The Student Progress Rating measures whether students at this school are making academic progress over time based on student growth data provided by the Department of Education. Specifically, this rating looks at how much progress individual students have made on state assessments during the past year or more, how this performance aligns with expected progress based on a student growth model established by the state Department of Education, and how this school's growth data compares to other schools in the state. The Growth Rating was created using 2025 Student growth data from Arizona Department of Education.

Posted: February 19, 2026

Excellent school and well taught .. the teachers are very caring.

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Posted: May 9, 2024

This is by far the worst school in Arizona. Students will also bully students, the F word, there is no punishment for any of it. When I taught, I even heard students say horrible things to special education students. The current principal is like, “Now come on is that how we handle things.” The HR director of the district is just as bad. She totally supports it, and allows liberal ideas to generate into a disease at this school and all of the districts’ schools. When I was there, once student called in a bomb threat. He was allowed to come back in a week by the current principal. Students The most disrespectful, most horrible things you can imagine to each other and to teachers. The current principal gives them 2-3 days to be in kindergarten and work with the kids as punishment. This is actually real. Not a joke, or a dream:

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Posted: July 27, 2016

My kids have been at this school since first grade and fourth grade! My son is now going to 5th grade and my daughter going to 8th grade this year. Both have had amazing teachers. There is a lot of changes in teachers but the new teachers and the ones that stay continue to do a great job with the kids. The office staff is always very helpful and friendly.

Posted: July 27, 2016

Very effective because they are always pushing the students to do their best. They share personal anecdotes to motive their students. They challenge the ones that are advance and help the ones falling behind by individualizing their needs.

Posted: July 27, 2016

I like that they do not assign too much homework even though there are times when the kids do come home without homework for several days in a row but I have asked the teachers and they say that they allow the students who are doing well and are ahead of the class to work on their homework during class. So my kids are in that group because they're both doing well in school and bring homework once in a while only.

Posted: July 27, 2016

Teachers are always inspiring the students to be the best they can be. The encourage the students to participate and always grade the students based on the effort they demonstrate on assignments and their behavior.

Posted: May 23, 2016

Me gusta mucho la escuela son muy profesionales y amigables desde los que trabajan en la oficina personal de limpiesa y los maestros.

Posted: May 23, 2016

Es una escuela excelente. El programa que tienen antes de entrar al kinder ayudo mucho a mi niño. Mi hijo ya aprendio ingles y es uno de los mejores alumnos en su salon.

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Posted: November 22, 2014

This is a great school. The staff and teachers are like family. The couple of teacher have had a couple of my kids. Its great to have the same teacher your sibling had!!

Posted: May 22, 2014

I was a student, I went there from kindergarten to 7th grade (I'm in 8th now) and I've experienced lots of problems in recent years and it's sad because it used to be such a nice school, I have so many great memories and we used to always be celebrating awards from the district about how great we were and then all of a sudden we got a new principal and things changed. Bullying used to be non-exsistent and then it was at every corner and nothing was being done about it, and I think that's solely because the teachers don't know how to properly handle a situation like that because it used to never happen... Teachers were little to no help at all, either they were too lazy and though cracking jokes all the time was great or they were too strict and got too frustrated to actually teach the material, there was no inbetween and it was really dissapointing. I told my mom I wanted to leave and once I left I realized how many schools there were that could give me better so please don't choose this one.

Posted: April 28, 2014

The new principal has ruined this school!!! It was the best one in the entire district, now its the worst! Parents are NOT welcome by the Principal. He seems to not care about anyone, especially students! He is never around to talk to parents. I will be finding a different school for my children! SR was the best BEFORE this new guy took over. SAD TO SEE THAT THE GOVERNING BOARD HAS LET THIS HAPPEN!!!

Posted: April 28, 2012

Terrible school, only cares about what parents see not the education!! My daughter went to this school a couple of weeks ago for the sixth grade and was treated like dirt. The teacher (i will not name them, i have respect) always flat-out told them that they were practically stupid and needed extreme help, but that is the teacher's job and he's asking others to do it for him! He also makes a phone call home every single day for stupid things like my child getting 4 or 5 answers wrong. He shouldn't be calling me in the middle of work (a job in which calls shouldn't even be answered) for something like that. I would expect he use the "phone call home" consequence for emergencies like cussing, violence, disrespect of teachers, etc. Not because they don't understand the subject! He also rolls his eyes and practically asks if he has to "help" the students when they ask for it, yet he complains that they don't ask for help. We pulled my daughter out of there! I urge you to select another better school! Before it's too late!

Posted: January 17, 2011

This school is fantastic. There is ZERO tolerance for bullying!! Whenever I have any issues the principal and the teachers fix it right then and there. They are real good about sending home information about things that happened on campus or around campus that the parents need to be aware of. I believe this comes from great leadership. The principal truly cares about her students and their families! I believe this school is only rated a 6 due to lack of funding, size of school and lack of reviews :) I highly recommend this school to you newcomers.

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