Sunset Elementary School

Sunset Elementary School describes its approach as an inclusive, innovative, and globally focused education centered on culture, language, diversity, and excellence. The school emphasizes helping students become lifelong learners and global citizens through internationally integrated instruction that builds critical thinking, empathy, cross-cultural understanding, and real-world engagement. (sunsetinternationalschool.com)

Sunset Elementary has two main entry paths: neighborhood students in the school attendance boundary register directly with the school, while applicants to the International Studies Magnet Program must apply through the M-DCPS Parent Portal. (sunsetinternationalschool.com) For regular K-5 boundary enrollment, the school says families must show the child lives within Sunset’s boundary and submit a birth certificate, DH 680 and DH 3040 health/immunization forms, two proofs of address such as a lease or deed plus an FPL bill, a parent/guardian photo ID, and transcripts or report cards for grades 1-5. (sunsetinternationalschool.com) For the current 2026-2027 magnet cycle, applications ran from October 1, 2025 through January 15, 2026; kindergarten applicants must be age 5 by September 1, first-grade applicants must be age 6 by September 1 and enrolled in kindergarten, and grades 2-5 must already know the target language because those grades require a foreign-language proficiency test, while grades K-1 do not test. (sunsetinternationalschool.com) Magnet applicants are entered into a computerized random selection if eligible, and families are told by about March 15 whether the child is accepted, waitlisted, or not accepted; first-round offers must be accepted by March 31, and later waitlist offers get 5 business days for a response. (sunsetinternationalschool.com) District magnet priority categories include active-duty military families, certain diversity priorities where applicable, veterans, sibling or multiple-birth applicants, some memorandum-of-understanding cases, and a 5% employee benefit for children of M-DCPS employees, although sibling priority does not apply to programs that require language proficiency testing, which matters for Sunset grades 2-5. (yourchoicemiami.org)