Sunset Ridge School District 29 is an elementary

Elementary school

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 school district

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 with schools located in Northfield, Illinois

Northfield, Illinois

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This district feeds into the prestigious New Trier High School

New Trier High School

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 in Northfield and Winnetka, Illinois

Winnetka, Illinois

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 that has been portrayed in movies such as Uncle Buck

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, Mean Girls

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and other films.
Sunset Ridge, a 4th-8th grade school, is a small school with an average graduating class of 60-70 students. Sunset Ridge was the top middle school

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 in Illinois in ISAT

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testing in 2005, and is always one of the top two public schools in the State of Illinois.
The school mascot is the Eagle. The district's K-3rd grade school is Middlefork. Its mascot is the Dolphin. All sports are no cut. The fall sports are Co-ed Soccer, Field Hockey, and Girls Volleyball. The winter sports are Boys Basketball and Girls Basketball. The spring sports are Track and Field and Boys Volleyball.
There is always a no cut musical in the spring.