Sunny Slope Elementary School is located at 10828 Old Maple Road, and serves approximately 430 students in grades pre-kindergarten through grade five. The mission statement for Sunny Slope Elementary School stresses the need to "educate all students and to challenge them to their highest level of academic achievement." It also emphasizes the need to prepare young people to "develop an awareness of and respect for the intrinsic values of cultures that differ from his or her own." The curriculum focuses on student achievement and providing "differentiated learning experiences" to meet individual student needs. To assist staff in meeting these student needs, special programs and assistance are offered to students. These programs include the gifted and talented, English as a Second Language, and special education programs. Sunny Slope boasts a supportive parent teacher association (PTA) and Adopt a School partners that have been a tremendous assistance throughout the school year.

Strong values and warm, personal relationships which grew in a strong rural setting are the heritage that left Sunny Slope School from its one room predecessor. The old one-room school, known as District 16 of Douglas County, which was erected in the late 1890's. Its site was on land donated or loaned by John Hughes in 1879. Fifty students might be on the rosters during the winter term. Their grade levels ranged from the first to eighth, their ages varied, many of the boys were able to attend only when they were not needed to help on the farm. The children kept warm by a black potbellied stove and sat three abreast in the double desks. The schoolhouse later was moved to a location along 108th Street where a new building was build in 1954. Upon becoming part of the Omaha Public School System in 1958, the name officially changed to Sunny Slope. Children from kindergarten to sixth grade were enrolled. Ms. Lorraine Giles served as the first OPS principal for the school. The once rural school had to be limited to second and third grades during 1971 and 1972. In 1973 Sunny Slope moved to its new location in northwest Omaha at 10828 Old Maple Road. The cost to build this new modern complex of over 47,565 square ft. was $1,290,461.47. Over 90% of the families within our neighborhood boundaries, selected as as their school of choice. The staff comprised of full and part-time teachers, paraprofessionals, health services and custodial services totals fifty-four. The school serves pre-kindergarten through fifth grades with a present population of approximately 430 students.  The current racial composition of our school is typically compressed of: Caucasian 42%, African American 34%, Hispanic 12%, Two or more races 8%, Asian American 4%.