El Paso’s Sunrise Acres neighborhood sits in the foothills of the scenic rugged North Franklin Mountains. The popular neighborhood in the northeast part of the city is considered highly walkable.
The community mirrors the diversity of the city. A mix of home owners and renters in the Sunrise Acres neighborhood live in a variety of housing. Single family homes and row houses combine with apartments and condos to provide housing options for local residents.
A direct link to major arterial Highway 54/Patriotic Freeway affords commuters easy access to other major routes throughout the city.
Sunrise Acres families are served by the El Paso Independent School District (EPISD). Unless special circumstances apply, students go to schools in their zoned areas. Wainwright Elementary School serves students in preschool through fifth grade. Other attendance centers for Sunrise Acres primary students include Moyes, Park, Logan, and Lee Elementary Schools.
Neighborhood students in grades 6-8 attend Canyon Hills or Magoffin Middle School. Some high school students in Sunrise Acres are zoned to Irvin High School, home of the Rockets while others in the south part of the neighborhood go to the home of the Huskies, Captain John L. Chapin High School. Chapin is a pre-engineering magnet school.
Sunrise Acres neighborhood boundaries are created by Hondo Pass Avenue on the north, Echo Street and Magnetic Street on the west, Atlas Avenue to the south and Highway 54/Patriotic Freeway on the east.
The area is surrounded by the neighborhoods of Sunrise Acres East, Castner Heights, Tobin Mountain, Mountain View, Lost Triangle, and Las Sierras. The community shares the 79904 zip code.