Located in west-central Saskatchewan, the Sun West School Division covers approximately 25,600 square kilometers.
[2] Prior to 2006, the area currently administered by Sun West included six school divisions.
Approximately 760 people work for the Sun West School Division on a permanent full or part-time basis with several hundred more employed occasionally as substitute teachers or spare bus drivers.
Sun West employs approximately 350 teachers, 60 Principals and Vice-principals, 140 Educational Assistants, 100 Bus Drivers, 50 Caretakers, 30 Clerical Staff and 25 Library Staff as well as a small number of Consultants, Counsellors, Psychologists and specialists such as Speech-Language Pathologists.
Sun West buses log approximately 19,000 kilometers every school day.