📍 26595 Salem Minor Hill Road, Lester, Limestone County, 35647
Sugar Creek Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Lester, Limestone County. The school has 646 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Limestone County school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
Sugar Creek Elementary School enrolls 646 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 43 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 78% White, 14% Hispanic or Latino and 4.2% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 504 | 78% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 92 | 14% |
| Two or more races | 27 | 4.2% |
| Black or African American | 18 | 2.8% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
409 of the school's 646 students (63%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Sugar Creek Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district DE-50.
Sugar Creek Elementary School is one of 17 schools in Limestone County, based in Athens, Alabama. The district serves 16,497 students district-wide and employs 487 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 646 students, Sugar Creek Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 970 students per school.
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