📍 11424 Gill St, Sugar Creek, Jackson County, 64054
Sugar Creek Elem. is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Sugar Creek, Jackson County. The school has 140 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Independence 30 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–1 in a suburban setting. The school employs 8.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.
Sugar Creek Elem. enrolls 140 students across grades Pre-K–1. The student body is 45% male and 55% female. A teaching staff of 8.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 44% White, 29% Hispanic or Latino and 13% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 61 | 44% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 40 | 29% |
| Two or more races | 18 | 13% |
| Black or African American | 17 | 12% |
| Asian | 2 | 1.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | 1.4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
116 of the school's 140 students (83%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 103 qualify for free lunch and 13 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Sugar Creek Elem. is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). 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 MO-50, state senate district 11, state house district 20.
Sugar Creek Elem. is one of 31 schools in INDEPENDENCE 30, based in INDEPENDENCE, Missouri. The district serves 14,272 students district-wide and employs 926 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 140 students, Sugar Creek Elem. is smaller than the district average of about 460 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large