Sugar Creek Elementary School

Sugar Creek Elementary School, an average-sized elementary school in Lester, Alabama, operated by Limestone County, educates 631 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 480 students per school, that is 31% above typical.

Limestone County comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 16,694 students; Sugar Creek Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Sugar Creek Elementary School lists that 72% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 19% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 2% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Sugar Creek Elementary School lists 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Sugar Creek Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 62% of students at Sugar Creek Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Limestone County (around 54%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Sugar Creek Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.0%, the actual is 54.0%, a residual of +15.1 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Limestone County indicate median household earnings sit near $83,629, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Limestone County runs 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,258 students), of which Sugar Creek Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is West Limestone High School, roughly 0.5 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Sugar Creek Elementary School comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 35.3%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 626 students in 2018 compared to 631 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 77% to 72%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 today.

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