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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Sugar Hill Elementary this year?
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Enrollment
629
Elementary
DISTRICT 616 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MORENO VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 062580008910
Sugar Hill Elementary
24455 Old Country Rd., Moreno Valley, CA 92557 · (951) 571-4670 · Riverside County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL629 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 48% of California public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
24.2:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
518 students
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 149 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 97 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (149) is 52% larger than its 5th grade class (98).
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
41.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +13.1pp since 2014
Math
30.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +11.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 13 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 16.8% | 24.3% | 26.4% | 32.5% |
| Math | 11.6% | 18.5% | 31.2% | 38.7% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.1% | 30.1% |
| 2023-24 | 36.5% | 29.7% |
| 2022-23 | 42.8% | 31.4% |
| 2021-22 | 38.8% | 24.0% |
| 2018-19 | 39.7% | 24.4% |
| 2017-18 | 41.4% | 28.6% |
| 2016-17 | 32.3% | 25.4% |
| 2015-16 | 27.0% | 19.0% |
| 2014-15 | 28.0% | 19.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
34.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Sugar Hill Elementary
Sugar Hill Elementary's state test result (34.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugar Hill Elementary this school | 629 | 82.4% | 34.3% |
| Caroline Harris Elementary Bakersfield | 587 | 82.3% | 23.2% |
| Baldy View Elementary Upland | 624 | 83.7% | 38.6% |
| West Palms Conservatory Victorville | 680 | 81.2% | 31.1% |
| Emerson Elementary Riverside | 669 | 84.3% | 27.8% |
| Grand Terrace Elementary Grand Terrace | 654 | 79.8% | 24.5% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Sugar Hill Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.3% | #3,035 of 5,151 | #126 of 283 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.1% | #3,204 of 5,172 ▼ 93 | #133 of 283 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.1% | #2,816 of 5,172 ▲ 265 | #129 of 283 ▲ 15 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.2pp | #1,918 of 5,116 | #116 of 280 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 629 | #1,160 of 5,915 | #151 of 296 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.2:1 | #3,892 of 5,352 | #210 of 292 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.8% | #3,151 of 5,354 | #142 of 292 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.4% | #1,929 of 5,625 | #148 of 294 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +21.9% | #215 of 1,139 | #13 of 66 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
629
+41 (+7%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 879
Student : Teacher
24.2:1
was 24.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 629 | 26 | 24.2:1 | 82% (518) |
| 2023-24 | 651 | 26 | 25.0:1 | 83% (539) |
| 2022-23 | 633 | 26.5 | 23.9:1 | 65% (412) |
| 2020-21 | 588 | 24 | 24.5:1 | 85% (501) |
| 2017-18 | 516 | 19.3 | 26.8:1 | 70% (363) |
| 2015-16 | 573 | 19 | 30.2:1 | 76% (434) |
| 2010-11 | 631 | N/A | N/A | 63% (398) |
| 2000-01 | 834 | 39 | 21.4:1 | 31% (262) |
| 1990-91 | 879 | 31 | 28.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sugar Hill Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 22% (516 to 629); teachers up 35% (19.3 to 26).
About Sugar Hill Elementary
Sugar Hill Elementary is an elementary school in Moreno Valley, California, according to federal school records. School enrollment was 629 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in California average about 465 students.
Sugar Hill Elementary is part of a district of 38 schools: Moreno Valley Unified, with 31,001 students.
Hispanic students account for 73% of enrollment at Sugar Hill Elementary. Other groups make up 12% Black, 9% White, and 5% multiracial. Riverside County as a whole is about 51% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. The chance that two students picked at random at Sugar Hill Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 45%.
Teachers at Sugar Hill Elementary total 26 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 24.2:1. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is lower than this school's figure. The school counts 518 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 82%. The average for public schools in Riverside County is 74%.
The allk12 Grade for Sugar Hill Elementary is B-. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 48% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Sugar Hill Elementary's average proficiency rate on state tests of 34.3% is 3.0 points above the 31.3% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
According to the American Community Survey, in Riverside County, median household income is about $93,074, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sugar Hill Elementary is one of 543 public schools in Riverside County, which together enroll about 424,872 students.
The closest other public school is Midland Elementary, about 0.8 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Sugar Hill Elementary ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Sugar Hill Elementary saw enrollment rise 7% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Riverside County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,478,600
Census ACS
Median income
$93,074
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
543
424,872 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Moreno Valley Unified
- Valley View HighHigh · 2,699 students
- Canyon Springs HighHigh · 2,251 students
- Moreno Valley HighHigh · 2,103 students
- Vista del Lago HighHigh · 1,924 students
- Vista Heights MiddleMiddle · 1,419 students
- Sunnymead MiddleMiddle · 1,185 students
Other schools in Moreno Valley
- Valley View HighHigh · 2,699 students
- Canyon Springs HighHigh · 2,251 students
- Moreno Valley HighHigh · 2,103 students
- Rancho Verde HighHigh · 2,101 students
- Vista del Lago HighHigh · 1,924 students
- Vista Heights MiddleMiddle · 1,419 students
Other Sugar Hill Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Sugar Hill Elementary. Sugar Hill Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Sugar Hill Elementary SchoolSugar Hill, GA · 1,156 students
- Sugar Hill ElementaryGainesville, GA · 685 students
Nearby schools
- Midland Elementary0.8 mi · 553
- North Ridge Elementary1.1 mi · 700
- Canyon Springs High1.3 mi · 2,251
- Vista Heights Middle1.3 mi · 1,419
- Honey Hollow Elementary1.5 mi · 632
- Cloverdale Elementary1.8 mi · 694
Frequently asked questions
About Sugar Hill ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Sugar Hill Elementary?
Sugar Hill Elementary enrolls approximately 629 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Sugar Hill Elementary serve?
Sugar Hill Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Sugar Hill Elementary?
Approximately 24.2:1 students per teacher at Sugar Hill Elementary.
How diverse is Sugar Hill Elementary?
Sugar Hill Elementary reports a student body of 9% White, 73% Hispanic, 12% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Sugar Hill Elementary public or private?
Sugar Hill Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Moreno Valley Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.