SUGAR MILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in PORT ORANGE, Florida, SUGAR MILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a reasonably sized elementary school, part of VOLUSIA. It hosts 526 students across grades pre-K through 5.

VOLUSIA comprises 87 schools with combined enrollment of 61,765 students; SUGAR MILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, SUGAR MILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that White students make up the majority at 71%; the rest breaks down as 12% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 7% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Volusia County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 61% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Volusia County's rate of about 53%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SUGAR MILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.7%, the actual is 58.8%, a residual of +8.1 points.

In the surrounding community, Volusia County reports that the typical household earns roughly $70,044 per year, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Volusia County's 90 public schools (combined enrollment of about 61,765 students), SUGAR MILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is PORT ORANGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SUGAR MILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SUGAR MILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 60.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 20%: 661 students in 2018 compared to 526 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 in 2025.

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