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Enrollment
526
Elementary
DISTRICT 552 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VOLUSIA·NCES 120192002271
SUGAR MILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1101 CHARLES ST, PORT ORANGE, FL 32129 · (386) 756-7130 · Volusia County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL526 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
320 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 50%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 28 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 88 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (88).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 70% · 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
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
55.0%
FL avg 56.7% . -3.8pp since 2023
Math
59.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 59.4% |
| 2023-24 | 58.7% | 58.0% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. 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
58.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% typical for Florida 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 Florida'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 MILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SUGAR MILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (58.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUGAR MILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 526 | 60.8% | 58.8% |
| MOON LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEW PORT RICHEY | 567 | 61.2% | 40.5% |
| SWIMMING PEN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIDDLEBURG | 496 | 57.7% | 52.6% |
| DR. MARY GIELLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPRING HILL | 568 | 63.2% | 45.9% |
| CRYSTAL RIVER PRIMARY SCHOOL CRYSTAL RIVER | 644 | 59.5% | 51.5% |
| SHADY HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPRING HILL | 444 | 59.9% | 54.5% |
Matched among Florida 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 MILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Volusia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.8% | #928 of 2,136 | #21 of 48 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.4% | #1,123 of 2,149 ▼ 102 | #25 of 48 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,066 of 2,149 ▼ 293 | #25 of 48 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 526 | #1,315 of 2,267 | #32 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #400 of 2,077 | #12 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.8% | #1,482 of 2,108 | #38 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.8% | #882 of 2,188 | #19 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.4% | #480 of 1,374 | #8 of 30 |
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
526
+38 (+8%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 824
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 10.2:1
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 | 526 | 37 | 14.2:1 | 61% (320) |
| 2023-24 | 576 | 38 | 15.2:1 | 70% (406) |
| 2022-23 | 623 | 45 | 13.8:1 | 64% (401) |
| 2020-21 | 488 | 48 | 10.2:1 | 60% (294) |
| 2017-18 | 661 | 50 | 13.2:1 | 71% (471) |
| 2015-16 | 661 | 50 | 13.2:1 | 73% (480) |
| 2010-11 | 628 | 46 | 13.7:1 | 61% (386) |
| 2000-01 | 863 | 50 | 17.3:1 | 39% (334) |
| 1990-91 | 824 | 43 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SUGAR MILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SUGAR MILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PORT ORANGE, Florida, is home to SUGAR MILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a mid-sized elementary school. It had 526 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5.
District-wide, VOLUSIA has 87 schools and 61,765 students.
White students are 71% of those enrolled at SUGAR MILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Next come 12% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 7% Black. That is in line with Volusia County, where about 71% of residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 47%.
SUGAR MILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists 37 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 14.2 students per teacher. The school's 14.2:1 compares with an average of 17.5:1 for elementary schools in Florida. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 61% of the student body. The 53% average for public schools in Volusia County is 8 points lower.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for SUGAR MILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 50.7%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 58.8%.
For the population of Volusia County, median household income comes to about $70,044, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Volusia County counts 90 public schools with about 61,765 students.
SUGAR MILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.7 miles from PORT ORANGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 58.8% is below the 60.0% average for nearby schools.
SUGAR MILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 38 students, from 488 to 526. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 10.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 14.2:1.
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Volusia County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,622
Census ACS
Median income
$70,044
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
90
61,765 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in VOLUSIA
- DELAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,936 students
- UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,855 students
- SPRUCE CREEK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,576 students
- MAINLAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,964 students
- DELTONA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,716 students
- NEW SMYRNA BEACH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,687 students
Other schools in PORT ORANGE
- SPRUCE CREEK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,576 students
- ATLANTIC HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,209 students
- SILVER SANDS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,199 students
- CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,120 students
- CYPRESS CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 761 students
- SPRUCE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 726 students
Other Sugar Mill Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Sugar Mill Elementary. SUGAR MILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Sugar Mill Elementary SchoolSUGAR LAND, TX · 577 students
Nearby schools
- PORT ORANGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 346
- SILVER SANDS MIDDLE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 1,199
- SOUTH DAYTONA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 794
- ATLANTIC HIGH SCHOOL1.6 mi · 1,209
- HOSPITAL HOMEBOUND1.6 mi · 49
- R. J. LONGSTREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.3 mi · 342
Frequently asked questions
About SUGAR MILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at SUGAR MILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SUGAR MILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 526 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does SUGAR MILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
SUGAR MILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SUGAR MILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SUGAR MILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 14.2:1 (37 FTE teachers).
How diverse is SUGAR MILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SUGAR MILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 71% White, 12% Hispanic, 7% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees SUGAR MILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SUGAR MILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by VOLUSIA in Volusia County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.