SUGARLOAF SCHOOL

SUGARLOAF SCHOOL, a reasonably sized elementary school in SUMMERLAND KEY, Florida, one of the schools within MONROE, teaches 651 students, covering grades pre-K through 8.

Within MONROE, which oversees 22 schools and 8,928 students, SUGARLOAF SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, SUGARLOAF SCHOOL logs that White students make up the majority at 59%. The remainder breaks down as 30% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 70%.

In terms of school funding signals, SUGARLOAF SCHOOL records 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting SUGARLOAF SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 33% of students at SUGARLOAF SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Monroe County (around 47%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, SUGARLOAF SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 64.6%, the actual is 59.1%, a residual of -5.5 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Monroe County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $87,738 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. SUGARLOAF SCHOOL is one of 25 public schools in Monroe County (combined enrollment of about 8,928 students).

BIG PINE ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 10.6 miles from this campus. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SUGARLOAF SCHOOL at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 59.3%.

SUGARLOAF SCHOOL operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SUGARLOAF SCHOOL has climbed 21%, going from 537 students in 2018 to 651 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 66% to 59%. Class-load math has widened: from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 in 2025.

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