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Enrollment
452
Elementary
DISTRICT 417 · STATE 436
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VIGO COUNTY SCHOOL CORP·NCES 181209001899
Sugar Creek Consolidated Elem Sch
4226 W Old US 40, West Terre Haute, IN 47885 · (812) 462-4443 · Vigo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL452 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% of Indiana public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Indiana public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 15.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
298 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 | 85 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 23% larger than its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 57% · 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
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
28.3%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
39.8%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
Source: ILEARN. 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
32.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.9%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% typical for Indiana 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 Indiana'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 Creek Consolidated Elem Sch
Sugar Creek Consolidated Elem Sch's state test result (32.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugar Creek Consolidated Elem Sch this school | 452 | 65.9% | 32.9% |
| Horace Mann Elementary Huntington | 438 | 64.6% | 34.5% |
| Caston Elementary School Rochester | 381 | 63.5% | 40.1% |
| Blackford Intermediate School Hartford City | 447 | 70.2% | 36.3% |
| Anderson Elementary School Madison | 489 | 69.7% | 17.6% |
| Scottsburg Elem School Scottsburg | 493 | 70.2% | 37.4% |
Matched among Indiana 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 Creek Consolidated Elem Sch ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Vigo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.9% | #662 of 983 | #8 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.8% | #600 of 986 | #7 of 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.3% | #715 of 986 | #9 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 452 | #479 of 1,079 | #4 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #260 of 991 | #8 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.4% | #876 of 996 | #15 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.9% | #236 of 1,058 | #9 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +46.8% | #33 of 353 | #3 of 8 |
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
452
+117 (+35%) vs 2020
+132% since 1990-91, when it was 195
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 452 | 32.9 | 13.7:1 | 66% (298) |
| 2023-24 | 477 | 29.5 | 16.1:1 | 67% (318) |
| 2022-23 | 480 | 29 | 16.5:1 | 67% (320) |
| 2020-21 | 335 | 21 | 15.9:1 | 51% (172) |
| 2017-18 | 308 | 17 | 18.1:1 | 45% (139) |
| 2015-16 | 295 | 16 | 18.4:1 | 48% (142) |
| 2010-11 | 248 | 12 | 20.7:1 | 40% (99) |
| 2000-01 | 243 | 14 | 17.4:1 | 40% (96) |
| 1990-91 | 195 | 11 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sugar Creek Consolidated Elem Sch.
About Sugar Creek Consolidated Elem Sch
Sugar Creek Consolidated Elem Sch is a mid-sized elementary school located in West Terre Haute, Indiana. Enrollment totals 452 students across pre-K through 5.
Sugar Creek Consolidated Elem Sch is part of a district of 26 schools: Vigo County School Corp, with 13,277 students.
White students are 93% of those enrolled at Sugar Creek Consolidated Elem Sch. The next largest groups are 5% multiracial. In Vigo County overall, about 85% of residents are White. A diversity index of 13% means there is a 13% chance two randomly chosen students at Sugar Creek Consolidated Elem Sch are from different groups.
Its staff includes 32.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 13.7 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Indiana, the average ratio is 15.5:1. Sugar Creek Consolidated Elem Sch has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 66%.
Among Indiana public elementary schools, Sugar Creek Consolidated Elem Sch outscored 38%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Sugar Creek Consolidated Elem Sch is 4.0 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (32.9% versus 28.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Indiana.
The school is in Vigo County, where median household income comes to about $52,976, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 14%. Vigo County counts 28 public schools with about 13,416 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, West Vigo High School, is about 0.8 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Sugar Creek Consolidated Elem Sch places 1st out of 5 schools in its immediate area.
Sugar Creek Consolidated Elem Sch is coded as Rural: Fringe in federal locale data.
Enrollment increased 35% over 4 years, reaching 452 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 15.9:1 in 2020-21 to 13.7:1 in 2024-25.
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Vigo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
106,109
Census ACS
Median income
$52,976
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
13,416 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Vigo County School Corp
- Terre Haute South Vigo High SchoolHigh · 1,544 students
- Terre Haute North Vigo High SchoolHigh · 1,486 students
- Woodrow Wilson Middle SchoolMiddle · 686 students
- Lost Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 672 students
- Otter Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 670 students
- Honey Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 666 students
Other schools in West Terre Haute
- West Vigo High SchoolHigh · 531 students
- West Vigo Middle SchoolMiddle · 390 students
- Fayette Elementary SchoolElementary · 307 students
Nearby schools
- West Vigo High School0.8 mi · 531
- West Vigo Middle School0.9 mi · 390
- Farrington Grove Elementary School3.9 mi · 380
- Sarah Scott Middle School4.3 mi · 371
- Booker T Washington Alt Sch4.3 mi · 62
- Vigo Virtual School Academy4.3 mi · 206
Frequently asked questions
About Sugar Creek Consolidated Elem SchHow large is Sugar Creek Consolidated Elem Sch?
Sugar Creek Consolidated Elem Sch enrolls approximately 452 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Sugar Creek Consolidated Elem Sch serve?
Sugar Creek Consolidated Elem Sch serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Sugar Creek Consolidated Elem Sch have?
Sugar Creek Consolidated Elem Sch employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
How diverse is Sugar Creek Consolidated Elem Sch?
Sugar Creek Consolidated Elem Sch reports a student body of 93% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Two or more.
Is Sugar Creek Consolidated Elem Sch public or private?
Sugar Creek Consolidated Elem Sch is a public K-12 school, overseen by Vigo County School Corp.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.