Sugar Creek Elementary Sch

Sugar Creek Elementary Sch is a primary school of middle-of-the-pack scale in New Palestine, Indiana, operated by New Palestine Community Schools, serveing 577 students in grades pre-K through 4. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 436 students each, so Sugar Creek Elementary Sch sits 32% larger than that benchmark.

New Palestine Community Schools comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 3,959 students; Sugar Creek Elementary Sch is among them.

In terms of who attends, Sugar Creek Elementary Sch records that nearly all students (88%) are White. Other groups include 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Sugar Creek Elementary Sch has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.5:1 average. About 28% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Sugar Creek Elementary Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.0%; this one delivers 51.4%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Hancock County shows median household income runs about $93,186, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 2%. Sugar Creek Elementary Sch is one of 24 public schools in Hancock County (combined enrollment of about 14,779 students).

The closest other public school is New Palestine Jr High School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Sugar Creek Elementary Sch comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 35.5%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 32%: 843 students in 2018 compared to 577 in 2025.

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