SUGAR CREEK ELEM.

Located at 11424 GILL ST, in SUGAR CREEK, Missouri, SUGAR CREEK ELEM. is a modestly sized elementary school that serves 134 students (grades pre-K through 1), part of INDEPENDENCE 30. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so SUGAR CREEK ELEM. sits 57% smaller than that benchmark.

Within INDEPENDENCE 30, which oversees 29 schools and 14,272 students, SUGAR CREEK ELEM. is one campus in the system.

Demographically, SUGAR CREEK ELEM. logs that 42% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 34% Hispanic, 15% Black, 7% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 62%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. Roughly 85% of students at SUGAR CREEK ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Jackson County's rate of about 60%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Jackson County indicate the typical household earns roughly $68,577 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Jackson County runs 244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 105,714 students), of which SUGAR CREEK ELEM. is one.

Nearest neighbor: ABRAHAM MALLINSON ELEMENTARY, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SUGAR CREEK ELEM. has contracted 23%, going from 175 students in 2018 to 134 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 61% to 42% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 in 2025.

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