Sugar Creek Charter

Sugar Creek Charter, a well-populated multi-level school in Charlotte, North Carolina, operated by Sugar Creek Charter, enrolls 1,591 students, covering grades K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 731 students per school, that is 118% larger than typical.

Sugar Creek Charter sits inside Sugar Creek Charter, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Looking at the student body, Sugar Creek Charter lists that 70% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder consists of 27% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Mecklenburg County as a whole is about 30% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Sugar Creek Charter logs 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.4:1. The state averages around 16.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 97% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Mecklenburg County (around 71%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Mecklenburg County) records that the typical household earns roughly $87,005 per year, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sugar Creek Charter is one of 226 public schools in Mecklenburg County (combined enrollment of about 170,407 students).

The closest other public school is Highland Renaissance Academy, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a high-density site. As a public charter, Sugar Creek Charter runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sugar Creek Charter has remained close to its prior level, going from 1,607 students in 2018 to 1,591 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment shrank from 90% to 70% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 23.4:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Sugar Creek Charter community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.