Sugar Creek Elementary

Sugar Creek Elementary operates as a moderately sized elementary campus in Fort Mill, South Carolina, operated by York 04. Current enrollment sits at 755 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 44% larger than the typical public school in South Carolina, which averages around 526 students.

York 04 runs 20 schools in total, collectively educating 18,445 students. Sugar Creek Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Sugar Creek Elementary records that the largest single group is White at 38%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 26% Hispanic, 17% Asian, 11% Black, 8% multiracial. By comparison, York County as a whole is about 68% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Sugar Creek Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the surrounding community, census data for York County shows median household income runs about $89,095, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, York County runs 69 public schools (combined enrollment of about 52,364 students), of which Sugar Creek Elementary is one.

Nation Ford High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. Sugar Creek Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 6% since 2018, when it stood at 803 (now 755). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 51% to 38%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 in 2025.

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