Sugar Ridge Elementary

Sugar Ridge Elementary is one of the substantial elementary campuss in Boiling Springs, South Carolina, operated by Spartanburg 02, with 864 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 526 students per school, that is 64% above typical.

Spartanburg 02 runs 14 schools in total, collectively educating 11,806 students. Sugar Ridge Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Sugar Ridge Elementary records that the largest single group is White, at 66% of enrollment. Other groups include 18% Black, 9% multiracial, 4% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Spartanburg County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Sugar Ridge Elementary has 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Sugar Ridge Elementary higher than the state norm the norm.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Spartanburg County put the typical household earns roughly $66,234 per year, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Spartanburg County runs 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 58,477 students), of which Sugar Ridge Elementary is one.

Boiling Springs Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Sugar Ridge Elementary community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.