Sugarland Elementary

Sugarland Elementary operates as a medium-sized elementary-level community in Sterling, Virginia, overseen by Loudoun County Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 502 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Within Loudoun County Public Schools, which oversees 98 schools and 81,486 students, Sugarland Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Sugarland Elementary reports that 68% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school logs 12% Asian, 9% White, 7% Black, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 14%.

Looking at school resources, Sugarland Elementary shows 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.3:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 101% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Loudoun County's rate of about 28%.

With demographic context factored in, Sugarland Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.7%; this one delivers 64.9%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Loudoun County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $181,765 per year, 65% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. Across Loudoun County's 103 public schools (combined enrollment of about 81,486 students), Sugarland Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Horizon Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sugarland Elementary at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 71.1%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sugarland Elementary has edged down 13%, going from 575 students in 2018 to 502 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 9.3:1 today.

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