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Sugar Ridge Elementary is a public elementary school located in Boiling Springs, South Carolina, serving grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 813 students. The school is part of the Spartanburg 02 school district, which is ranked 8th out of 75 districts in the state and has a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Sugar Ridge Elementary consistently outperforms the Spartanburg 02 district and the state of South Carolina in standardized test scores across all grade levels and subjects. In the 2023-2024 school year, Sugar Ridge Elementary had 62.1% of 3rd graders, 69.1% of 4th graders, and 70.3% of 5th graders proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the district's 60.2%, 61.6%, and 64.5%, respectively, and the state's 53.8%, 57.2%, and 55.7%. In mathematics, Sugar Ridge Elementary had 66.6% of 3rd graders, 63.4% of 4th graders, and 72.1% of 5th graders proficient or better, compared to the district's 61%, 64.2%, and 60.3%, and the state's 54.5%, 51%, and 45.8%. The school also excels in the performance of specific student subgroups, particularly African American students and English Language Learners, ranking 16th and 4th out of all South Carolina elementary schools in these categories, respectively.
Despite having a high percentage of students from low-income backgrounds, with 59.53% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, Sugar Ridge Elementary has been able to maintain strong academic performance, ranking 15th out of 600 South Carolina elementary schools for its low socioeconomic status student performance in the 2021-2022 school year. This demonstrates that the school is effectively supporting these students and providing them with the resources they need to succeed, making it a model for other high-poverty schools to emulate.
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