Other / mixed grade configuration · Loganton, PA

Sugar Valley Rural Cs

Federal NCES profile for Sugar Valley Rural Cs, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 34/100.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 420006300510Charter school
0/100100/10034/100
👥 S:T ratio
59
🌟 Gifted program
30
📋 Attendance
14
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Sugar Valley Rural Cs earns 34/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 90% of Pennsylvania schools. It is also less racially and ethnically mixed than most Pennsylvania schools.

34
Resource Index · Typical
10.3:1
small classes for Pennsylvania
99.8%
free-lunch eligible
472
students enrolled

Sugar Valley Rural Cs has class sizes smaller than 90% of Pennsylvania schools. Computed live against every Pennsylvania school reporting to NCES.

CCD year-over-year · 2022-23 → 2023-24

+1 students YoY

Sugar Valley Rural Cs held near 474 students from 2022-23 to 2023-24 (+1 headcount).

Teacher FTE lost 46.3 → 45.3 across the same CCD years.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data public-school universe (2022-23, 2023-24).

Steady CCD campus

+1 students YoY 420006300510 · Loganton, PA Other · SMALL · CHARTER

472 enr · 10.3:1 · 99.8% lunch · RII 34

Nearest enrollment peer: Ohatchee Elementary School (472 students)

Sugar Valley Rural Cs held near 474 students from 2022-23 to 2023-24 (+1 headcount). Teacher FTE lost 46.3 → 45.3 across the same CCD years. Read with this school → · District book → · Pennsylvania schools → · Find another →

How Sugar Valley Rural Cs compares

Sugar Valley Rural Cs held steady on CCD headcount: ratios and free-lunch share vs Pennsylvania and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Pennsylvania Pennsylvania avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 10.3:1 ▼ 24% 13.6:1 15.7:1
Free-lunch eligible 99.8% ▲ 72% 58.1% 51.7%
Enrollment 472 top 48% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

10.3:1
Leaner classes than 87% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
472
Bigger than 58% of US schools by enrollment, mid-sized for the country.

Equity indicators methodology

Economic need
99.8%
free-lunch eligible - 72% above the Pennsylvania average of 58.1%
Above the 40% Title I schoolwide threshold; federal funds support the whole school, not individual students.
Staffing depth
10.3:1
students per teacher - 24% below state mean
Top 10% in Pennsylvania - lower ratio than 90% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
34.3%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
At or above 20%, the commonly used threshold for "high" chronic absenteeism, signaling significant barriers to regular attendance.
Funding equity
$17,522
per pupil, district-wide - below Pennsylvania avg of $18,725
Close to the U.S. public-school average per-pupil spend.
Support staff
Counselors0.0 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
24
in-school suspensions + 26 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 5.1 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 10.6 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Student demographics

White 96.8%
Two or More 1.3%
African American 1.1%
Hispanic or Latino 0.6%
Asian 0.2%

Largest group: White at 96.8% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 6.3/100

Simpson diversity index - at 6.3, Sugar Valley Rural Cs is less mixed than the Pennsylvania school average of 37.3.

Programs

AP courses offered 5

District finance for Sugar Valley Rural Cs reports $17,522 per pupil (NCES F-33) - open the district page for the full revenue mix.

Nationwide other schools with similar size or staffing

Out-of-state peers matched by enrollment and by student-teacher ratio, not the same-city or same-district lists above.

Frequently asked questions about Sugar Valley Rural Cs

How many students attend Sugar Valley Rural Cs?

Sugar Valley Rural Cs has 472 students enrolled. It is a public school in Loganton, PA. CCD year-over-year: 473 (2022-23) → 474 (2023-24), nearly flat (+1).

What is the student-teacher ratio at Sugar Valley Rural Cs?

The student-teacher ratio at Sugar Valley Rural Cs is 10.3:1, which is 24% lower than the Pennsylvania average of 13.6:1 and 34% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.

What percentage of students receive free lunch at Sugar Valley Rural Cs?

99.8% of students at Sugar Valley Rural Cs are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Pennsylvania average of 58.1%.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Sugar Valley Rural Cs?

The largest demographic group at Sugar Valley Rural Cs is White at 96.8% of enrollment, in Loganton, PA.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Sugar Valley Rural Cs?

Sugar Valley Rural Cs has a Resource Investment Index of 34/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 3 factors: student-teacher ratio, gifted-program reporting, chronic absenteeism. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

What other schools are in Sugar Valley Rural Cs?

None; Sugar Valley Rural Cs is a single-school charter district, and Sugar Valley Rural Cs is its only campus.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2022-23) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

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