The school colors are royal blue and white and the mascot is a digger, a reference to sugar beet cultivation.

The school district takes in students from the surrounding area, from the local non-census designated communities of Salem (mostly inside Madison County, but partially straddling Fremont County) and Plano on the west to beyond the town of Newdale on the east.

Sugar-Salem competes in athletics in IHSAA Class 3A and is a member of the Mountain Rivers Conference.

It has received many sportsmanship awards in boys’ and girls’ basketball, volleyball, cross country, wrestling, track & field, and soccer.

The tremendous success of Sugar-Salem’s academic and extracurricular programs has earned Sugar City the nickname “Title-town”.