Sweetwater Community School

Sweetwater Community School operates as a tiny K-12 campus in PHOENIX, Arizona, operated by Paradise Valley Unified District (4241). Current enrollment sits at 165 students spanning grades K through 12. By comparison, Arizona's public schools average about 550 students each, so Sweetwater Community School sits 70% smaller than that benchmark.

Paradise Valley Unified District (4241) comprises 42 schools with combined enrollment of 26,183 students; Sweetwater Community School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Sweetwater Community School records that 64% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 22% White, 5% Black, 4% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

In terms of school funding signals, Sweetwater Community School lists 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 6.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.4:1 average.

Across the wider county, Maricopa County reports that median household income runs about $89,300, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Sweetwater Community School is one of 1352 public schools in Maricopa County (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students).

The closest other public school is Indian Bend Elementary School, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Sweetwater Community School operates from an urban location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 166 students in 2018 compared to 165 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 42% to 64%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 6.3:1 today.

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