Sweetwater High School

Sweetwater High School is a high school of intimate scale in Sweetwater, Tennessee, run under Monroe County, serveing 610 students in grades 9 through 12.

Monroe County comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 5,006 students; Sweetwater High School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Sweetwater High School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (80%); the rest reads as 13% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% multiracial.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Monroe County indicate median household income runs about $56,895, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Sweetwater High School is one of 17 public schools in Monroe County (combined enrollment of about 6,538 students).

The closest other public school is Sweetwater Jr High School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools.

Sweetwater High School operates from a town-based location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sweetwater High School has edged down 5%, going from 640 students in 2018 to 610 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 8% to 13% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.