SWEENY EL

SWEENY EL is a big elementary campus in SWEENY, Texas, run under SWEENY ISD. The school works with 869 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 67% larger than the state mean of about 519.

SWEENY ISD runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,919 students. SWEENY EL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, SWEENY EL logs that 60% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 27% Hispanic, 8% Black, 5% multiracial. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

In terms of school funding signals, SWEENY EL lists 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting SWEENY EL higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 55% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, SWEENY EL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 49.8%; actual is 33.9%, a gap of -15.9 points.

Across the wider county, Brazoria County reports that median household earnings sit near $97,993, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Brazoria County's 115 public schools (combined enrollment of about 75,767 students), SWEENY EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is SWEENY J H, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around SWEENY EL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SWEENY EL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 44.9%.

SWEENY EL operates from an outlying location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 7%: 938 students in 2018 compared to 869 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.