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Enrollment
597
High
DISTRICT 640 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SWEENY ISD·NCES 484197004778
Sweeny High School
600 E ASHLEY WILSON RD, SWEENY, TX 77480 · (979) 491-8100 · Brazoria County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL597 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% of Texas public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public high schools
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
274 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 161 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 143 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 129 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 164 | 27% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within SWEENY ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
57.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +37.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
38.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +21.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 37 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 21 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 4.0% | 53.0% | 15.0% | 28.0% |
| Mathematics | 8.0% | 30.0% | 44.0% | 18.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 57.0% | 38.0% |
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 35.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 41.0% |
| 2022-23 | 21.0% | 17.0% |
| 2021-22 | 33.0% | 33.0% |
| 2020-21 | 20.0% | 17.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
55.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Sweeny High School
Sweeny High School's state test result (55.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweeny High School this school | 597 | 45.9% | 55.3% |
| Fairfield High School FAIRFIELD | 500 | 41.0% | 56.7% |
| Teague High School TEAGUE | 371 | 45.3% | 67.0% |
| Hudson High School LUFKIN | 783 | 46.0% | 70.1% |
| La Grange High School LA GRANGE | 600 | 47.8% | 59.4% |
| Caldwell High School CALDWELL | 574 | 49.8% | 62.3% |
Matched among Texas high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Sweeny High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Brazoria County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #644 of 1,385 | #8 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #894 of 1,425 ▼ 40 | #12 of 13 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #744 of 1,425 ▲ 120 | #8 of 13 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +28.5pp | #187 of 1,184 | #4 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 597 | #813 of 2,107 | #12 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #294 of 1,344 | #3 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.8% | #389 of 1,346 | #9 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.9% | #1,090 of 1,522 | #9 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.7% | #654 of 672 | #7 of 7 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
597
+35 (+6%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 610
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 13.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 597 | 49.9 | 12.0:1 | 46% (274) |
| 2023-24 | 594 | 44.7 | 13.3:1 | 46% (273) |
| 2022-23 | 589 | 47.5 | 12.4:1 | 51% (300) |
| 2020-21 | 562 | 43 | 13.1:1 | 46% (259) |
| 2017-18 | 593 | 46.1 | 12.8:1 | 43% (254) |
| 2015-16 | 614 | 40 | 15.3:1 | 40% (245) |
| 2010-11 | 598 | 40 | 14.9:1 | 44% (263) |
| 2000-01 | 691 | 54 | 12.8:1 | 17% (120) |
| 1990-91 | 610 | 1 | 610.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sweeny High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (593 to 597); teachers up 8% (46.1 to 49.9).
About Sweeny High School
Sweeny High School is a small high school in SWEENY, Texas, (ZIP code 77480). It educates 597 students in grades 9 through 12. The school's enrollment is 25% smaller than the 796 average for high schools in Texas.
SWEENY ISD has 3 schools and 1,919 students, and Sweeny High School is one of those schools.
At 57%, White students outnumber all other groups at Sweeny High School combined. After that, the student body is 27% Hispanic, 11% Black, and 5% multiracial. Among all residents of Brazoria County, the White share is about 48%. Sweeny High School has a diversity index of 59%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 12.0:1, with 49.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among high schools in Texas, the typical ratio is 15.1:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Sweeny High School is 46%.
Measured against Texas public high schools, Sweeny High School receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Sweeny High School is +1.2 points: 55.3% actual, 54.1% predicted.
Census estimates describe Brazoria County this way: median household income is about $97,993, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 33% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Federal data list 115 public schools in Brazoria County, with a combined enrollment of about 75,767.
The school nearest to Sweeny High School is Sweeny Junior High School, at a distance of about 0.3 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Sweeny High School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
Federal data place Sweeny High School in the Rural: Distant locale, which means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The student count in 2024-25 was 597, 6% above the 562 of 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 12.0:1, from 13.1:1.
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Brazoria County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
391,255
Census ACS
Median income
$97,993
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
115
75,767 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SWEENY ISD
- Sweeny Elementary SchoolElementary · 869 students
- Sweeny Junior High SchoolMiddle · 453 students
- Brazoria Co J J Alternative Education ProgramElementary
Other schools in SWEENY
- Sweeny Elementary SchoolElementary · 869 students
- Sweeny Junior High SchoolMiddle · 453 students
- Brazoria Co J J Alternative Education ProgramElementary
Nearby schools
- Sweeny Junior High School0.3 mi · 453
- Sweeny Elementary School0.6 mi · 869
- Wild Peach Elementary School5.6 mi · 297
- Columbia High School6.9 mi · 885
- West Columbia Elementary School7.0 mi · 674
- West Brazos Junior High School7.1 mi · 651
Frequently asked questions
About Sweeny High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Sweeny High School?
Sweeny High School enrolls approximately 597 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Sweeny High School serve?
Sweeny High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sweeny High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sweeny High School is approximately 12.0:1 (50 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sweeny High School?
At Sweeny High School, the student body is approximately 57% White, 27% Hispanic, 11% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Sweeny High School in?
Sweeny High School is part of SWEENY ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.