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Enrollment
453
Middle
DISTRICT 640 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SWEENY ISD·NCES 484197004780
Sweeny Junior High School
800 N ELM ST, SWEENY, TX 77480 · (979) 491-8200 · Brazoria County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL453 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 26% of Texas public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
236 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 135 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 159 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 159 | 35% |
Student demographics
57%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
Students here typically continue to
Sweeny Junior High School→Sweeny High School
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
44.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +32.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
44.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +33.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 32 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 33 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 19.0% | 25.0% | 33.0% | 23.0% |
| Mathematics | 16.0% | 28.0% | 28.0% | 28.0% |
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 | 44.0% | 44.0% |
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 34.0% |
| 2022-23 | 26.0% | 35.0% |
| 2021-22 | 39.0% | 22.0% |
| 2020-21 | 12.0% | 11.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
37.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 51% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Junior High School
Sweeny Junior High School's state test result (37.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweeny Junior High School this school | 453 | 52.1% | 37.7% |
| Fairfield Junior High School FAIRFIELD | 406 | 49.5% | 44.2% |
| Baker-Koonce Intermediate School CARTHAGE | 566 | 54.2% | 42.4% |
| Mineola Middle School MINEOLA | 388 | 51.5% | 51.4% |
| Anahuac Middle School ANAHUAC | 336 | 50.6% | 36.0% |
| Mt Vernon Middle School MOUNT VERNON | 456 | 55.9% | 50.9% |
Matched among Texas middle 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 Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Brazoria County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.7% | #1,046 of 1,635 | #23 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #776 of 1,670 ▲ 494 | #19 of 26 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #1,338 of 1,670 ▼ 325 | #24 of 26 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.5pp | #599 of 1,570 | #10 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 453 | #1,166 of 1,749 | #24 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #316 of 1,542 | #1 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.1% | #615 of 1,543 | #18 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.1% | #1,106 of 1,648 | #13 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.1% | #331 of 437 | #7 of 9 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
453
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 536
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 453 | 35.2 | 12.9:1 | 52% (236) |
| 2023-24 | 449 | 35.8 | 12.6:1 | 57% (258) |
| 2022-23 | 445 | 32.9 | 13.5:1 | 57% (252) |
| 2020-21 | 456 | 35 | 13.0:1 | 54% (246) |
| 2017-18 | 431 | 32.5 | 13.3:1 | 47% (203) |
| 2015-16 | 473 | 33 | 14.3:1 | 45% (214) |
| 2010-11 | 442 | 31 | 14.3:1 | 49% (215) |
| 2000-01 | 491 | 33 | 14.9:1 | 25% (124) |
| 1990-91 | 536 | 39 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sweeny Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (431 to 453); teachers up 8% (32.5 to 35.2).
About Sweeny Junior High School
Sweeny Junior High School runs as a low-enrollment middle school in SWEENY, Texas. Students in grades 6 through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 453 students. Middle schools in Texas average about 643 students, which makes this school 30% below average.
SWEENY ISD enrolls 1,919 students in 3 schools, including Sweeny Junior High School.
About 60% of the student body at Sweeny Junior High School is White. Enrollment also includes 23% Hispanic, 10% Black, and 6% multiracial. Among people living in Brazoria County, the White share is about 48%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Sweeny Junior High School scores 57%.
Sweeny Junior High School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1, with 35.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas, this school's ratio is lower. The school has 52% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Brazoria County is close, at 50%.
Sweeny Junior High School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 26% of Texas public middle schools.
Test results at Sweeny Junior High School are 13.7 points below what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate across its state test results is 37.7%, compared with a predicted 51.4%, which ranks in the bottom 10% in Texas.
In Brazoria County, home to about 391,255 people, median household income comes to about $97,993, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. There are 115 public schools in the county, enrolling about 75,767, Sweeny Junior High School among them.
A public school about 0.3 miles away, Sweeny High School, is the closest to Sweeny Junior High School. The count of other public schools within five miles is 2. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Sweeny Junior High School is 7th of 8 on proficiency.
The school's locale code, Rural: Distant, means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 453, close to the 456 recorded in 2020-21.
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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 High SchoolHigh · 597 students
- Brazoria Co J J Alternative Education ProgramElementary
Other schools in SWEENY
- Sweeny Elementary SchoolElementary · 869 students
- Sweeny High SchoolHigh · 597 students
- Brazoria Co J J Alternative Education ProgramElementary
Nearby schools
- Sweeny High School0.3 mi · 597
- Sweeny Elementary School0.5 mi · 869
- Wild Peach Elementary School5.6 mi · 297
- Columbia High School7.1 mi · 885
- West Brazos Junior High School7.1 mi · 651
- West Columbia Elementary School7.1 mi · 674
Frequently asked questions
About Sweeny Junior High SchoolHow many students attend Sweeny Junior High School?
Sweeny Junior High School enrolls approximately 453 students in grades 06-08.
Is Sweeny Junior High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sweeny Junior High School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sweeny Junior High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sweeny Junior High School is approximately 12.9:1 (35 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Sweeny Junior High School?
Sweeny Junior High School reports a student body of 60% White, 23% Hispanic, 10% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Sweeny Junior High School in?
Sweeny Junior High School is part of SWEENY ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.