SWEENY J H

Located at 800 N ELM ST, in SWEENY, Texas, SWEENY J H is a small intermediate school that caters to 453 students (grades 6 through 8), run under SWEENY ISD. That puts it 30% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

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

Looking at the student body, SWEENY J H records that White students make up the majority at 60%. Other groups include 23% Hispanic, 10% Black, 6% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

On the income-and-resources front, SWEENY J H logs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.9:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SWEENY J H tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.4%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Brazoria County put the typical household earns roughly $97,993 per year, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Brazoria County runs 115 public schools (combined enrollment of about 75,767 students), of which SWEENY J H is one.

The closest other public school is SWEENY H S, roughly 0.3 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, SWEENY J H comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 44.1%.

SWEENY J H operates from a low-density location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SWEENY J H has grew 5%, going from 431 students in 2018 to 453 in 2025. The White share of enrollment climbed from 55% to 60% over that span.

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