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Enrollment
553
High
DISTRICT 301 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SWEETWATER ISD·NCES 484203004788
Sweetwater High School
1205 RAGLAND, SWEETWATER, TX 79556 · (325) 235-4371 · Nolan County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL553 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% of Texas public high 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.
- C-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
12.3:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
320 students
DISTRICT 73% · 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 | 171 | 31% |
| Grade 10 | 144 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 117 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 121 | 22% |
Student demographics
56%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 SWEETWATER ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
45.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +45.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
18.0%
TX avg 45.3%
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 45 points since 2020.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 7.0% | 38.0% | 19.0% | 36.0% |
| Mathematics | 3.0% | 15.0% | 48.0% | 34.0% |
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 | 45.0% | 18.0% |
| 2024-25 | 40.0% | 29.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 27.0% |
| 2022-23 | 27.0% | 27.0% |
| 2021-22 | 28.0% | 27.0% |
| 2020-21 | 0.0% | N/A |
% 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
42.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Sweetwater High School
Sweetwater High School's state test result (42.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweetwater High School this school | 553 | 57.9% | 42.1% |
| Ingleside High School INGLESIDE | 624 | 58.8% | 59.3% |
| Orange Grove High School ORANGE GROVE | 496 | 60.3% | 62.9% |
| Rockdale High School ROCKDALE | 468 | 53.6% | 43.1% |
| East Chambers High School WINNIE | 447 | 53.9% | 57.0% |
| Dalhart High School DALHART | 481 | 55.3% | 49.5% |
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 Sweetwater High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.1% | #1,072 of 1,385 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.0% | #1,352 of 1,425 ▼ 340 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #1,120 of 1,425 ▲ 37 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.5pp | #987 of 1,184 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 553 | #843 of 2,107 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #325 of 1,344 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.9% | #473 of 1,346 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.9% | #853 of 1,522 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.3% | #523 of 672 |
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
553
-13 (-2%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 707
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 553 | 44.9 | 12.3:1 | 58% (320) |
| 2023-24 | 523 | 42.6 | 12.3:1 | 65% (339) |
| 2022-23 | 545 | 47.7 | 11.4:1 | 64% (348) |
| 2020-21 | 566 | 44 | 12.9:1 | 67% (379) |
| 2017-18 | 530 | 43.6 | 12.2:1 | 57% (302) |
| 2015-16 | 503 | 47 | 10.7:1 | 46% (233) |
| 2010-11 | 513 | 46 | 11.2:1 | 52% (266) |
| 2000-01 | 671 | 61 | 11.0:1 | 30% (200) |
| 1990-91 | 707 | 51 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sweetwater High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (530 to 553); teachers up 3% (43.6 to 44.9).
About Sweetwater High School
Sweetwater High School is a low-enrollment high school based in SWEETWATER, Texas. The school teaches grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 553 students. That is 31% below the average of about 796 students for high schools in Texas.
Besides Sweetwater High School, SWEETWATER ISD runs 5 other schools. The district enrolls 1,806 students.
At Sweetwater High School, 54% of students are Hispanic. Smaller groups are 39% White, 4% Black, and 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Nolan County is roughly 37% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Sweetwater High School scores 56%.
A staff of 44.9 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 12.3:1. Compared with the 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas, this school's ratio is lower. By family income, 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Nolan County is similar, at 60%.
Among Texas public high schools, Sweetwater High School outscored 11%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Compared with Texas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Sweetwater High School's results are 6.9 points below predicted: 42.1% against 49.0%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Nolan County show that median household income comes to about $50,747, roughly 16% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 17%. The county's public schools total 12, with about 14,455 students.
Sweetwater Intermediate School is about 0.4 miles from Sweetwater High School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: 5. Nearby schools with test data average 32.4% proficiency; Sweetwater High School posts 42.1%.
The school's federal locale classification is Town: Distant.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 566 to 553, a small change.
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Nolan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
14,454
Census ACS
Median income
$50,747
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
14,455 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SWEETWATER ISD
- Sweetwater Middle SchoolMiddle · 372 students
- Sweetwater Intermediate SchoolElementary · 353 students
- East Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 205 students
- Southeast Early Childhood CenterElementary · 166 students
- Southeast Elementary SchoolElementary · 157 students
Other schools in SWEETWATER
- Sweetwater Middle SchoolMiddle · 372 students
- Sweetwater Intermediate SchoolElementary · 353 students
- East Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 205 students
- Southeast Early Childhood CenterElementary · 166 students
- Southeast Elementary SchoolElementary · 157 students
Other Sweetwater High schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Sweetwater High. Sweetwater High School is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Sweetwater HighNational City, CA · 2,290 students
- Sweetwater High SchoolSweetwater, TN · 610 students
- Sweetwater High SchoolSweetwater, OK · 30 students
Nearby schools
- Sweetwater Intermediate School0.4 mi · 353
- Sweetwater Middle School0.9 mi · 372
- East Ridge Elementary School0.9 mi · 205
- Southeast Early Childhood Center1.7 mi · 166
- Southeast Elementary School1.7 mi · 157
- Roscoe Collegiate Montessori Early Childhood8.2 mi · 84
Frequently asked questions
About Sweetwater High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Sweetwater High School?
Sweetwater High School enrolls approximately 553 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Sweetwater High School serve?
Sweetwater High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sweetwater High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sweetwater High School is approximately 12.3:1 (45 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Sweetwater High School?
Student demographics at Sweetwater High School are roughly 39% White, 54% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Sweetwater High School public or private?
Sweetwater High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by SWEETWATER ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.