SWEETWATER INT

SWEETWATER INT operates as a compact primary school in SWEETWATER, Texas, run under SWEETWATER ISD. Current enrollment sits at 353 students spanning grades 3 through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so SWEETWATER INT sits 32% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 6 schools in SWEETWATER ISD (1,806 students total), SWEETWATER INT accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, SWEETWATER INT reports that 54% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 39% White, 4% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 37%.

On the income-and-resources front, SWEETWATER INT lists 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting SWEETWATER INT tighter than the state norm the norm. About 72% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Nolan County (around 60%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, SWEETWATER INT performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.5%, the actual is 31.2%, a residual of -11.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Nolan County shows median household earnings sit near $50,747, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Nolan County's 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,455 students), SWEETWATER INT is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: SWEETWATER H S, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, SWEETWATER INT comes 4th of 4 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 37.6%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SWEETWATER INT has climbed 7%, going from 330 students in 2018 to 353 in 2025.

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