SWEETWATER MIDDLE

Set in SWEETWATER, Texas, SWEETWATER MIDDLE is a small intermediate school, run under SWEETWATER ISD. It hosts 372 students across grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 643 students per school, that is 42% smaller than typical.

SWEETWATER ISD runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 1,806 students. SWEETWATER MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SWEETWATER MIDDLE reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 53%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 37% White, 7% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 37% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting SWEETWATER MIDDLE tighter than the state norm the norm. About 65% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, SWEETWATER MIDDLE sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 45.4%; actual is 31.5%, a gap of -13.9 points.

In the area at large, Nolan County reports that the typical household earns roughly $50,747 per year, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. Across Nolan County's 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,455 students), SWEETWATER MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is SWEETWATER INT, roughly 0.5 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SWEETWATER MIDDLE ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 36.0%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SWEETWATER MIDDLE has decreased 29%, going from 521 students in 2018 to 372 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.

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