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Enrollment
372
Middle
DISTRICT 301 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SWEETWATER ISD·NCES 484203004786
Sweetwater Middle School
305 LAMAR, SWEETWATER, TX 79556 · (325) 236-6303 · Nolan County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL372 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 16% of Texas public middle schools
- DTest 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.
- AThree-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
13.1:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
243 students
DISTRICT 73% · 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 | 121 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 119 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 132 | 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
Sweetwater Middle School→Sweetwater High School
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
47.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +24.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
27.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +13.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 24 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 22.0% | 25.0% | 22.0% | 31.0% |
| Mathematics | 8.0% | 19.0% | 28.0% | 45.0% |
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 | 47.0% | 27.0% |
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 26.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 27.0% |
| 2022-23 | 20.0% | 0.0% |
| 2021-22 | 29.0% | 7.0% |
| 2020-21 | 23.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
29.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 46% 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 Sweetwater Middle School
Sweetwater Middle School's state test result (29.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweetwater Middle School this school | 372 | 65.3% | 29.7% |
| East Chambers Junior High School WINNIE | 366 | 66.1% | 41.7% |
| Giddings Middle School GIDDINGS | 389 | 62.2% | 41.6% |
| Diboll Junior High School DIBOLL | 356 | 68.3% | 40.2% |
| Rockdale Junior High School ROCKDALE | 313 | 62.3% | 33.0% |
| McDowell Middle School HONDO | 403 | 67.2% | 37.4% |
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 Sweetwater Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.7% | #1,395 of 1,635 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #1,486 of 1,670 ▼ 42 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #1,189 of 1,670 ▲ 102 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +27.0pp | #114 of 1,570 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 372 | #1,306 of 1,749 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #372 of 1,542 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.5% | #596 of 1,543 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.3% | #830 of 1,648 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.6% | #163 of 942 |
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
372
-106 (-22%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 666
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 372 | 28.3 | 13.1:1 | 65% (243) |
| 2023-24 | 423 | 31.2 | 13.5:1 | 72% (304) |
| 2022-23 | 431 | 36.2 | 11.9:1 | 67% (287) |
| 2020-21 | 478 | 35 | 13.7:1 | 71% (340) |
| 2017-18 | 521 | 36.2 | 14.4:1 | 69% (359) |
| 2015-16 | 472 | 36 | 13.1:1 | 69% (328) |
| 2010-11 | 481 | 41 | 11.7:1 | 62% (300) |
| 2000-01 | 578 | 53 | 10.9:1 | 52% (301) |
| 1990-91 | 666 | 43 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sweetwater Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (521 to 372); teachers down 22% (36.2 to 28.3).
About Sweetwater Middle School
Sweetwater Middle School is a small middle-grades school with its address in SWEETWATER, Texas. It had 372 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, middle schools in Texas enroll about 643 students on average.
Sweetwater Middle School is one school in a 6-school district, SWEETWATER ISD, which enrolls 1,806 students.
At Sweetwater Middle School, 53% of students are Hispanic. The school is also 37% White, 7% Black, and 3% multiracial. That is higher than the 37% Hispanic share among all Nolan County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 57%.
Sweetwater Middle School reported 28.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 13.1:1. Middle schools in Texas average 14.4:1, 1.2 more students per teacher than here. There are 243 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 65% of enrollment.
Sweetwater Middle 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 16% of Texas public middle schools.
Test results at Sweetwater Middle School are 16.1 points below what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate across its state test results is 29.7%, compared with a predicted 45.8%, which ranks in the bottom 10% in Texas.
In the surrounding county, Nolan County, the median household earns about $50,747 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 16%, and about 17% of people live in poverty. Counting Sweetwater Middle School, Nolan County has 12 public schools.
Sweetwater Intermediate School, about 0.5 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 5 other public schools are within five miles. Sweetwater Middle School places 4th of 4 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
NCES assigns Sweetwater Middle School the locale Town: Distant, meaning in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 372, from 478 in 2020-21.
Anyone can start a thread about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Sweetwater Middle School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 High SchoolHigh · 553 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 High SchoolHigh · 553 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 Middle schools
One other US public school is named Sweetwater Middle. Sweetwater Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Sweetwater Middle SchoolLawrenceville, GA · 1,470 students
Nearby schools
- Sweetwater Intermediate School0.5 mi · 353
- Sweetwater High School0.9 mi · 553
- Southeast Early Childhood Center0.9 mi · 166
- Southeast Elementary School1.0 mi · 157
- East Ridge Elementary School1.3 mi · 205
- Roscoe Collegiate Montessori Early Childhood8.0 mi · 84
Frequently asked questions
About Sweetwater Middle SchoolHow large is Sweetwater Middle School?
Sweetwater Middle School enrolls approximately 372 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Sweetwater Middle School serve?
Sweetwater Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Sweetwater Middle School?
Approximately 13.1:1 students per teacher at Sweetwater Middle School.
How diverse is Sweetwater Middle School?
Sweetwater Middle School reports a student body of 37% White, 53% Hispanic, 7% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Sweetwater Middle School?
Sweetwater Middle School is overseen by SWEETWATER ISD in Nolan County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.