📍 440 Main Street, Sweet Water, Marengo County, 36782
Sweet Water High School is a State/Public serving other age pupils, located in Sweet Water, Marengo County. The school has 561 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Marengo County school district. It serves grades Pre-K–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
Sweet Water High School enrolls 561 students across grades Pre-K–12. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 38 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 60% White, 37% Black or African American and 1.6% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 337 | 60% |
| Black or African American | 207 | 37% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 9 | 1.6% |
| Two or more races | 7 | 1.2% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
322 of the school's 561 students (57%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Sweet Water High School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Remote). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district DE-70.
Sweet Water High School is one of 3 schools in Marengo County, based in Linden, Alabama. The district serves 965 students district-wide and employs 72 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 561 students, Sweet Water High School is larger than the district average of about 322 students per school.
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