📍 4215 e Andora Dr, Phoenix, Maricopa County, 85032
Sweetwater Community School is an Alternative/PRU serving other age pupils, located in Phoenix, Maricopa County. The school has 187 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Paradise Valley Unified District (4241) school district. It serves grades K–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 39.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 4.8:1.
Sweetwater Community School enrolls 187 students across grades K–12. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 39.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 4.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 52% Hispanic or Latino, 35% White and 5.3% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 98 | 52% |
| White | 66 | 35% |
| Black or African American | 10 | 5.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 6 | 3.2% |
| Two or more races | 4 | 2.1% |
| Asian | 3 | 1.6% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
89 of the school's 187 students (48%) 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.
Sweetwater Community School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). 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 OK-10.
Sweetwater Community School is one of 45 schools in Paradise Valley Unified District (4241), based in PHOENIX, Arizona. The district serves 26,183 students district-wide and employs 1,835 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 187 students, Sweetwater Community School is smaller than the district average of about 582 students per school.
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