📍 4602 W Sweetwater Ave, Glendale, Maricopa County, 85304
Sweetwater School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Glendale, Maricopa County. The school has 428 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Washington Elementary School District (4260) school district. It serves grades K–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 46.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 9.3:1.
Sweetwater School enrolls 428 students across grades K–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 46.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 9.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 43% Hispanic or Latino, 40% White and 6.8% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 183 | 43% |
| White | 170 | 40% |
| Black or African American | 29 | 6.8% |
| Two or more races | 27 | 6.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 10 | 2.3% |
| Asian | 9 | 2.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
281 of the school's 428 students (66%) 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 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-80.
Sweetwater School is one of 33 schools in Washington Elementary School District (4260), based in GLENDALE, Arizona. The district serves 18,816 students district-wide and employs 1,164 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 428 students, Sweetwater School is smaller than the district average of about 570 students per school.
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