📍 905 Sycamore, Sweeny, Brazoria County, 77480
Sweeny el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Sweeny, Brazoria County. The school has 864 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Matt Way. It is part of the Sweeny Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 51.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.7:1. 41% of students are proficient in reading. 34% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Sweeny el enrolls 864 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 51.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 59% White, 27% Hispanic or Latino and 8.9% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 512 | 59% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 233 | 27% |
| Black or African American | 77 | 8.9% |
| Two or more races | 40 | 4.6% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
580 of the school's 864 students (67%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 549 qualify for free lunch and 31 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Sweeny el is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). 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 TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 17, state house district 25.
Sweeny el is one of 3 schools in SWEENY ISD, based in SWEENY, Texas. The district serves 1,919 students district-wide and employs 131 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 864 students, Sweeny el is larger than the district average of about 640 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant