📍 705 e 3rd, Sweetwater, Nolan County, 79556
Sweetwater Int is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Sweetwater, Nolan County. The school has 389 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Amy Nixon. It is part of the Sweetwater Isd school district. It serves grades 3–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 31.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.5:1. 33% of students are proficient in reading. 44% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Sweetwater Int enrolls 389 students across grades 3–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 31.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 54% Hispanic or Latino, 35% White and 6.7% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 212 | 54% |
| White | 135 | 35% |
| Black or African American | 26 | 6.7% |
| Two or more races | 14 | 3.6% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
292 of the school's 389 students (75%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 284 qualify for free lunch and 8 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Sweetwater Int is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, 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 28, state house district 71.
Sweetwater Int is one of 6 schools in SWEETWATER ISD, based in SWEETWATER, Texas. The district serves 1,806 students district-wide and employs 150 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 389 students, Sweetwater Int is larger than the district average of about 301 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant