📍 305 Lamar, Sweetwater, Nolan County, 79556
Sweetwater Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Sweetwater, Nolan County. The school has 431 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Kevin Stoker. It is part of the Sweetwater Isd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 36.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.9:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 19% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Sweetwater Middle enrolls 431 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 36.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 52% Hispanic or Latino, 40% White and 5.1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 224 | 52% |
| White | 171 | 40% |
| Black or African American | 22 | 5.1% |
| Two or more races | 12 | 2.8% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
287 of the school's 431 students (67%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 278 qualify for free lunch and 9 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 Middle 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 Middle 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 431 students, Sweetwater Middle 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