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Sweetwater High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
414 South High St
Sweetwater, TN 37874
Phone
(423) 337-7881
District
Monroe County
County
MONROE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
582
Classroom Teachers
34

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Tennessee

4

(10 is best)

Better than 33.4% of all TN schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

4

(10 is best)

Sweetwater High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
32%
42%
43%
50%
21%
35%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

20 17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
17
17
15
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 172 29.6%
Grade 10 158 27.1%
Grade 11 146 25.1%
Grade 12 106 18.2%
Total 582 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 80.8% 89.9% 60.4%
Black 3.6% 1.4% 21.5%
Hispanic 15.1% 8.2% 15.5%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.2% 0.4% 2.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.4% 0.2% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported Unreported Unreported
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 34,283 7,126,489
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 59.9 171
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.2% 5.9%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.1% 18.9%
20-44 YEARS OLD 25.8% 33.0%
45-64 YEARS OLD 28.8% 25.5%
65 OR OLDER 22.2% 16.8%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 13,661 2,768,743
Single Parent Households With Children 7.8% 8.5%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 86.3% 89.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 15.8% 30.4%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 8.3% 15.4%
$100,000 - $149,999 13.5% 16.4%
$75,000 - $99,999 17.3% 13.2%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.7% 17.4%
$30,000 - $49,999 16.5% 16.3%
$15,000 - $29,999 15.2% 11.7%
$15,000 or less 11.5% 9.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,536 $32,752,000 55.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $530 $2,654,000 4.5%
Staff $501 $2,509,000 4.2%
General Administration $224 $1,123,000 1.9%
School Administration $501 $2,510,000 4.2%
Operation $1,614 $8,087,000 13.6%
Transportation $521 $2,612,000 4.4%
Other $211 $1,059,000 1.8%
Total Support $4,102 $20,554,000 34.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,190 $5,963,000 10.1%
Total Expenditures $11,828 $59,269,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,613 $6,643,188,000 52.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $642 $645,252,000 5.1%
Staff $764 $767,714,000 6.1%
General Administration $236 $236,637,000 1.9%
School Administration $672 $675,576,000 5.4%
Operation $871 $874,639,000 7.0%
Transportation $417 $419,100,000 3.3%
Other $333 $334,903,000 2.7%
Total Support $3,936 $3,953,821,000 31.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,954 $1,963,448,000 15.6%
Total Expenditures $12,503 $12,560,457,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,169 $453,314,948,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $50,976,033,477 5.6%
Staff $799 $39,519,417,000 4.3%
General Administration $308 $15,224,255,000 1.7%
School Administration $850 $42,029,112,000 4.6%
Operation $1,430 $70,704,769,000 7.7%
Transportation $613 $30,295,759,523 3.3%
Other $623 $30,798,344,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,654 $279,547,690,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,675 $181,697,172,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $18,499 $914,559,810,000 100.0%

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