An equity score of 20/100 ranks Sweetwater #134 of 141 districts in Tennessee (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $9,593 per pupil, Sweetwater ranks #139 of 142 Tennessee districts by per-pupil spending (Tennessee districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,486
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$9,593
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Sweetwater operates 4 public schools serving 1,486 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Tennessee. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 1 combined, 1 middle schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Monroe County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $9,593 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 15 of 142 Tennessee districts by per-pupil spending. See how Tennessee compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 23.4% local, 50.8% state, and 25.8% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 20/100, ranked #134 of 141 in Tennessee against a state average of 38, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 383:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 16.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 76.0% White, 16.1% Hispanic or Latino, 2.0% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Sweetwater Jr High School, with a diversity index of 42.6/100.
Its largest campus is Sweetwater Primary School, enrolling 589 students (38% of the district's total enrollment).
Sweetwater Primary School accounts for 38.4% of all Sweetwater student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Sweetwater-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Sweetwater student-counselor ratio is 383:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Sweetwater chronic absenteeism rate is 16.9% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Sweetwater is typically wider than the Sweetwater-aggregate figure suggests.