Other / mixed grade configuration · Sweet Home, TX

Sweet Home El

Federal NCES profile for Sweet Home El, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 51/100.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 484200004782
0/100100/10051/100
👥 S:T ratio
44
🌟 Gifted program
70
🎓 Counselors
0
📋 Attendance
90
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Sweet Home El earns 51/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes near the Texas median.

51
Resource Index · Higher
14.1:1
students per teacher
13.1%
free-lunch eligible
155
students enrolled

Sweet Home El has class sizes near the Texas median. Computed live against every Texas school reporting to NCES.

School address

CCD year-over-year · 2022-23 → 2023-24

+3 students YoY

Sweet Home El held near 148 students from 2022-23 to 2023-24 (+3 headcount).

Teacher FTE added 11.7 → 12.8 across the same CCD years.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data public-school universe (2022-23, 2023-24).

Steady CCD campus

+3 students YoY 484200004782 · Sweet Home, TX Other · SMALL · TRAD

155 enr · 14.1:1 · 13.1% lunch · RII 51

Nearest enrollment peer: Ivalee Elementary School (200 students)

Sweet Home El held near 148 students from 2022-23 to 2023-24 (+3 headcount). Teacher FTE added 11.7 → 12.8 across the same CCD years. Read with this school → · District book → · Texas schools → · Find another →

How Sweet Home El compares

Sweet Home El held steady on CCD headcount: ratios and free-lunch share vs Texas and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Texas Texas avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 14.1:1 ▼ 4% 14.7:1 15.7:1
Free-lunch eligible 13.1% ▼ 79% 61.9% 51.7%
Enrollment 155 top 88% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

14.1:1
Leaner classes than 56% of US schools, a middle-of-the-pack class size.
155
Bigger than 15% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators methodology

Economic need
13.1%
free-lunch eligible - 79% below the Texas average of 61.9%
Below the 40% Title I threshold, among the lower-need profiles in the state; federal aid targets individual qualifying students rather than schoolwide programs.
Staffing depth
14.1:1
students per teacher - 4% below state mean
Top 49% in Texas - lower ratio than 51% of state schools
Close to the 15:1 benchmark most often cited for individualized attention.
Engagement
3.9%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
Below 5%, comfortably under the pre-pandemic national baseline for chronic absenteeism.
Funding equity
$9,766
per pupil, district-wide - below Texas avg of $14,348
Well below the U.S. average per-pupil spend, a notably leaner funding position that may affect programs, facilities, and staffing.
Support staff
Counselors0.2 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 1 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.6 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Student demographics

White 83.2%
Hispanic or Latino 13.5%
Two or More 2.6%
African American 0.6%

Largest group: White at 83.2% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 28.9/100

Simpson diversity index - at 28.9, Sweet Home El is less mixed than the Texas school average of 44.7.

Programs

Gifted & talented Yes

District finance for Sweet Home Isd reports $9,766 per pupil (NCES F-33) - open the district page for the full revenue mix.

Nationwide other schools with similar size or staffing

Out-of-state peers matched by enrollment and by student-teacher ratio, not the same-city or same-district lists above.

Frequently asked questions about Sweet Home El

How many students attend Sweet Home El?

Sweet Home El has 155 students enrolled. It is a public school in Sweet Home, TX. CCD year-over-year: 145 (2022-23) → 148 (2023-24), nearly flat (+3).

What is the student-teacher ratio at Sweet Home El?

The student-teacher ratio at Sweet Home El is 14.1:1, which is 4% lower than the Texas average of 14.7:1 and 10% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.

What percentage of students receive free lunch at Sweet Home El?

13.1% of students at Sweet Home El are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Texas average of 61.9%.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Sweet Home El?

The largest demographic group at Sweet Home El is White at 83.2% of enrollment, in Sweet Home, TX.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Sweet Home El?

Sweet Home El has a Resource Investment Index of 51/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, gifted-program reporting, counselor availability, chronic absenteeism. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

What other schools are in Sweet Home Isd?

None reported; Sweet Home Isd operates only Sweet Home El as a public school district in NCES's records.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2022-23) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.