Enrollment
155
Texas · 2024-25 NCES data
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
👥 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
District: Sweet Home Isd · Texas
NCES ID 484200004782 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Teachers (FTE)
11.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
14.1:1
vs 14.7:1 Texas avg
-4% vs state
Free-lunch eligible
13.1%
vs 61.9% Texas avg
-79% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Sweet Home El compares with Texas and U.S. medians
What stands out at Sweet Home El
Sweet Home El is a lower-poverty, small combined-grade school in Sweet Home, Texas, enrolling 155 students.
At 14.1:1, its student-teacher ratio sits close to the Texas median, within a few percentage points of the 14.7:1 state norm, neither notably crowded nor notably small.
Comparatively few students face economic hardship here, 13.1% free-meal eligibility runs 79% below the Texas average.
Enrollment of 155 puts it in the smaller third of Texas schools by headcount.
Its Resource Investment Index lands in the upper third of 8,960 scored Texas schools.
Among 38 similarly sized, similarly resourced-need Texas schools statewide, it ranks #28, in the lower tier once campus size and economic need are matched.
Its student body is predominantly White (83% of enrollment) (diversity index 29/100).
Counselor access is stretched at roughly 816 students per counselor, well above the ASCA-recommended 250:1 ceiling.
Attendance holds up well here: only 3.9% of students were chronically absent, below the typical post-pandemic national figure.
Sweet Home Isd operates only this one school, so Sweet Home El has no district-mates to compare against locally.
Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.
Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25
How Sweet Home El compares
Sweet Home El on the metrics families compare, against 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 (what these measure)
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
$11,882
per pupil, district-wide
- below Texas avg of $13,644
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.
Overview
- Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
- Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
- F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.
Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.
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
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Sweet Home Isd, which includes Sweet Home El.
$11,882
Per student
-13%
vs Texas
Avg $13,644
-28%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 45.6%
State 44.7%
Federal 9.7%
Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.
Similar other schools statewide
Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Texas, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.
Similar enrollment (~155 students)
Next steps
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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.
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, counselor availability, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).
Is Sweet Home El a good school?
Sweet Home El earns 51/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes near the Texas median. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.
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.
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