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Schools in Sweet Water

Sweet Water’s public schools

Marengo County School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Sweet Water. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/1schools above Alabama’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 100% of students in Alabama’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
39%
2021–22
Math proficiency
20%
2021–22
Graduate on time
92%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$18.3K
▲ 31% vs AL $13.9K
FY2024
Students per teacher
14.0
AL 17.0 · smaller classes
Schools in town
1
600 students on the public path
In brief

Sweet Water’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Sweet Water’s 1 district schools with test results score above the middle of Alabama’s 1,249 public schools. Sweet Water High School places highest (better than 82%); Sweet Water High School lowest (82%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Sweet Water, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–12Sweet Water High SchoolMarengo County School DistrictA−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Marengo County School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Marengo County School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 965 students · 14.0 per teacher (AL 17.0)
$18,251AL $13,926 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading39%
State average 47.3% · 465 students tested
Math20%
State average 27.2% · 465 students tested

Sweet Water vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Alabama towns that share Sweet Water’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Sweet Water—Marengo County

Every school in Sweet Water

1 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Alabama’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

District schools in Sweet Waterby address
Sweet Water High School
Grades PK–12
A−
600 students16:1Rate it →

Questions about Sweet Water’s schools

Are Sweet Water’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Sweet Water. Marengo County School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Sweet Water. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 1 district schools with test results score above the middle of Alabama’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Sweet Water in?

Marengo County School District.

Where do Sweet Water kids go to high school?

Sweet Water High School.

Parents talk

What Sweet Water families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.