Summary:
Zip code 37874 contains just one high school—Sweetwater High School in Sweetwater, Tennessee—serving grades 9 through 12. The school is part of Monroe County Schools, a district ranked 122nd out of 141 districts in Tennessee (13th percentile). With only one high school in the area, there are no nearby schools to compare side by side, so the most meaningful comparisons are against the district and state averages.
Sweetwater's strongest points are its graduation and dropout metrics. It graduates 95.9% of students, well above the district's 89.6% and the state's 90.5%, while its dropout rate of 2.7% is far better than the district (6.9%) and state (6.7%). Academically, the results are more mixed. In the most recent testing year, Sweetwater High School was above the district average in Algebra II, Biology I, English II, and Geometry, but below the state average in every subject. The school shines most in English II, where 53.2% of students are proficient, and in Biology I at 39.5%. One standout detail: 9th graders taking Biology I hit 86.7% proficiency, far above the state's 65.8%, while 10th graders in the same subject reached just 32.1%.
Some areas need attention. Only 20.1% of students passed Algebra I and 21.3% passed English I. English I proficiency also dropped sharply from 34.1% to 21.3% in one year, although English II improved from 41.1% to 53.2% over the same period. Chronic absenteeism affects 21.3% of students—higher than the state's 18.3%—and may be connected to lower test performance. Per-student spending is roughly $11,949, though no comparison is available. Overall, Sweetwater High School is a mid-tier Tennessee school (36th percentile ranking) that performs better than its district rating suggests, with strong graduation numbers but room for growth in math, English I, and attendance.
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