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Sweetwater Elementary School

Serves grades PK - 5

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
2505 E County Line Rd
Lithia Springs, GA 30122
Phone
(770) 651-4600
District
Douglas County
County
DOUGLAS COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
463
Classroom Teachers
36

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Georgia

3

(10 is best)

Better than 25.0% of all GA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

3

(10 is best)

Sweetwater Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

50 40 30 20 10 0
28%
42%
26%
39%
30%
46%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

50 40 30 20 10 0
23%
41%
22%
36%
24%
46%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

50 40 30 20 10 0
16%
39%
22%
41%
10%
37%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
13
15
15
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 1 0.2%
Kindergarten 72 15.6%
Grade 1 82 17.7%
Grade 2 73 15.8%
Grade 3 84 18.1%
Grade 4 73 15.8%
Grade 5 78 16.8%
Total 463 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 13.2% 17.0% 37.7%
Black 46.6% 59.8% 38.1%
Hispanic 39.3% 21.4% 18.9%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.5% 1.4% 4.9%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.5% 0.4% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 84.7% 64.5% 59.6%
Free lunch eligible 74.3% 55.5% 53.9%
Reduced lunch eligible 10.4% 9.0% 5.7%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 144,735 10,912,876
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 722.9 187
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.9% 5.9%
5-19 YEARS OLD 22.4% 20.4%
20-44 YEARS OLD 33.0% 33.9%
45-64 YEARS OLD 26.9% 25.4%
65 OR OLDER 11.9% 14.4%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 50,552 3,946,490
Single Parent Households With Children 13.8% 9.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 90.3% 88.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 29.9% 33.6%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 17.3% 18.1%
$100,000 - $149,999 18.1% 16.6%
$75,000 - $99,999 16.0% 13.1%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.6% 16.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 14.0% 15.1%
$15,000 - $29,999 8.8% 11.4%
$15,000 or less 8.3% 9.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,081 $182,693,000 56.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $551 $14,226,000 4.4%
Staff $524 $13,516,000 4.2%
General Administration $84 $2,166,000 0.7%
School Administration $810 $20,904,000 6.5%
Operation $789 $20,354,000 6.3%
Transportation $453 $11,692,000 3.6%
Other $374 $9,644,000 3.0%
Total Support $3,585 $92,502,000 28.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,805 $46,583,000 14.5%
Total Expenditures $12,471 $321,778,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,329 $12,833,075,000 54.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $706 $1,235,717,000 5.3%
Staff $605 $1,058,876,000 4.5%
General Administration $183 $320,510,000 1.4%
School Administration $769 $1,346,775,000 5.7%
Operation $899 $1,574,443,000 6.7%
Transportation $500 $876,278,000 3.7%
Other $419 $734,414,000 3.1%
Total Support $4,082 $7,147,013,000 30.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,995 $3,493,141,000 14.9%
Total Expenditures $13,406 $23,473,229,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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