Southeast Early Childhood Center

Size

Southeast Early Childhood Center is the only school in Sweetwater ISD. Its 166 students are 9.2% of the district's 1,806. The 8 nearest schools are a median 108 miles away and have a median of 201 students, so Southeast Early Childhood Center is close to their typical size.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.

Grades

Southeast Early Childhood Center serves a single grade, pre-K, with 166 students.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

Hispanic students are the largest group, at 66.3% of enrollment, a higher share than across Sweetwater ISD (54.5%). White students are next, at 24.1%. Students from 4 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 69% across Sweetwater ISD and a median of 85.7% for Texas schools. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

Southeast Early Childhood Center has 6.51 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 25.5 students per teacher. At the median Texas school ratio of 17, a school with 166 students would have about 9.8 teachers, so Southeast Early Childhood Center has 3.3 fewer.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas schools (17).

Location

NCES classifies its location as town, distant, which means it is in a town 10 to 35 miles from an urbanized area. The nearest other school is Long Early Learning Center, 36.3 miles away in Abilene ISD. No other school is within 10 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.