Sweetwater High School (Texas)

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Sweetwater High School
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Sweetwater High School (Texas)
1205 Ragland St.

Sweetwater
,
Texas
79556-2438

United States
Coordinates 32°28′50″N100°24′19″W / 32.4805°N 100.4054°W / 32.4805; -100.4054
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School type Public high school
School district Sweetwater Independent School District
PrincipalJeffrey Pyles
Teaching staff44.01 (on an FTE basis) [1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment566 (2020–2021) [1]
Student to teacher ratio12.86 [1]
Color(s)   Red & White
Athletics conference UIL Class AAAA
MascotMustang
Website Sweetwater High School

Sweetwater High School is a public high school located in Sweetwater, Texas, USA and classified as a 4A school by the UIL. It is a part of the Sweetwater Independent School District located in north central Nolan County. In 2015, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency. [2] From 1912 to 1967, Sweetwater's high school was called "Newman High School." In 1967, a new high school building was completed on the same grounds as Newman High School, and the Newman High School Building was razed. The new building was called "Sweetwater High School." [3] Newman/Sweetwater High School is one of only a handful of high schools in the country with two alumni in the Pro Football Hall of Fame: Sammy Baugh and Clyde "Bulldog" Turner. [4]

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Athletics

The Sweetwater Mustangs compete in these sports:

volleyball, cross country, football, basketball, powerlifting, golf, tennis, track, baseball, soccer and softball [5] [ citation needed ]

Sweetwater High School's football teams play in the Mustang Bowl, built in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps. Sweetwater's football tradition has produced 690 wins, fourth-most all-time in Texas class 3A rankings. [ citation needed ]

State titles

Notable alumni

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "SWEETWATER H S". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  2. ↑ "2015 Accountability Rating System" (PDF). Texas Education Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-10.
  3. ↑ "History of Nolan County Schools". TXGenWeb. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "Hall of Famers - High Schools". Pro Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  5. ↑ "Sweetwater High School The Athletics Department". theathleticsdepartment.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-22.
  6. ↑ "Lone Star Football Network".
  7. ↑ UIL Boys Golf Archives Archived 2012-03-01 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ↑ UIL Girls Track Archives Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ↑ "Bulldog Turner". pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
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