NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools SC

Best-Resourced Schools in Swansea, SC

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6 public K-12 schools in Swansea from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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6
Schools
3,023
Students
28.3/100
Avg Resource Index
14.5:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Swansea has more public-school enrollment than 29% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Swansea's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

The listed grade span is structurally narrow

Swansea's 6 listed schools do not form a conventional mix of elementary, middle, and high-school campuses. The missing or thin grade bands make all-school city averages less representative of a typical K–12 pathway; district boundaries and nearby-city options may matter more for the grades not well represented here.

Economic need crosses separate district systems

100.0% of enrollment in reporting Swansea schools is eligible for free lunch, while the city list spans 2 districts. That pairing makes a citywide average especially easy to misread: the need measure follows students, but staffing decisions, calendars, program rules, and federal allocations are administered through separate district structures. The 26-point gap between Sandy Run School and Sandhills Primary shows how much reported resource capacity can vary inside the same municipal label. Compare schools within the same district first, then use the city view to see how those local systems differ.

City enrollment
Top 71%
School count
Top 79%
Resource Index average
9th percentile
Teacher staffing
61st percentile

Swansea High accounts for 23.0% of all Swansea public-school enrollment

That concentration means Swansea-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Swansea school enrollment varies 2.5× across entities

Swansea school enrollment ranges from 274 students (lowest) to 695 students (highest), a spread of 421 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Swansea reports 100.0% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share is above 87.5%, so economic need is widespread across the measured student population. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Swansea student-teacher ratio is 14.5:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Swansea is typically wider than the Swansea-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Sandy Run School 45
2. Sandhills Elementary 29
3. Swansea High 26
4. Swansea High Freshman Academy 26
5. Lexington Four Early Childhood Center 25
6. Sandhills Primary 19

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Swansea

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Swansea High Freshman Academy 67.9/100
  2. 2 Sandhills Elementary 65.6/100
  3. 3 Sandhills Primary 64.2/100
  4. 4 Swansea High 63.6/100
  5. 5 Lexington Four Early Childhood Center 61.0/100

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Which Swansea school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Sandy Run School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Swansea schools in this federal-data comparison at 45/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Swansea, SC? ▼

Swansea has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,023 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.5:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.