Swain County East Elementary
Public elementary school, kindergarten to grade 5 · Bryson City, North Carolina
Swain County East Elementary in Bryson City, North Carolina enrolled 338 students in 2024-25 with 20.5 full-time teachers, 16.5 students per teacher against the North Carolina elementary-school median of 14.7. It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22; it takes part in the National School Lunch Program (2024-25).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment held steady from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 22%
339 students in 2022-23, 350 students in 2023-24, 338 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 26.3 to 20.5.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 339 | 26.3 | 12.9 |
| 2023-24 | 350 | 26.2 | 13.3 |
| 2024-25 | 338 | 20.5 | 16.5 |
16.5 students per teacher, a higher ratio than 81 of every 100 North Carolina elementary schools
Among the 1,442 North Carolina elementary schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 14.7; the national median for elementary schools is 14.6. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
One counselor per 347 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Swain County East Elementary enrolled 347 students and had 1.0 counselor (full-time equivalent); it reported 5 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement coursesNone
- Gifted and talented programYes
- Counselors (FTE)1.0, one per 347 of the 347 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions5
- Chronically absent35.4% (2022-23)
Who attends
47.3% of students were White, 26.0% American Indian, 17.2% of two or more races in 2024-25.
- White47.3%
- American Indian26.0%
- Two or more races17.2%
- Hispanic8.6%
- Asian0.9%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
Elementary schools in Bryson City
3 public elementary schools in Bryson City report 2024-25 enrollment; Swain County East Elementary is number 2 by size.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swain County West Elementary | 403 | 15.8 | 99.3% |
| Swain County East Elementary | 338 | 16.5 | 99.1% |
| Mountain Discovery | 221 | 16.2 | not reported |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about Swain County East Elementary
- Smokey Mountain ElementaryThe nearest public elementary school, 4.0 miles away: 340 students, 15.8 per teacher (2024-25).4.0 mi
- Mountain DiscoveryThe next nearest public elementary school, 4.5 miles away: 221 students, 16.2 per teacher (2024-25).4.5 mi
- Compare Swain County East Elementary with Smokey Mountain ElementaryStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Swain County Schools spends per student$14,518 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$14,518
- The largest public schools in North CarolinaSwain County East Elementary is the number 1,075 by size of 1,451 North Carolina elementary schools open in 2024-25.#1,075 of 1,451
- North Carolina schools by students per teacher16.5 students per teacher here against the North Carolina median of 14.7 for elementary schools.16.5:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about Swain County East Elementary
How many students attend Swain County East Elementary?
338 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 339 in 2022-23. It is an elementary school in Bryson City, NC.What is the student-teacher ratio at Swain County East Elementary?
16.5 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the North Carolina median for elementary schools is 14.7. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Swain County East Elementary a Title I school?
Swain County East Elementary ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.What district is Swain County East Elementary in?
Swain County Schools, NCES district ID 3704440. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 370444002315 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.