Swain County Middle School
Public middle school, pre-kindergarten to grade 8 · Bryson City, North Carolina
Swain County Middle School in Bryson City, North Carolina enrolled 453 students in 2024-25 with 27.4 full-time teachers, 16.5 students per teacher against the North Carolina middle-school median of 16.2. 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 fell 7% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 7%
485 students in 2022-23, 467 students in 2023-24, 453 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 29.5 to 27.4.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 485 | 29.5 | 16.4 |
| 2023-24 | 467 | 28.4 | 16.5 |
| 2024-25 | 453 | 27.4 | 16.5 |
16.5 students per teacher, a higher ratio than 56 of every 100 North Carolina middle schools
Among the 467 North Carolina middle schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 16.2; the national median for middle 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 399 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Swain County Middle School enrolled 399 students and had 1.0 counselor (full-time equivalent); it reported 17 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement coursesNone
- Gifted and talented programYes
- Counselors (FTE)1.0, one per 399 of the 399 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions17
- Chronically absent30.9% (2022-23)
Who attends
61.4% of students were White, 19.4% American Indian, 11.3% of two or more races in 2024-25.
- White61.4%
- American Indian19.4%
- Two or more races11.3%
- Hispanic7.1%
- Black0.4%
- Asian0.4%
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.
What to look at next about Swain County Middle School
- Catamount SchoolThe nearest public middle school, 15 miles away: 64 students, 7.7 per teacher (2024-25).15 mi
- Mountain View IntermediateThe next nearest public middle school, 19 miles away: 614 students, 16.5 per teacher (2024-25).19 mi
- Compare Swain County Middle School with Catamount SchoolStudents, 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 Middle School is the number 346 by size of 472 North Carolina middle schools open in 2024-25.#346 of 472
- North Carolina schools by students per teacher16.5 students per teacher here against the North Carolina median of 16.2 for middle 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 Middle School
How many students attend Swain County Middle School?
453 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 485 in 2022-23. It is a middle school in Bryson City, NC.What is the student-teacher ratio at Swain County Middle School?
16.5 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the North Carolina median for middle schools is 16.2. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Swain County Middle School a Title I school?
Swain County Middle School ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.What district is Swain County Middle School in?
Swain County Schools, NCES district ID 3704440. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 370444002314 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.