Swift El

Public elementary school, pre-kindergarten to grade 6 · Arlington, Texas

Swift El in Arlington, Texas enrolled 517 students in 2024-25 with 38.1 full-time teachers, 13.6 students per teacher against the Texas elementary-school median of 14.8. It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25).

NCES school recordCCD 2024-25
480870000265
Official name
SWIFT EL
Level
Elementary, pre-kindergarten to grade 6
District
Arlington ISD 4808700
Address
1101 S FIELDER RD, Arlington, TX 76013
Phone
(682) 867-4100
Website
not listed in the 2024-25 directory
Type
Traditional public school
Status
Open in 2024-25
From the NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 directory. Open it in the NCES school search.

Grades offered in 2024-25

Grades offered in 2024-25: PK to 6
Students, 2024-25517-35 since 2022-23
Students per teacher13.6Texas median 14.8
Free lunch qualified83.2%plus 0.2% reduced-price (2024-25)

Title I, 2021-22: Swift El ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status. Meals, 2024-25: Every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25), so the free-lunch share above counts qualified students, not who eats free.

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Enrollment fell 6% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers rose 2%

552 students in 2022-23, 562 students in 2023-24, 517 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 37.2 to 38.1.

Students enrolled at Swift El by school year2022-23: 552, 2023-24: 562, 2024-25: 51702004006002022-235522023-245622024-25517
Students enrolled at Swift El by school year2022-23: 552, 2023-24: 562, 2024-25: 51702004006002022-235522023-245622024-25517
Students enrolled at Swift El by school year2022-23: 552, 2023-24: 562, 2024-25: 51702004006002022-235522023-245622024-25517
The numbers as a table
School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2355237.214.8
2023-2456237.115.2
2024-2551738.113.6

13.6 students per teacher: fewer than 72 of every 100 Texas elementary schools

Among the 4,584 Texas elementary schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 14.8; the national median is 14.6. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.

Students per teacher, Texas elementary schools, 2024-25240 values from 3.8 to 81.2; Swift El 13.6; state median 14.8.0255075100students per full-time teacherSwift El 13.6state median 14.8U.S. 14.6
Students per teacher, Texas elementary schools, 2024-25240 values from 3.8 to 81.2; Swift El 13.6; state median 14.8.0255075100students per full-time teacherSwift El 13.6state median 14.8U.S. 14.6
Students per teacher, Texas elementary schools, 2024-25240 values from 3.8 to 81.2; Swift El 13.6; state median 14.8.0255075100students per full-time teacherSwift El 13.6state median 14.8U.S. 14.6

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 526 students in 2021-22

In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Swift El enrolled 526 students and had 1.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 14 out-of-school suspensions that year.

  • Advanced Placement coursesNone
  • Gifted and talented programYes
  • Counselors (FTE)1.0, one per 526 of the 526 students enrolled in 2021-22
  • Out-of-school suspensions14
  • Chronically absent33.8% (2021-22)

Who attends

40.2% of students were Hispanic, 31.9% Black, 18.4% White in 2024-25.

  1. Hispanic40.2%
  2. Black31.9%
  3. White18.4%
  4. Two or more races5.0%
  5. Asian4.3%
  6. American Indian0.2%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2021-22; 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 Arlington

63 public elementary schools in Arlington report 2024-25 enrollment.

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunch
Peach El93615.287.3%
Thornton El84915.492.6%
Viridian El84517.715.5%
Moore El83915.444.8%
Bebensee El76515.677.6%
Ellis El75315.385.7%
Adams El74314.788.8%
Little El74015.839.9%

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.

Questions about Swift El

How many students attend Swift El?

517 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 552 in 2022-23. It is an elementary school in Arlington, TX.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Swift El?

13.6 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the Texas median for elementary schools is 14.8. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.

Is Swift El a Title I school?

Swift El ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.

What district is Swift El in?

Arlington ISD, NCES district ID 4808700. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 480870000265 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, 2021-22: 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