Other / mixed grade configuration · New Salem, MA

Swift River

Federal NCES profile for Swift River, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 57/100.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 250853001346
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0/100100/10057/100
👥 S:T ratio
59
🌟 Gifted program
30
🎓 Counselors
73
📋 Attendance
65
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Swift River earns 57/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 76% of Massachusetts schools.

57
Resource Index · Higher
10.3:1
small classes for Massachusetts
134
students enrolled

Swift River has class sizes smaller than 76% of Massachusetts schools. Computed live against every Massachusetts school reporting to NCES.

School address

New Salem, MA 01355
District: New Salem-Wendell · Massachusetts

NCES ID 250853001346 Verify on NCES CCD record →

CCD year-over-year · 2022-23 → 2023-24

+6 students YoY

Swift River held near 137 students from 2022-23 to 2023-24 (+6 headcount).

Teacher FTE added 13.5 → 15.0 across the same CCD years.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data public-school universe (2022-23, 2023-24).

Steady CCD campus

+6 students YoY 250853001346 · New Salem, MA Other · SMALL · TRAD

134 enr · 10.3:1 · RII 57

Nearest enrollment peer: Ivalee Elementary School (200 students)

Swift River held near 137 students from 2022-23 to 2023-24 (+6 headcount). Teacher FTE added 13.5 → 15.0 across the same CCD years. Read with this school → · District book → · Massachusetts schools → · Find another →

How Swift River compares

Swift River held steady on CCD headcount: ratios and free-lunch share vs Massachusetts and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Massachusetts Massachusetts avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 10.3:1 ▼ 16% 12.3:1 15.7:1
Enrollment 134 top 92% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

10.3:1
Leaner classes than 87% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
134
Bigger than 13% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators methodology

Staffing depth
10.3:1
students per teacher - 16% below state mean
Top 24% in Massachusetts - lower ratio than 76% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
14.2%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
In the 10-15% range, above the pre-pandemic national baseline but within the broader post-pandemic picture.
Funding equity
$26,538
per pupil, district-wide - above Massachusetts avg of $23,695
Well above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting substantially higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Support staff
Counselors1.0 FTE
Per 134 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Student demographics

White 87.2%
Two or More 7.5%
Hispanic or Latino 4.5%
Asian 0.8%

Largest group: White at 87.2% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 23.2/100

Simpson diversity index - at 23.2, Swift River is less mixed than the Massachusetts school average of 47.3.

Programs

District finance for New Salem-Wendell reports $26,538 per pupil (NCES F-33) - open the district page for the full revenue mix.

Nationwide other schools with similar size or staffing

Out-of-state peers matched by enrollment and by student-teacher ratio, not the same-city or same-district lists above.

Similar enrollment (~134 students)

Similar student-teacher ratio (~10.3:1)

Frequently asked questions about Swift River

How many students attend Swift River?

Swift River has 134 students enrolled. It is a public school in New Salem, MA. CCD year-over-year: 131 (2022-23) → 137 (2023-24), nearly flat (+6).

What is the student-teacher ratio at Swift River?

The student-teacher ratio at Swift River is 10.3:1, which is 16% lower than the Massachusetts average of 12.3:1 and 34% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Swift River?

The largest demographic group at Swift River is White at 87.2% of enrollment, in New Salem, MA.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Swift River?

Swift River has a Resource Investment Index of 57/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, gifted-program reporting, counselor availability, chronic absenteeism. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

What other schools are in New Salem-Wendell?

None reported; New Salem-Wendell operates only Swift River as a public school district in NCES's records.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2022-23) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

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