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Enrollment
725
Elementary
DISTRICT 639 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRAWLEY ELEMENTARY·NCES 060579008488
Phil D. Swing Elementary
245 West A St., Brawley, CA 92227 · (760) 344-3350 · Imperial County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL725 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 35% of California public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
22.7:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
637 students
DISTRICT 85% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 137 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 115 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 118 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 128 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 132 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (137) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (132).
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
32.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +4.8pp since 2014
Math
30.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +17.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 17 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.0% | 19.8% | 26.3% | 40.9% |
| Math | 8.9% | 21.5% | 26.6% | 43.0% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.8% | 30.4% |
| 2023-24 | 32.0% | 26.3% |
| 2022-23 | 33.3% | 30.9% |
| 2021-22 | 33.0% | 30.0% |
| 2018-19 | 39.7% | 32.1% |
| 2017-18 | 34.3% | 32.7% |
| 2016-17 | 34.1% | 30.3% |
| 2015-16 | 34.0% | 25.0% |
| 2014-15 | 28.0% | 13.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
30.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Phil D. Swing Elementary
Phil D. Swing Elementary's state test result (30.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phil D. Swing Elementary this school | 725 | 87.9% | 30.2% |
| Accelerated Los Angeles | 729 | 88.9% | N/A |
| Andrew Jackson Elementary Indio | 750 | 88.8% | 18.7% |
| Golden Oak Elementary Shafter | 717 | 89.7% | 33.7% |
| Oak Avenue Elementary Greenfield | 693 | 86.7% | 26.6% |
| James Madison Elementary Madera | 739 | 85.5% | 24.3% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Phil D. Swing Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Imperial County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.2% | #3,482 of 5,151 | #21 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.4% | #3,182 of 5,172 ▲ 281 | #12 of 35 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.8% | #3,695 of 5,172 ▼ 137 | #23 of 35 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.1pp | #3,285 of 5,116 | #29 of 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 725 | #633 of 5,915 | #6 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.7:1 | #2,724 of 5,352 | #20 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.3% | #5,035 of 5,354 | #17 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.9% | #1,350 of 5,625 | #16 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.4% | #2,372 of 3,837 | #14 of 23 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
725
-131 (-15%) vs 2020
-10% since 2000-01, when it was 809
Student : Teacher
22.7:1
was 24.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 725 | 32 | 22.7:1 | 88% (637) |
| 2023-24 | 856 | 38.1 | 22.5:1 | 86% (739) |
| 2022-23 | 849 | 35.8 | 23.7:1 | 85% (719) |
| 2020-21 | 856 | 35 | 24.5:1 | 87% (742) |
| 2017-18 | 828 | 33 | 25.1:1 | 83% (690) |
| 2015-16 | 910 | 32 | 28.4:1 | 83% (756) |
| 2010-11 | 777 | N/A | N/A | 87% (677) |
| 2000-01 | 809 | 34 | 23.8:1 | 80% (650) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Phil D. Swing Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (828 to 725); teachers down 3% (33 to 32).
About Phil D. Swing Elementary
Phil D. Swing Elementary, a large elementary school, is located in Brawley, California. Classes run from kindergarten through 5, and the school has 725 students. The average for elementary schools in California is about 465 students, so this school is 56% bigger than average.
Brawley Elementary (6 schools, 3,883 students) runs Phil D. Swing Elementary.
The student body at Phil D. Swing Elementary is 96% Hispanic. Other reported shares: 2% White. Imperial County's residents are about 86% Hispanic, 10 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is an 8% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school employs the equivalent of 32 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 22.7:1. That is close to the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 88%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Imperial County is 77%.
allk12 grades Phil D. Swing Elementary a C+. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Phil D. Swing Elementary posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 30.2%, compared with a predicted 28.1%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations.
Across Imperial County, the median household income is $57,681, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 16% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 17%. Imperial County is home to 76 public schools and about 36,513 public school students.
Nearest public school: Desert Valley High (Continuation), about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 33.3%; Phil D. Swing Elementary's is 30.2%, ranking 5th of 7.
Phil D. Swing Elementary has an NCES locale of Town: Fringe.
Enrollment at Phil D. Swing Elementary declined 15% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 856 to 725 students. Its ratio of students to teachers was 24.5:1 in 2020-21, and 22.7:1 in 2024-25.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Imperial County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
180,202
Census ACS
Median income
$57,681
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
76
36,513 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Brawley Elementary
- Barbara Worth Junior HighMiddle · 881 students
- Myron D. Witter ElementaryElementary · 741 students
- J. W. Oakley ElementaryElementary · 654 students
- Padilla-Pace MiddleMiddle · 445 students
- Miguel Hidalgo ElementaryElementary · 437 students
Other schools in Brawley
- Brawley Union HighHigh · 1,863 students
- Barbara Worth Junior HighMiddle · 881 students
- Myron D. Witter ElementaryElementary · 741 students
- J. W. Oakley ElementaryElementary · 654 students
- Padilla-Pace MiddleMiddle · 445 students
- Miguel Hidalgo ElementaryElementary · 437 students
Nearby schools
- Desert Valley High (Continuation)0.3 mi · 162
- Renaissance0.3 mi · 22
- Barbara Worth Junior High0.6 mi · 881
- Brawley Union High0.7 mi · 1,863
- Myron D. Witter Elementary0.9 mi · 741
- Miguel Hidalgo Elementary1.4 mi · 437
Frequently asked questions
About Phil D. Swing ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Phil D. Swing Elementary?
Phil D. Swing Elementary enrolls approximately 725 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Phil D. Swing Elementary serve?
Phil D. Swing Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Phil D. Swing Elementary have?
Phil D. Swing Elementary employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.7:1.
How diverse is Phil D. Swing Elementary?
Phil D. Swing Elementary reports a student body of 2% White, 96% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Phil D. Swing Elementary?
Phil D. Swing Elementary is overseen by Brawley Elementary in Imperial County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.