Swink Elementary School

Set in SWINK, Colorado, Swink Elementary School is an one-room-style elementary school, part of Swink School District No. 33 in the county of Otero and St. It works with 131 students across grades K through 5. That puts it 65% leaner than the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 379 students.

Swink School District No. 33 in the county of Otero and St comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 290 students; Swink Elementary School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Swink Elementary School shows that White students make up the majority at 79%. Other groups include 13% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 2% multiracial, 2% Native American. By comparison, Otero County as a whole is about 67% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Swink Elementary School reports 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.3:1. The state averages around 16.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 56% of students at Swink Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Otero County's rate of about 71%.

With demographic context factored in, Swink Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 32.5%; this one delivers 47.9%, a residual of +15.4 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Otero County put median household income runs about $54,037, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Otero County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,027 students), of which Swink Elementary School is one.

Swink Junior-Senior High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Swink Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Swink Elementary School comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 27.6%.

Swink Elementary School operates from a countryside location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Swink Elementary School has decreased 33%, going from 195 students in 2018 to 131 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 26% to 13% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 9.3:1 today.

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