Swink Junior-Senior High School

Swink Junior-Senior High School operates as a minimally staffed high school in SWINK, Colorado, run under Swink School District No. 33 in the county of Otero and St. Current enrollment sits at 159 students spanning grades 6 through 12. That puts it 75% below the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 627 students.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Swink Junior-Senior High School logs that 77% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 20% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 67% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.4:1. The state averages around 16.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 44% of students at Swink Junior-Senior High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Otero County (around 71%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Swink Junior-Senior High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.0%, the actual is 38.8%, a residual of -1.2 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Otero County indicate median household income runs about $54,037, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 Junior-Senior High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Swink Elementary School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Swink Junior-Senior High School at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 29.9%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Swink Junior-Senior High School's enrollment has edged down 10% since 2018, when it stood at 177 (now 159). The White share of enrollment climbed from 64% to 77% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Swink Junior-Senior High School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.