L C SWAIN MIDDLE SCHOOL

L C SWAIN MIDDLE SCHOOL is a 6-8 campus of well-populated scale in GREENACRES, Florida, operated by PALM BEACH, educateing 1,275 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 61% above the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 794 students.

L C SWAIN MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 233 schools operated by PALM BEACH, a district that instructs 191,505 students overall.

On demographics, L C SWAIN MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 76%; the rest looks like 14% Black, 6% White. By comparison, Palm Beach County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 82 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. Around 66% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Palm Beach County's rate of about 45%.

With demographic context factored in, L C SWAIN MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.2%, the actual is 38.8%, a residual of -9.5 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Palm Beach County indicate median household income runs about $83,581, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Palm Beach County runs 245 public schools (combined enrollment of about 192,831 students), of which L C SWAIN MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: HERITAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around L C SWAIN MIDDLE SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts L C SWAIN MIDDLE SCHOOL at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 45.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. L C SWAIN MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 1,276 (now 1,275). Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 72% to 76%.

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