SWIFT CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL

Set in TALLAHASSEE, Florida, SWIFT CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL is an average-sized middle school, part of LEON. It enrolls 793 students across grades 6 through 8.

LEON comprises 51 schools with combined enrollment of 31,579 students; SWIFT CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, SWIFT CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is White at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 30% Black, 10% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 6% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 55% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.5:1. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 29% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Leon County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SWIFT CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 66.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 67.8%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Leon County) logs that median household earnings sit near $66,287, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Leon County's 63 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,246 students), SWIFT CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is BUCK LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 1.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SWIFT CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 50.2%.

SWIFT CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from an urban location.

Over the past 7-year window. SWIFT CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 791 (now 793). White enrollment moved from 53% to 47% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 18.5:1 in 2025.

On this page, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.