Swain Elementary School

Swain Elementary School is an intimate K-5 school in Plainville, Georgia, overseen by Gordon County. The school educates 371 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 605 students per school, that is 39% leaner than typical.

Swain Elementary School is one of 10 schools operated by Gordon County, a district that teaches 6,259 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Swain Elementary School lists that 73% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 20% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% multiracial.

On the resource side, Swain Elementary School reports 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Swain Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 99% of students at Swain Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Gordon County (around 90%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Swain Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 26.1%, the actual is 36.3%, a residual of +10.2 points.

Across the wider county, Gordon County reports that median household earnings sit near $63,650, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Gordon County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,452 students), of which Swain Elementary School is one.

Calhoun Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.9 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Swain Elementary School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 41.8%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 23%: 484 students in 2018 compared to 371 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 78% to 73%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 today.

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