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How has Swain Elementary School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
371
Elementary
DISTRICT 488 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GORDON COUNTY·NCES 130243001075
Swain Elementary School
2505 Rome Rd SW, Plainville, GA 30733 · (706) 629-0141 · Gordon County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL371 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% of Georgia public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
368 students
DISTRICT 95% · STATE 74%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 40 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 15% larger than its 5th grade class (52).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
31.4%
GA avg 40.1% . -5.2pp since 2021
Math
32.0%
GA avg 44.6% . -8.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 9 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.4% | 32.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.1% | 37.4% |
| 2022-23 | 30.0% | 30.6% |
| 2021-22 | 36.6% | 40.8% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
36.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.1%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Georgia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Swain Elementary School
Swain Elementary School's state test result (36.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swain Elementary School this school | 371 | 99.2% | 36.3% |
| Cloud Springs Elementary School Rossville | 346 | 98.8% | 38.7% |
| West Side Elementary School Rossville | 471 | 98.9% | 29.8% |
| Beaverdale Elementary School Dalton | 488 | 100.0% | 37.8% |
| Rossville Elementary School Rossville | 447 | 100.0% | 19.6% |
| Altamaha Elementary School Baxley | 381 | 100.0% | 45.6% |
Matched among Georgia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Swain Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Gordon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.3% | #631 of 1,208 | #6 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #812 of 1,215 ▼ 146 | #7 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.4% | #679 of 1,215 ▼ 135 | #5 of 7 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -7.0pp | #71 of 1,183 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 371 | #1,142 of 1,324 | #7 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #199 of 1,301 | #1 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.3% | #917 of 1,301 | #5 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.2% | #461 of 1,312 | #1 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.3% | #177 of 854 | #1 of 7 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
371
-25 (-6%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 507
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 12.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 371 | 32 | 11.6:1 | 99% (368) |
| 2023-24 | 393 | 31.3 | 12.6:1 | 83% (328) |
| 2022-23 | 402 | 31 | 13.0:1 | 66% (264) |
| 2020-21 | 396 | 31 | 12.8:1 | 64% (254) |
| 2017-18 | 484 | 35.7 | 13.6:1 | 73% (355) |
| 2015-16 | 511 | 33 | 15.5:1 | 74% (378) |
| 2010-11 | 538 | 37 | 14.5:1 | 73% (393) |
| 2000-01 | 554 | 33 | 16.8:1 | 51% (280) |
| 1990-91 | 507 | 34 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Swain Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (484 to 371); teachers down 10% (35.7 to 32).
About Swain Elementary School
Swain Elementary School operates as a small elementary school in Plainville, Georgia. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 371 students. The school is 39% below the average for elementary schools in Georgia.
Gordon County (10 schools, 6,259 students) runs Swain Elementary School.
At Swain Elementary School, 73% of students are White. After that, the student body is 20% Hispanic, 3% Black, and 3% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 42%.
Staffing at Swain Elementary School comes to 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 11.6:1. Elementary schools in Georgia average 13.3:1, 1.8 more students per teacher than here. Swain Elementary School counts 99% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 90% average for public schools in Gordon County.
On the allk12 Grade, Swain Elementary School lands at B-, ahead of 52% of Georgia public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Swain Elementary School is 10.2 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 36.3% actual, 26.1% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Georgia.
Looking at the county, Gordon County, median household income comes to about $63,650, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 19% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. The county's public schools total 15, with about 10,452 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Calhoun Middle School, is about 4.9 miles. Within five miles are 2 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Swain Elementary School ranks 7th of 8 on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Swain Elementary School is Rural: Distant.
From 396 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 371 by 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 11.6:1, from 12.8:1.
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Gordon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
59,100
Census ACS
Median income
$63,650
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
10,452 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Gordon County
- Sonoraville High SchoolHigh · 1,094 students
- Gordon Central High SchoolHigh · 875 students
- Red Bud Middle SchoolMiddle · 786 students
- Sonoraville ElementaryElementary · 584 students
- Ashworth Middle SchoolMiddle · 578 students
- Red Bud Elementary SchoolElementary · 547 students
Nearby schools
- Calhoun Middle School4.9 mi · 573
- Calhoun High School5.0 mi · 1,282
- Belwood Elementary School5.1 mi · 530
- Calhoun Primary School5.4 mi · 913
- Calhoun Elementary School5.4 mi · 922
- Adairsville Elementary School6.0 mi · 868
Frequently asked questions
About Swain Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Swain Elementary School?
Swain Elementary School enrolls approximately 371 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Swain Elementary School serve?
Swain Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Swain Elementary School?
Approximately 11.6:1 students per teacher at Swain Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Swain Elementary School?
Student demographics at Swain Elementary School are roughly 73% White, 20% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Swain Elementary School in?
Swain Elementary School is part of Gordon County.
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