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What tradition at Swint Elementary School should never be changed?
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Enrollment
544
Elementary
DISTRICT 584 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLAYTON COUNTY·NCES 130123000481
Swint Elementary School
500 Highway 138 W, Jonesboro, GA 30238 · (770) 473-2780 · Clayton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL544 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
544 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 74%
Community
5
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 | 23 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 104 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 15% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
23.7%
GA avg 40.1% . +1.0pp since 2021
Math
22.9%
GA avg 44.6% . +6.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.7% | 22.9% |
| 2023-24 | 25.9% | 25.9% |
| 2022-23 | 21.2% | 20.9% |
| 2021-22 | 22.7% | 16.8% |
% 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
24.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% 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 →
Where Swint Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Clayton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.2% | #949 of 1,208 | #14 of 37 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.9% | #1,008 of 1,215 | #20 of 37 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.7% | #913 of 1,215 | #13 of 37 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.6pp | #487 of 1,183 | #28 of 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 544 | #756 of 1,324 | #24 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #815 of 1,301 | #20 of 40 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.8% | #852 of 1,301 | #19 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #85 of 1,312 | #10 of 41 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.2% | #161 of 854 | #13 of 34 |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
544
-84 (-13%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 829
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 544 | 39 | 13.9:1 | 100% (544) |
| 2023-24 | 581 | 40 | 14.5:1 | 100% (581) |
| 2022-23 | 582 | 44 | 13.2:1 | 90% (526) |
| 2020-21 | 628 | 50 | 12.6:1 | 93% (584) |
| 2017-18 | 718 | 48 | 15.0:1 | 99% (714) |
| 2015-16 | 670 | 43 | 15.6:1 | 100% (667) |
| 2010-11 | 617 | 41 | 15.1:1 | 94% (582) |
| 2000-01 | 927 | 48 | 19.3:1 | 61% (567) |
| 1990-91 | 829 | 46 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Swint Elementary School.
About Swint Elementary School
Located in Jonesboro, Georgia, Swint Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 544 students.
A total of 68 schools make up Clayton County, with 51,326 students enrolled.
Swint Elementary School's enrollment is 69% Black. Other groups make up 25% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 69% Black, within a few points of the school. Swint Elementary School has a diversity index of 46%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
At Swint Elementary School, 39 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 13.9:1. Across elementary schools in Georgia, the average ratio is about 13.3:1. Roughly 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Swint Elementary School is 1.5 points below its prediction. Actual: 24.2%. Predicted: 25.7%.
Among Clayton County residents, median household income is about $59,806, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 73 public schools in Clayton County, with a combined enrollment of about 63,156.
The next-closest public school is Kendrick Middle School, about 0.7 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Swint Elementary School. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Swint Elementary School is 3rd of 9 on proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Swint Elementary School went from 628 students to 544. Its ratio of students to teachers was 12.6:1 in 2020-21, and 13.9:1 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Clayton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
298,924
Census ACS
Median income
$59,806
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
73
63,156 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Clayton County
- Morrow High SchoolHigh · 2,077 students
- Lovejoy High SchoolHigh · 2,049 students
- Forest Park High SchoolHigh · 1,711 students
- Charles R. Drew High SchoolHigh · 1,708 students
- Mundy's Mill High SchoolHigh · 1,665 students
- Jonesboro High SchoolHigh · 1,630 students
Other schools in Jonesboro
- Mundy's Mill High SchoolHigh · 1,665 students
- Jonesboro High SchoolHigh · 1,630 students
- Mount Zion High SchoolHigh · 1,232 students
- Jonesboro Middle SchoolMiddle · 895 students
- M. D. Roberts Middle SchoolMiddle · 894 students
- Perry Career Academy - Eula Wilburn Ponds Perry Center forHigh · 887 students
Nearby schools
- Kendrick Middle School0.7 mi · 619
- Callaway Elementary School1.1 mi · 677
- Perry Career Academy - Eula Wilburn Ponds Perry Center for1.2 mi · 887
- Lee Street Elementary School1.3 mi · 515
- Kilpatrick Elementary School1.4 mi · 637
- Arnold Elementary School1.7 mi · 454
Frequently asked questions
About Swint Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Swint Elementary School?
Swint Elementary School enrolls approximately 544 students in grades PK-05.
Is Swint Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Swint Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Swint Elementary School have?
Swint Elementary School employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
How diverse is Swint Elementary School?
Swint Elementary School reports a student body of 1% White, 25% Hispanic, 69% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Swint Elementary School?
Swint Elementary School is overseen by Clayton County in Clayton County.
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